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Shadowfax
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I have an account and keep business contacts and workmates as connections.
I routinely get job offers after my profile is viewed.
I routinely get job offers after my profile is viewed.
NorthStar
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Very cool Brian; do you enjoy it as a user? ...What do you get mostly from it that you really like? ...Certainly not job offers?
...Or perhaps it is one of them, as it shows the new opportunities in your field (range, caliber).
This is of great interest to me Brian.
...Or perhaps it is one of them, as it shows the new opportunities in your field (range, caliber).
This is of great interest to me Brian.
Shadowfax
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I get updates and discussion emails about Pharmaceutical Regulatory and Submissions issues which keeps me up to date. It's not Brag Book and I do not have a paid subscription, just free account.
GaryProtein
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About three years ago I was solicited to join in person by a colleage. It USED to be interesting and I used to look at it more frequently, but I never used it for work or professionally. I DON'T accept very many "invitations". I have about 75 connections but have well over 700 invitations that I have not answered or simply rejected because I didn't know them at all. I know how many there are because I immediately move all those invitations to a separate email folder so I can keep track of them. I don't even accept many invitations from people I do know unless I have high regard for them. The folder grows daily. The endorsements and number of connections has made it nothing more than a popularity contest. It is worthless to me. I have the free account and would never "upgrade" and pay for that dreck.
NorthStar
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"It USED to be interesting ... " It isn't anymore Gary?
" ... a popularity contest." That's interesting, no?
" ... worthless ..." ...And free.
Gary, what true benefit are you still getting from it, if any, after being no more interesting, a popularity contest, worthless, and all of this for free?
Any talented, cute, and smart women in that social professional network?
" ... a popularity contest." That's interesting, no?
" ... worthless ..." ...And free.
Gary, what true benefit are you still getting from it, if any, after being no more interesting, a popularity contest, worthless, and all of this for free?
Any talented, cute, and smart women in that social professional network?
GaryProtein
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I'm not getting any benefit from it.
I suppose I could say I have access to my colleagues contact information, but I have all that and more easily through academy membership listings.
I'm not allowed to get involved with other smart cute women in the network. I have enough contact with them as it is.
Shadowfax
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Bob,
What would you like to use it for?
Why are you so curious?
Do you have an account?
How do you decide on your connections?
Just what are you fishing for with all these odd questions?
What would you like to use it for?
Why are you so curious?
Do you have an account?
How do you decide on your connections?
Just what are you fishing for with all these odd questions?
NorthStar
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Brian, it's not for me; Will, a very good friend asked me to request info from you guys here @ the Shark aquarium.
And by doing him that favor it automatically aroused my own interest on discovery. ...I can see the benefiting potential. ...As a writer, poet, painter, designer, artist of all talents...
And the more info I collect the better; for Will, and for me (for everybody; all 'connections').
- Will is a professional musician and painter. ...A songwriter, a poet, a philosopher stone.
And by doing him that favor it automatically aroused my own interest on discovery. ...I can see the benefiting potential. ...As a writer, poet, painter, designer, artist of all talents...
And the more info I collect the better; for Will, and for me (for everybody; all 'connections').
- Will is a professional musician and painter. ...A songwriter, a poet, a philosopher stone.
MtnHam
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If you are involved in a profession or an active career it probably is useful or even helpful. Since I am retired, with the exception of my audio interest, I see little value to me. I joined for a brief time, but suddenly invites, seemingly from me, were going out without my knowledge to everyone in my contact list! Many recipients were not pleased. I immediately terminated my membership.
GaryProtein
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LinkedIn is fine for head hunters. For the rest of us, not so much.
BlueFox
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I find it to be PITA. I get invitations from people I never heard of, get other useless messages that so and so has added a new skill, and jobs I might be interested in, but never am. Occasionally, a head hunter will contact me, but the jobs aren't interesting.
NorthStar
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Will (friend) received an invite from a friend of his to join, but he simply wasn't sure, as he knows nothing about this pro social network.
He also knows that I'm a member here @ the Shark, and that I have great respect for Mike the owner and all the other members (I always give him some positive feedback occasionally), and he said to me; "Robert, can you ask your friends some feedback about LinkedIn?"
* Will expose his paintings @ several galleries; some on Vancouver Island (including Victoria), in Ireland, and next in Vancouver (BC Westcoast mainland).
His music gigs are rarer now, but on occasion he doesn't miss the beat, and he keeps playing/singing, publicly.
He is also co-writing a movie script with a very good friend; and today they got together, at the hospital; because Boon (the main writer, and one of his best friends) is dying, and won't be around for very long now (very sadly and unfortunately but inevitably).
Will asked me before to write a formal letter (in French) to the Canadian government for helping (subvention) his film, a sort of autobiography from his earlier childhood in Ireland to his move in America.
