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AR15.COM
10/12/2010 6:09:19 PM EDT
Thoughts?
10/12/2010 6:10:43 PM EDT
[#1]
i have an account but haven't logged in in over a year
10/12/2010 6:12:36 PM EDT
[#2]
Useless.  Some people obsess over it, but I see no value in it as a professional tool.  I wouldn't put anyone in my network I wouldn't pick up the phone and call, and that's what people do.
10/12/2010 6:27:14 PM EDT
[#3]
I joined when it was in it's infancy stage. I never really took it seriously, as all my best jobs were acquired either through good old fashioned "networking" or being placed by a headhunter (six figure jobs, those were the days). Those days are gone, and I never really kept up with Linked in. Honestly, I think I made a mistake. Some people swear by it. I sometimes think I need to get with someone who can bring me up to speed there, but then again I'm not a Facebook kind of guy either.
10/12/2010 6:31:11 PM EDT
[#4]
I have an account but I think its more for staying in contact with professionals in your past than it is for any current opportunity networking.

I don't like it when people I don't know ask me to "connect".  They are usually getting ready to ask me for something.
10/12/2010 7:19:03 PM EDT
[#5]
Quoted:
I have an account but I think its more for staying in contact with professionals in your past than it is for any current opportunity networking.

I don't like it when people I don't know ask me to "connect".  They are usually getting ready to ask me for something.

I've received requests like that from people in other industries and so far removed from a mutual friend or coworker that I'm stunned. I often think, "Can't hurt, why not?" but usually I just find it silly.