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Is it really worth while?

mistabrumley89mistabrumley89 Member Posts: 356 ■■■□□□□□□□
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Is it really worth while to make a linkedin account if i'm not going to have any "connections"? Just curious, thanks in advance.
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    UnixGuyUnixGuy Mod Posts: 4,565 Mod
    definitely worth it. The groups are useful if you want to ask technical questions, and there're always interesting articles to read on linked in
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    Ronikaw0826Ronikaw0826 Registered Users Posts: 12 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Agreed, worth it. I started with no connections, and just through me applying for jobs, those people connected with me and are helping me find a job!
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    mjoymjoy Member Posts: 10 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Yes, Linkedin is absolutely one helpful site especially for those who would want to connect to different types of groups.
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    chmodchmod Member Posts: 360 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Linkedin is amazing for me.
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    chrisonechrisone Member Posts: 2,278 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Linkedin is great for your career. If you are not looking into having much of a career then no need for linkedin. All professional workers network.
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    AkaricloudAkaricloud Member Posts: 938
    Absolutely! A lot of the point behind LinkedIn is making new connections which it sounds like you could greatly benefit from.
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    JayTheCrackerJayTheCracker Member Posts: 169
    in linked in , there're job offers which do not announce to public & which means inside connections. good luck creating one~! icon_cheers.gif
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    GoodBishopGoodBishop Member Posts: 359 ■■■■□□□□□□
    mistabrumley89 wrote: »
    Is it really worth while to make a linkedin account if i'm not going to have any "connections"? Just curious, thanks in advance.
    Yes! It is!
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    DoubleNNsDoubleNNs Member Posts: 2,015 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Idk.. I have a linkedin that I go on and manage frequently enough. So far it hasn't seemed to have helped me much.

    Maybe I'm using it wrong?
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    binarysoulbinarysoul Member Posts: 993
    I'm 'contrarian' here. I dislike linkedin, too much overhead, too much waste of precious time.

    I guess at some point it will experience what they refer to as "Facebook Fatigue" because people just get tired of keeping up with so much.
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    About7NarwhalAbout7Narwhal Member Posts: 761
    I haven't had much luck with LinkedIn either. I think the higher you go the more it helps. Plus, it is nice to have the words of previous co-workers on there if you can get them. Also, make sure you are not set to "Not Looking" for jobs. I changed mine to whatever the employed but interested option and got a few hits the following week.
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    DoubleNNsDoubleNNs Member Posts: 2,015 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Where do you go to set the "employed but looking" option?
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