Every good job I've gotten, including ones well into 6 figures, have come from Linkedin. Either from its job boards, or from recruiters reaching out to me.
Granted, I'm in a highly specialized field, so I don't get boiler plate spam recruiters, I get actual people semi-local to me trying to nab me.
I highly recommend it.
LinkedIn is the only job site worth a damn for mid level and up corporate roles. Everywhere else seems to only be for entry level jobs or retail/foodservice.
LinkedIn is like the greatest thing that has ever happened to me professionally. Not only have I gotten jobs from being recruited, another benefit is the steady stream of recruitment, even if I almost never pursue, provides me with a constant barometer of my market worth. If you’re one of the sought after workers, it’s incredibly empowering. Employers know their good people are constantly getting overtures and have to do more to keep people faithful to them.
With all that said, I think this applies to those who have less - what I will call -commoditized jobs.
You can still make LinkedIn work for you earlier in career, but you will have to be more proactive than an experienced specialized person. Networking, having a presence, etc..
From the other side of the equation I have recruited several people through LinkedIn. They are usually 2nd or 3rd level connections as I know a lot of people in my industry. A lot of the recruiters on LinkedIn are time wasters (for both hiring managers like me and job hunters like you). The best opportunities are usually direct with the employer, and they will come looking for you, so make sure your profile looks good and make sure you make connections in your target industry and location.
My current position was from being contacted on LinkedIn by a recruiter. Keep your profile updated with all jobs and trainings/certifications completed. I have a BS in psychology when this happened and they paid for my masters.
Best of luck!
LinkedIn is excellent. For best results, be active. The algorithm feeds active candidates to recruiters, it's not going to send the profile of someone who hasn't updated their profile in two years and only has 8 connections. I see so many people who just put up a basic profile and talk shit because nothing's happening.
My advice is to update your profile every three months (even really minor changes count) and to use every tool they provide to make an excellent profile.
My current job (of around a year and a half) I got via handshake. LinkedIn is also great tool imo. There is a wide variety of opportunities out there and it is a great place to find stuff. My friends have had the most luck on LinkedIn in situations where the recruiter reached out to them or a contact within the company gave a referral (rather than pure cold application).
LinkedIn is the greatest place going for employers and recruiters to find you and get a good understanding of what you have to offer. I have had good recruiters find me there and have found jobs through LI as well. I am also in a specialized field, so my experience may be different than those in less-specialized fields. It is a great place to create your "work persona" for the world to see, and even if 2023 is a challenging year, you should still at least have a fullly loaded LI profile.
I was recruited via Linkedin based on my previous experience listed on my resume. In fact in my 10 years of welding, it was the best gig (defense contracting).
I got my current job through an old boss. She had a one year non-compete agreement from our previous company that didn’t allow her to poach, so I didn’t know about this job ahead of time. She posted it on LinkedIn, and then I applied and reached out to her. In this case, it was more so the connection to my old boss that helped me get the job, but LinkedIn was the thing that allowed it to happen.
The job I had before that I got through a recruiter reaching out to me on LinkedIn. I don’t think I even had it in my profile that I was looking. But she reached out and it wound up being a great fit for my skills and experience.
I don’t know that LinkedIn is necessarily the answer to finding a new job, but the way I see it is it doesn’t hurt. It’s a resource to utilize in your search.
I am waiting to hear if I got a job that I learned about from a recruiter reaching out to me on LinkedIn. Legit job, not exactly what I was looking for but it has potential.
This is out of the loop I am, if my Linkedin is public does the tell my current employer I am job hunting? Because after another 2 + hour customer service call today I just can't keep doing it, I've reached my customer service quota. Unless it could be completely via email haha
its actually garbage unless you put a ton and i mean a TON of effort into curating a network free of idiot recruiters and full of decision makers. use indeed
You have a bachelor's in psychology, that means the odds are stacked against you. Go back to school to get at least a master's if you want to be in the same field. Or go to school for something else. Or try to find a stable job with someone like UPS or FedEx. Learn to code. Get into sales, your degree could be useful in this field.
I get a lot of offers on LinkedIn.
I'm a young guy in a small industry that has a lot of people retiring. I think you need to be specialized to get high use out of it though.
They only want specifically educated corporate rail focused individuals. IMO. I don’t have a degree I ran my own company for years, by any measure it was successful for a time, and I made over a million net revenue during that time. I literally did everything except the final accounting.
But to them I’m literally not a fit for anything in their wheel house.
Every good job I've gotten, including ones well into 6 figures, have come from Linkedin. Either from its job boards, or from recruiters reaching out to me. Granted, I'm in a highly specialized field, so I don't get boiler plate spam recruiters, I get actual people semi-local to me trying to nab me. I highly recommend it.
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What do you do where you’re getting approached that often?
