Linked in last word

[Gulfstreamaviator]

I have had an interview as a result of LinkedIn.

I know other who hae also received interviews, and I think one job offer.

However not MIL I agree.

The benefit of LinkedIn, is the networking, more than the job offers.

Like PPRUNE it is how you use the resource.

I have had a job offer as a direct result of PPRUNE postings.

Every method of self promotion is needed, and LinkedIn has its place just as PPRUNE does.

Happy Christmas, Glf

[airborne_artist]

I have spent the last 25 years recruiting and headhunting. In the technology-based industries LinkedIn is a very good way of finding candidates. It's not the only way, but it has made an enormous difference to the methods used and the costs/speed of finding people.

I still use my own networks, but if someone puts forward a name the first thing I do is check their entry. A badly-written profile or one with little or no detail will put me off. For reference the average earnings for the roles I've filled in the last four years is a shade over £70,000.

[The Old Fat One]

I ws happily reading the last thread, when it was abruptly closed for no apparent reason????

To continue what I was planing to type...any means to get a job (if you need one) is valid.

Many, many jobs come from personnel referral...if an initial contact with a long lost friend comes through a networking site (as is more frequently becoming the case) and then that contact leads to a job, I would say the networking site takes at least part of the credit.

Also...why all the angst re networking sites?

[sumps]

Since leaving the RAF nearly 4 years ago as a “Techie” I have been using LinkedIn for about 2 years. It has gotten me a lot of recruiters calling and the Job I’m in now (a large aircraft manufacture in the south west) as a senior engineer on an excellent package. It has also alerted me to many small engineering companies that I didn’t know existed but can provide excellent prospects too.

As Airborne Artist suggests, you have to sell yourself well. The way I see it its the first step in the interview process and spreads you amongst many networks – don’t just invite your mates along look at the bigger picture!

[The Old Fat One]

An afterthought...

The biggest high flyer of my personnel aquaintance (AVM in the mob and Huge Cheese in monster company out of the mob) not long since re-established comms with me thru' linked in. All round good egg and top bloke as well.

I think he raise an eyebrow to the idea that only sad losers and poor communicators use linked in.

[Gulfstreamaviator]

Many old friends also back in my life as a result too.

Glf

[FODPlod]

Very useful for networking and discovering old friends and colleagues although they tend to 'discover' me first. As I run my own business, I hadn't even considered it as a recruiting/job search tool but I can see its potential value.

[critter sized]

Much like AA, I too am involved in recruitment and find Linked In an invaluable tool for identifying some exceptional talent. It is not the be all and end all but it is another medium that puts the recruiter into direct contact with the potential job seeker.

The priority for me is to have membership of the right groups and ensuring that jobs are relevant to that membership (particularly when posting vacancies to military forums - 20 years in light blue helps that relevancy but I still seek guidance when posting opportunities to an Army or Senior Service forum). Over the years, we have helped a number of ex-military candidates find the right position through Linked In and I tend to find that many of my 'connections' stay in contact and will recommend others to 'connect' with me - it is a powerful networking forum and should be used in conjunction with other traditional job searching tools.