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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Andy Schmid
[mailto:andyschmid@gmail.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 14, 2010 1:28
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Chuck Cole<BR><B>Cc:</B> Justin Kremer;
tclug-list<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [tclug-list] Invitation to connect on
LinkedIn<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>I've never heard of Indeed, thanks for the tip. I have not had the
same poor experience with linkedin. I have been contacted by recruiters
from some pretty big companies who found me via linkedin through my listed
experience and contacts. It may not work for everyone, but it has worked
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<DIV><SPAN class=629194220-14012010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4>You are right: doing something is gonna work better than doing
nothing.</FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4> Using an
actual job search site like indeed might do better. It has all Monster,
Careerbuilder, and so on: one stop shopping.</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>I hardly ever
get spam from linkedin (aside from job inquiries, which is the whole point of it
IMO), and linkedin will not spam your friends unless you tell it to. I
also have not run into any trojans or viruses from the site.<BR><SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN class=629194220-14012010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4>"Hardly ever" isn't as good as "never". I haven't run into any
either because my ISP filters them out. but notifies me that they did. I
often go several whole days and sometimes a week without a trojan attempt
warning about something from Linkedin or Facebook!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=629194220-14012010> </SPAN><BR>I don't see much difference
from putting up your resume on a website like <A
href="http://monster.com">monster.com</A>, and putting it up on
linkedin. </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=629194220-14012010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>Better
to locate a job announcement and respond than to post. Posting can lead to
some problems with recruiters who broadcast in an attempt to claim the bounty
for placing you, and posting is often viewed as an indication nobody will hire
you, so you are considered a "bottom of the barrel" candidate.</FONT> <FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4> I only post on Careerbuilder, but get a
flood of junk responses when I update. I do not post on recruiter
sites because that empowers them to broadcast and that "bounty claim" makes
you ineligible for other recruiters who may be the only ones used by some
corporations.</FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN class=629194220-14012010><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=629194220-14012010> To say LinkedIn is not a job seeking
utility is a bit off the radar.<SPAN class=629194220-14012010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=4> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=629194220-14012010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>Read
what I said very clearly: " <SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4>Linkedin is not first and foremost a job seeking
function. "</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=629194220-14012010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>It is
not primarily a job seeking function. It is not where everybody
goes. It is not where everybody goes first.</FONT> <FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=4> It's neither necessary nor sufficient,
IMHO.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=629194220-14012010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4>Chuck</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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