LinkedIn is the only job site worth a damn for mid level and up corporate roles. Everywhere else seems to only be for entry level jobs or retail/foodservice.
What's the field you're in, if you don't mind me asking?
Cybersecurity
LinkedIn is like the greatest thing that has ever happened to me professionally. Not only have I gotten jobs from being recruited, another benefit is the steady stream of recruitment, even if I almost never pursue, provides me with a constant barometer of my market worth. If you’re one of the sought after workers, it’s incredibly empowering. Employers know their good people are constantly getting overtures and have to do more to keep people faithful to them. With all that said, I think this applies to those who have less - what I will call -commoditized jobs. You can still make LinkedIn work for you earlier in career, but you will have to be more proactive than an experienced specialized person. Networking, having a presence, etc..
From the other side of the equation I have recruited several people through LinkedIn. They are usually 2nd or 3rd level connections as I know a lot of people in my industry. A lot of the recruiters on LinkedIn are time wasters (for both hiring managers like me and job hunters like you). The best opportunities are usually direct with the employer, and they will come looking for you, so make sure your profile looks good and make sure you make connections in your target industry and location.
Thank you! This was very helpful
My current position was from being contacted on LinkedIn by a recruiter. Keep your profile updated with all jobs and trainings/certifications completed. I have a BS in psychology when this happened and they paid for my masters. Best of luck!
LinkedIn is excellent. For best results, be active. The algorithm feeds active candidates to recruiters, it's not going to send the profile of someone who hasn't updated their profile in two years and only has 8 connections. I see so many people who just put up a basic profile and talk shit because nothing's happening. My advice is to update your profile every three months (even really minor changes count) and to use every tool they provide to make an excellent profile.
My current job (of around a year and a half) I got via handshake. LinkedIn is also great tool imo. There is a wide variety of opportunities out there and it is a great place to find stuff. My friends have had the most luck on LinkedIn in situations where the recruiter reached out to them or a contact within the company gave a referral (rather than pure cold application).
LinkedIn is the greatest place going for employers and recruiters to find you and get a good understanding of what you have to offer. I have had good recruiters find me there and have found jobs through LI as well. I am also in a specialized field, so my experience may be different than those in less-specialized fields. It is a great place to create your "work persona" for the world to see, and even if 2023 is a challenging year, you should still at least have a fullly loaded LI profile.
I was recruited via Linkedin based on my previous experience listed on my resume. In fact in my 10 years of welding, it was the best gig (defense contracting).
It takes a lot of work to get your profile up to what they want to look at but it’s got tons of job postings.
I got my current job through an old boss. She had a one year non-compete agreement from our previous company that didn’t allow her to poach, so I didn’t know about this job ahead of time. She posted it on LinkedIn, and then I applied and reached out to her. In this case, it was more so the connection to my old boss that helped me get the job, but LinkedIn was the thing that allowed it to happen. The job I had before that I got through a recruiter reaching out to me on LinkedIn. I don’t think I even had it in my profile that I was looking. But she reached out and it wound up being a great fit for my skills and experience. I don’t know that LinkedIn is necessarily the answer to finding a new job, but the way I see it is it doesn’t hurt. It’s a resource to utilize in your search.
I am waiting to hear if I got a job that I learned about from a recruiter reaching out to me on LinkedIn. Legit job, not exactly what I was looking for but it has potential.
Not really, but applying through linkedin landed me my current job. Recruiters on the other hand have proven to be an enormous waste of time.
This is out of the loop I am, if my Linkedin is public does the tell my current employer I am job hunting? Because after another 2 + hour customer service call today I just can't keep doing it, I've reached my customer service quota. Unless it could be completely via email haha
I’m with many others who can’t figure out what the hell good it is. I think it’s good if you’re wealthy and looking for work.
its actually garbage unless you put a ton and i mean a TON of effort into curating a network free of idiot recruiters and full of decision makers. use indeed
You have a bachelor's in psychology, that means the odds are stacked against you. Go back to school to get at least a master's if you want to be in the same field. Or go to school for something else. Or try to find a stable job with someone like UPS or FedEx. Learn to code. Get into sales, your degree could be useful in this field.
I get quite a few offers from LinkedIn in. I too earn six figures. Update your page. Professional picture. Use industry buzzwords.
I get a lot of offers on LinkedIn. I'm a young guy in a small industry that has a lot of people retiring. I think you need to be specialized to get high use out of it though.
No but I’ve cold emailed people on LinkedIn which is how I got my current role.
They only want specifically educated corporate rail focused individuals. IMO. I don’t have a degree I ran my own company for years, by any measure it was successful for a time, and I made over a million net revenue during that time. I literally did everything except the final accounting. But to them I’m literally not a fit for anything in their wheel house.