So, any info coming from you guys is useful info to Will, and to me too.
{Will is still very young and healthy; in his mid 70s; a super good dude, and loved by everyone.}
He also knows that I'm a member here @ the Shark, and that I have great respect for Mike the owner and all the other members (I always give him some positive feedback occasionally), and he said to me; "Robert, can you ask your friends some feedback about LinkedIn?"
* Will expose his paintings @ several galleries; some on Vancouver Island (including Victoria), in Ireland, and next in Vancouver (BC Westcoast mainland).
His music gigs are rarer now, but on occasion he doesn't miss the beat, and he keeps playing/singing, publicly.
He is also co-writing a movie script with a very good friend; and today they got together, at the hospital; because Boon (the main writer, and one of his best friends) is dying, and won't be around for very long now (very sadly and unfortunately but inevitably).
Will asked me before to write a formal letter (in French) to the Canadian government for helping (subvention) his film, a sort of autobiography from his earlier childhood in Ireland to his move in America.
So, any info coming from you guys is useful info to Will, and to me too.
{Will is still very young and healthy; in his mid 70s; a super good dude, and loved by everyone.}
GaryProtein
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It isn't even an all professional network any longer. College kids can join, or at least that is in initial stages now.
It's one very small notch above facebook.
It's one very small notch above facebook.
NorthStar
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It's still a business oriented social network. ...Even college kids can have a small business (drug dealers, portable music studios, ...). That makes them professionals if they are making a living from it to pay for their scholarships, and even if it is only for pure fun.
Some professionals are doing things just for fun. ...A professional retiree person. ...With a maîtrise; life experience master degree in the art of relaxing and enjoying life fully.
What you did in the past doesn't necessarily apply to what you do now. We don't always use our degree papers in the adaptation of the world we live in today. ...A true master is someone who constantly master himself every day, with its new entourage constantly evolving. If we don't evolve we cannot aspire to perfection, because perfection is an evolution, not a stance locked in time and space. True perfection is life, time, and application in it's natural constant (stability, solidity, and fragility). ...Life and death, is perfection.
Some professionals are doing things just for fun. ...A professional retiree person. ...With a maîtrise; life experience master degree in the art of relaxing and enjoying life fully.
What you did in the past doesn't necessarily apply to what you do now. We don't always use our degree papers in the adaptation of the world we live in today. ...A true master is someone who constantly master himself every day, with its new entourage constantly evolving. If we don't evolve we cannot aspire to perfection, because perfection is an evolution, not a stance locked in time and space. True perfection is life, time, and application in it's natural constant (stability, solidity, and fragility). ...Life and death, is perfection.
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....or a train wreck!
BobM
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I'm an independent consultant and LinkedIn is a great way for me to keep a "phone book" of sorts with past employers and aquaintences. When I need some advice, or if I am looking for another contract, I have a ready supply of people who I can contact and talk to. It is a great networking tool for me.
Sure, of course I get invitations from people I don't know, so I just ignore that. I know a lot of headhunters who use it to find people for contracts they are looking to fill. Others who use it for marketing purposes (but I hate that - I'm sure most people find that part annoying, but you can turn off unsolicited marketing).
Sure, of course I get invitations from people I don't know, so I just ignore that. I know a lot of headhunters who use it to find people for contracts they are looking to fill. Others who use it for marketing purposes (but I hate that - I'm sure most people find that part annoying, but you can turn off unsolicited marketing).
Shadowfax
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I for one, enjoy the job offers and emails from Head Hunters. It keeps me aware that I am employable if/when I choose to leave my current job. The reason my account is full of customers from all the major Pharma companies, is because the industry is niche and I can go to any of the Pharma companies and get a job supporting the same software and systems. I will also be able to contact people and get referrals if I really need them. We use Webex and Goto Meeting to troubleshoot and resolve issues. I have been asked many a time why I don't just go work for that particular company. Some of them are on my To Do List.
Then there are Groups that you can join. Again, the Pharma / Regulatory / eCTD Publishing is very niche and one can learn contribute and participate in Regulatory Publishing discussions.
Our customers all talk with each other and have User Groups of their own to talk and bitch about our software and to exchange fixes and workarounds that some have encountered. I regularly chime in and solve their issues and questions, without the worry of company or customer secrets.
For some things it is an asset, for others not so much. One has to decide what and why they would use it. For me it will be more for future employment than anything else.
Then there are Groups that you can join. Again, the Pharma / Regulatory / eCTD Publishing is very niche and one can learn contribute and participate in Regulatory Publishing discussions.
Our customers all talk with each other and have User Groups of their own to talk and bitch about our software and to exchange fixes and workarounds that some have encountered. I regularly chime in and solve their issues and questions, without the worry of company or customer secrets.
For some things it is an asset, for others not so much. One has to decide what and why they would use it. For me it will be more for future employment than anything else.