LinkedIn Endorsements again...

[EternalOptimist]

I'd ordinarily agree. I'm possibly becoming a bit of a fuddy-duddy, but I just don't 'get' social media. I'm not on Facebook, and can't imagine foisting any of the tedious details of my private life onto my friends via Twitter. I only have a Technical Blog and YouTube channel because they help me market myself for contract work, and I studiously avoid putting any personal content on them.

However, LinkedIn's definitely the way recruitment is going. Most of the serious work I've picked up this year has been via that channel. There's a fair bit of crud too, it has to be said. (Typically inexperienced companies / hiring managers that mistakenly see themselves as some IT version of Simon Cowell. And who erroneously think that merely because they've advertised a role experienced developers will suddenly be interested in being at their beck and call throughout a one-way recruitment process where they don't have to do any actual recruiting, just sit back and select from the experts that'll no doubt be queuing round the block to work for them.)

For the most part, though, it's just people who need stuff done connecting with people that can do. Because they need to pay to place adverts, you get less of the Simon Cowell types I mentioned earlier, and more of the people who realise that recruitment needs to be a two-way street if it's going to be successful for all parties. I think it'll be the way most of us get new business over the next decade.

I might look into it one day, if I need it. until then I file it with twitter, bookface and them there transportable telephones.

[Gentile]

sounds awful. make me glad that I dont bother

I'd ordinarily agree. I'm possibly becoming a bit of a fuddy-duddy, but I just don't 'get' social media. I'm not on Facebook, and can't imagine foisting any of the tedious details of my private life onto my friends via Twitter. I only have a Technical Blog and YouTube channel because they help me market myself for contract work, and I studiously avoid putting any personal content on them.

However, LinkedIn's definitely the way recruitment is going. Most of the serious work I've picked up this year has been via that channel. There's a fair bit of crud too, it has to be said. (Typically inexperienced companies / hiring managers that mistakenly see themselves as some IT version of Simon Cowell. And who erroneously think that merely because they've advertised a role experienced developers will suddenly be interested in being at their beck and call throughout a one-way recruitment process where they don't have to do any actual recruiting, just sit back and select from the experts that'll no doubt be queuing round the block to work for them.)

For the most part, though, it's just people who need stuff done connecting with people that can do. Because they need to pay to place adverts, you get less of the Simon Cowell types I mentioned earlier, and more of the people who realise that recruitment needs to be a two-way street if it's going to be successful for all parties. I think it'll be the way most of us get new business over the next decade.

[MyUserName]

I'll endorse you for your spelling if you like.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to OwlHoot again.

[Gentile]

If you have less than 1000 endorsements then you are a complete loser.

HTH

MF

I know you're not the real MF. If you were you'd have spelled it "looser".

[The Spartan]

I've had a few lately, I think they're after me to endorse them as it'll look good given the ClientCo I'm currently at.

[AtW]

If you have less than 1000 endorsements then you are a complete loser.

HTH

MF

[xoggoth]

Kept getting a "people you may know" thing with a vaguely familar name and then remembered it was a bloke I worked with back in the 80s. Also seen names of a neighbour up the road, a local councillor and a previous broker I did a bit of business with. Think some must spend their time searching for any names they can think of.

See another link I do actually have business with has added "Microsoft Word" to his skills list. Wow!

[EternalOptimist]

Don't be too hard on him. From his perspective it looks like you've subcontracted LinkedIn to stalk him your behalf. People don't just decide off the hoof to provide Endorsements. LinkedIn spams them to death with redirects to pages where they're invited to endorse their contacts' skills when they try and navigate through their site.

sounds awful. make me glad that I dont bother

[Gentile]

Got twelve this morning, all from the same bloke I last worked with in 2008 and never seen since. I think I have my first LinkedIn stalker....

Don't be too hard on him. From his perspective it looks like you've subcontracted LinkedIn to stalk him your behalf. People don't just decide off the hoof to provide Endorsements. LinkedIn spams them to death with redirects to pages where they're invited to endorse their contacts' skills when they try and navigate through their site.

[OwlHoot]

I had several endorcing me for my C programming - I have not programmed in C for many years and was never that good at it.

I'll endorse you for your spelling if you like.

[BigTime]

I had my 1st one of these today from a manager for a technology we didn't use at that site. Very strange.

[Sausage Surprise]

Likewise I've been getting them for automated testing.....last applied in 1999!

[MyUserName]

I had several endorcing me for my C programming - I have not programmed in C for many years and was never that good at it.

[stek]

Got twelve this morning, all from the same bloke I last worked with in 2008 and never seen since. I think I have my first LinkedIn stalker....