LinkedIn Questions & Answers

Question 1

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How long is the ideal review/recommendation to write on someone's linked? How long is the ideal review/recommendation to write on someone's linked?

Answer · 2015-11-25T08:14Z

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The recommender should be direct, comment on project you have worked on, and a brief summary of your work style

By Ron M. over a year old

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Question 2

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Why won't linkedin tell me when inmails are not opened. instead this information which they can easily reveal, they hide. they could be embarrassed as to how few inmails are actually opened. i feel it could be less than 50% opened. Why won't linkedin tell me when inmails are not opened. instead this information which they can easily reveal, they hide. they could be embarrassed as to how few inmails are actually opened. i feel it could be less than 50% opened.

Answer · 2015-11-30T11:12Z

LinkedIn sends moles to invade your computer and they avoid admitting that they disrespect users.

Question 3

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All it can do at best, is eliminate the longest and most complex phase of recruiting, which is dealing with all the resumes that aren't going to make it. recruiters and their machines will no longer have to chuck out resumes based on the qualities of the physical documents themselves, and from what i've heard, most resumes are dumped at this stage. they won't have to check for appropriate content at such length either, because they'll be dealing with data that's already in electronic format and which can be scanned electronically. it won't deal with bad job descriptions, or bad interviewers or bad interviewees, or candidates who aren't being honest, or are chasing jobs they aren't really suited for. as for having useful skills, the market seems to be awash with people who have useful skills; if there's only one job and a thousand people who are skilled enough to do it, 999 of them are going to be out of work regardless of how skilled they are. interestingly, i recently attended a class about jobseeking in which every single example given related to finding it work, especially it management positions. yet there are hardly any it positions out there, and the class included one professional it manager who was trying desperately to get out of the field for exactly that reason. despite him saying openly that there was no work in this field, and despite others in the class showing no interest in the it field anyway, the class continued to be shown how to apply for it management jobs. as long as potential candidates aren't given good information and helped to find and use the best and most appropriate resources, the quality of the job market isn't going to improve. so it seems to me to be just a money-saving idea, i can't see how it will make a difference to anything other than the employers' pocketbooks. what do you think? All it can do at best, is eliminate the longest and most complex phase of recruiting, which is dealing with all the resumes that aren't going to make it. recruiters and their machines will no longer have to chuck out resumes based on the qualities of the physical documents themselves, and from what i've heard, most resumes are dumped at this stage. they won't have to check for appropriate content at such length either, because they'll be dealing with data that's already in electronic format and which can be scanned electronically. it won't deal with bad job descriptions, or bad interviewers or bad interviewees, or candidates who aren't being honest, or are chasing jobs they aren't really suited for. as for having useful skills, the market seems to be awash with people who have useful skills; if there's only one job and a thousand people who are skilled enough to do it, 999 of them are going to be out of work regardless of how skilled they are. interestingly, i recently attended a class about jobseeking in which every single example given related to finding it work, especially it management positions. yet there are hardly any it positions out there, and the class included one professional it manager who was trying desperately to get out of the field for exactly that reason. despite him saying openly that there was no work in this field, and despite others in the class showing no interest in the it field anyway, the class continued to be shown how to apply for it management jobs. as long as potential candidates aren't given good information and helped to find and use the best and most appropriate resources, the quality of the job market isn't going to improve. so it seems to me to be just a money-saving idea, i can't see how it will make a difference to anything other than the employers' pocketbooks. what do you think?

Answer · 2011-03-07T07:04Z

The word on the grapevine here is that not only are hiring officers increasingly using Linked In to check out prospective staff, but that in a couple or three years, they'll move entirely to using Linked In instead of accepting paper resumes. Presumably candidates will be asked to submit their Linked In profile URLs, no other options. It makes a lot of sense from an employer's point of view; I didn't know this before but have been told that many of them already use automatic scanning software to relieve them of the time-wasting job of reading resumes at all. The software scans for the current relevant buzz words, words taken from the job description, layout and fonts and text sizes and so on. Apparently the idea really caught on when the software proved able to catch people who were simply copying the job description in its entirety into their "skills and experience" sections. And it can identify stock phrases and rule them out, leaving only original content, if any. I understand that any excuse is already used to dismiss resumes - even a margin set to the incorrect width will earn that piece of paper a trip to the WPB. Doing this is still consuming resources, though, and it would be quicker to simply scan Linked In which is already in an electronic format. If it happens, or when, this is likely to be a huge coup for Linked In. Maybe it's time to start saving up for the IPO?

Question 4

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What is linkedin? What is linkedin?

Answer · 2019-05-31T07:43Z

It is a platform for professionals to connect with each other but it is failing miserably because it doesn't deliver. There is a great deal of dissatisfaction with the product.

Question 5

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Is this a web sight for professional resumes? i am searching for work in my area and some businesses request a reply wth linked in. Is this a web sight for professional resumes? i am searching for work in my area and some businesses request a reply wth linked in.

Answer · 2015-12-22T10:34Z

Don't put any personal information up. There's no guarantee companies will reply to you.

LinkedIn Questions & Answers

How long is the ideal review/recommendation to write on someone's linked? How long is the ideal review/recommendation to write on someone's linked?

What is linkedin? What is linkedin?

Is this a web sight for professional resumes? i am searching for work in my area and some businesses request a reply wth linked in. Is this a web sight for professional resumes? i am searching for work in my area and some businesses request a reply wth linked in.

How can get a customer service phone number?

Linked in blocked my account an required me to upload a photo of my id to verify my identity but doesn't accept the photo. how do i comply?

I believe i was mistakenly charged $$ for a job posting i removed by linkedin. i am frustrated enough to write a bad review. can you help?

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LinkedIn Questions & Answers

How long is the ideal review/recommendation to write on someone's linked? How long is the ideal review/recommendation to write on someone's linked?

What is linkedin? What is linkedin?

Is this a web sight for professional resumes? i am searching for work in my area and some businesses request a reply wth linked in. Is this a web sight for professional resumes? i am searching for work in my area and some businesses request a reply wth linked in.

I can't get anyone to help me with updating my new email address or change my phone number. i have an old email address and i no longer work there.

How can get a customer service phone number?

Linked in blocked my account an required me to upload a photo of my id to verify my identity but doesn't accept the photo. how do i comply?

Where is the company located?

I believe i was mistakenly charged $$ for a job posting i removed by linkedin. i am frustrated enough to write a bad review. can you help?

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