Linked in, starting to become a very useful job tool ...

[JoJoGabor]

Other than that, I have lots of requests for free advice from Bob's cousins. .

I'm quite active on the discussion boards and it never ceases to amaze me how many of Bob's lot advertise themselves as Architects/Gurus and yet have to ask the most basic design questions or "Help, my Web server won't start" type questions,

[teclo]

I was at a dinner club event last night which I discovered via linkedin. It was a fun night, met some interesting people and I may have found myself an accountant and a "wealth manager" out of it.

[scooterscot]

and recently I changed my status to indicate I was interested in jobs in Singapore and this week I've two job interviews for roles out there. Directly through linked in..

So how do you change your status for a specific country?

[snaw]

So how do you change your status for a specific country?

I just changed my description to include the word singapore, then updated my status saying I was looking for work in singapore. People then search in linked in and find you - even better if you join loads of groups (I joined about 15 or so IT/Job related groups there) so I'll appear higher up in the searches.

Plus people/agents advertise jobs in groups, so if you join you get alerts etc.

Seems to have worked for me, to the extent I've got two interviews out of it.

[thunderlizard]

I may have found myself an accountant and a "wealth manager" out of it.

"Wealth managers" aren't exactly hard to find. Once the world finds out you've got a few quid they're falling over each other to give you a hand "looking after it" for you.

I've yet to find LinkedIn usesful but I don't use it actively.

[realityhack]

I'll back up Snaw's comments here - my LinkedIn profile is generating calls from companies direct, no agency involvement. Also - the proportion of proper leads from niche agents compared with traditional routes is rising. Had 3 or 4 interviews out of it so far.

[scooterscot]

Goodness just been contacted about a job in Singapore, spec fits to a tea -


Room for one more?

[darmstadt]

Its not bad, I only have one agent as a contact but that is a firm I know and respect plus they mainly deal in roles in my area. So far I've only had 2 companies contact me directly, one from a very large Linux company and had a rather long and interesting teleconference with them. The other was no good as it was in Pennsylvania!

[snaw]

Goodness just been contacted about a job in Singapore, spec fits to a tea -


Room for one more?

Depends, do you like the amber nectar?

I need to find a whole new set of beer buddies!

[Spacecadet]

Pennsylvania!

I drive through Pennsylvania every week going from Bath back to the M4