Reply to: LinkedIn

[ladymuck]

One thing that LI is sneaky about it when you get a connection request, you only have the no or yes, but online (can't find it on mobile) you can reply directly (it is a very small arrow, it's as it LI don't want you doing this) and ask politely how I can help.

qh

You can look at the person's profile on the app before accepting and send them a message.

[ladymuck]

There is a new option to let agents know you are looking without showing everyone.

I think the poster 2 above you said that

And the poster on the first page (me) said it too

[darrylmg]

I'm going to hijack this and ask if anyone knows if there's any benefit on linkedin to sticking some kind of cert at the back of your actual name on the site? I've seen it a few times; Jornal McDornal, CISM or Edward Bledward, CISSP. I can't see it doing anything more than putting the cert further down your profile does.

Yes it does.
It's a way to differentiate yourself from the others who have the same name.

[maya]

Recently they have come up with some new design changes , looks good , are you still facing this problem with new design?

[quackhandle]

One thing that LI is sneaky about it when you get a connection request, you only have the no or yes, but online (can't find it on mobile) you can reply directly (it is a very small arrow, it's as it LI don't want you doing this) and ask politely how I can help.

qh

[MPwannadecentincome]

That's the opposite of what I want to do.
Agents can wait until I've exhausted the pool of potential direct contracts.
Otherwise there's no point to Linkedin.

The visibility is given to agents and in-house recruiters, ie those direct contacts you are hoping for.

[RSoles]

There is a new option to let agents know you are looking without showing everyone.

That's the opposite of what I want to do.
Agents can wait until I've exhausted the pool of potential direct contracts.
Otherwise there's no point to Linkedin.

[BigRed]

[northernladuk]

There is a new option to let agents know you are looking without showing everyone.

I think the poster 2 above you said that

[BigRed]

There is a new option to let agents know you are looking without showing everyone.

[RSoles]

I just used to add current position as 'Looking for something new'.

Seemed to work ok....

[MPwannadecentincome]

Since around Sep 2016 there was an option on linkedin for this. Go to the jobs tab and click "job preferences" or "update preferences" (I think the former if you have never set them up before). On that screen you can enter your job search criteria including a check box for "contract" :-), finally there is a "let recruiters know you are open..." slider which I presume means that recruiters get you in their results.

Also happily the new linkedin search function is much better, type in contractor in the search bar and on the jobs tab you get contractor or FTC jobs, seems that a few perm jobs slip through as well though.

[davidbieder]

I used a dedicated email address for my LinkedIn profile in order to measure the relevant job offers from LinkedIn in comparison to let's say Job portals like CW Jobs. About 67% of the relevant request come indeed via LinkedIn.

I add to my status something like: "... - Available again from 07/2017"

Cheers,
David

[SlipTheJab]

I wondered why you removed me, and it was Phones4U, not Carphone warhouse

Aah you worked for them, no wonder they went bust!

[amanwhoisquiet]

I'm going to hijack this and ask if anyone knows if there's any benefit on linkedin to sticking some kind of cert at the back of your actual name on the site? I've seen it a few times; Jornal McDornal, CISM or Edward Bledward, CISSP. I can't see it doing anything more than putting the cert further down your profile does.