Better to use a real job-seeking function like Indeed.com that won't spam everybody and invite makware attacks on your system.  My
ISP frequently stops bad trojans and malware from the social cesspools (Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter) and notifies me of their
attempt.  This dominant aspect of Linkedin (et al) is NOT "useful" to me!

Indeed is like Google for jobs.  Nothing else is as good or better.  Finding a job listing it doesn't have is difficult.  Their
search feature is better than others, and one syntax searches all listing, allowing interesting ones to be saved for follow-up.

Linkedin is not first and foremost a job seeking function.  When a Linkedin job is listed on Indeed, one can go to the company site
and not use Linkedin at all.

Chuck
  -----Original Message-----
  From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Andy Schmid
  Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 11:56 AM
  To: Justin Kremer
  Cc: tclug-list
  Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn


  It may suck, but if it can help me find a job when I'm out of work ... it is at minimum in the 'useful' category.

  -Andy


  On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Justin Kremer <justin.kremer at gmail.com> wrote:

    On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Joel Dick <joel_cd at yahoo.com> wrote:
    > Dare I ask why people don't like Linkedin? Just wondering, as a few people have recommended that I sign up there, that it's
good for job networking.


    It claims to give you a "network of trust" or some other word for
    trustworthy businesspeople you know, but it is mostly just a
    popularity contest like Facebook for business people who are too good
    for Facebook.  People add contacts that they've never met in person
    regularly, defeating any semblance of this network of trust that
    Linkedin is supposed to provide.
    And when you sign up, it asks you for your e-mail password so that it
    can try to spam everyone in your contacts, which would be how that
    e-mail got sent to this mailing list.
    I know for a fact that I have a whole lot of people in my e-mail
    contact list who I would not consider to be someone I trust, not
    necessarily because the person is not trustworthy, but because I don't
    know them well enough to vouch for them.
    - Justin


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