I have never had a LinkedIn account, both out of general anti-data-vacuuming-social-media, and specifically anti-whatever-the-fucking-corphead-psychos-are-doing-on-LinkedIn tendencies, and managed to find a decent job out of uni just fine (software field). I’m now looking for a job again and the number one piece of advice I’m being given by concerned parties is “get on LinkedIn”.
I’m curious how many people into the whole “privacy” thing have had to make this choice, and which way you went with it.
Do the advantages (which it seems mainly boil down to “networking”) outweigh the icky feeling I’d get making an account? Of course only I can actually answer that question, but it sums up my conundrum.
The thing about job searching is its kinda the opposite of privacy. Your shouting from the rooftops. Also the connections are important in linkedin because it allows me to give and recieve recommendations. Then its as good a place as any to have your online resume. That being said I don’t really know how much of my employment history have been effected by it. I think my last job the person likely found me on it but the one before that was from a tech conference where places had booths looking for talent. Im not sure on one previous to that and on some contract work I did. So Im not sure I can answer is it worth it. Just that you gotta have something or your going to be limited to jobs you send resumes to alone.