Question about Linkedin

[VAisforlovers]

For those with accounts, do you have active communications on that site with your connections?
I have had an account and I only use it for adding them as "connections". I don't see many of my connections making any communication or posting anything. Is it the same case for you?

 

[PenguinPower]

Active communication, new contacts and poaching/recruitment. Facebook should have a decent database for recruitment soon. We'll see how that goes.

 

[xanis]

I'm not what you'd call an "active" member. I check every once and a while for message and connection requests, and to update my profile with skills and work experience. It seems like one of those things that I should have as a professional.

 

[DAGTA]

Yes. LinkedIn should be used by professionals in technical fields. It's a great professional networking site.

 

[grrl]

I'm on it, but have done almost nothing with it. I'm slowly putting my profile together though.

 

[bigrash]

LinkedIn sucks. I have an account with them that I opened a few years ago, but I maybe log in like once a year.

 

[Triumph]

what is exactly going to happen on this site, random offers for dream jobs are just going to come in unexpected because i have a profile? won't it eventually just all be spam?

 

[Printer Bandit]

i just use it to see other people's resumes / work experience.

 

[*kjm]

I'm got my new job from one of their emails on jobs you may be interested in posts... pretty good upgrade in jobs for me also and the people are a lot better to work with!

 

[blackdogdeek]

i've only had 1 active conversation with a former colleague when i was looking for work. it was the only way i had to contact the person.

other than that i get connection requests from other former colleagues and they help with networking when looking for work.

and other than that, the rest of the communications i get are from recruiters with job openings.

 

[kache]

I'm not what you'd call an "active" member. I check every once and a while for message and connection requests, and to update my profile with skills and work experience. It seems like one of those things that I should have as a professional.

Same. Mostly using it as an online CV, not as a social network.