Thanks for sharing very valid points. I agree with all all them and loved especially point 4. In my line of work doing recruitment, I must say LI is a very useful tool. A way to find talent without paying job boards and databases for accessing them. Even though LI charges recruiters on value added on tools, the reach is wide enough for people to explore the professional world in a easy to understand way. Having that said there are plenty of thought and industry leaders and talent that shun Social media like Linkedin and need to be found elsewhere. I even have the hunch, that the real jewels out there do not bother with marketing themselves on sites like Linkedin. Kudos to your discovery path and openly putting those truths out there for everyone to reflect. Love it!
Maybe in your own way you have outgrown Linkedin? I am guessing it's a place for other people to start. As we go through the 'grinder' we begin to wonder if linkedin makes much of a difference depending on our particular journey (as you alluded to there are other factors). I think its good that for now this isn't a place you need to be. Would you - when / if you decide to go here - need to hire staff, would Linkedin be a place you would return to? You sound like you know the pitfalls of judging on social media, can gems still be found - after all you were one of them once. Thought provoking, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing very valid points. I agree with all all them and loved especially point 4. In my line of work doing recruitment, I must say LI is a very useful tool. A way to find talent without paying job boards and databases for accessing them. Even though LI charges recruiters on value added on tools, the reach is wide enough for people to explore the professional world in a easy to understand way. Having that said there are plenty of thought and industry leaders and talent that shun Social media like Linkedin and need to be found elsewhere. I even have the hunch, that the real jewels out there do not bother with marketing themselves on sites like Linkedin. Kudos to your discovery path and openly putting those truths out there for everyone to reflect. Love it!
Maybe in your own way you have outgrown Linkedin? I am guessing it's a place for other people to start. As we go through the 'grinder' we begin to wonder if linkedin makes much of a difference depending on our particular journey (as you alluded to there are other factors). I think its good that for now this isn't a place you need to be. Would you - when / if you decide to go here - need to hire staff, would Linkedin be a place you would return to? You sound like you know the pitfalls of judging on social media, can gems still be found - after all you were one of them once. Thought provoking, thanks for sharing.