Ninjas on LinkedIn? What's the point?
The LinkedIn blog reports an increasing rise in people describing themselves as "ninjas" in their profiles.
"Modern day ninjas are not experts in martial arts or stealth soldiers – today they are more likely to throw Java exceptions rather than steel stars."
Good to know.
If people are giving themselves ridiculous titles, what's the point of using the service anyway?
That's the sort of question Darren asks in this SuperNews! cartoon LinkedIn... to What?
SuperNews! airs every Thursday night at 11pm on Current TV.
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Stradius
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I use it when I google potential business clients and sub-contractors. But honestly I think it plays against them more than for them from my perspective. It's slightly helpful to me -- not as helpful as just Googling someone to see what kind of mark they've left on the Internet.
Anyone linked in with more than about 100 people says: "Gets hired because of who he knows not how good he is at his job."
And the recommendations are pretty easy to pick apart typically into a "honest opinion" versus "invented to earn a recommendation".
It's another thing for the Career Consultants to recommend to make themselves look like experts... and a gold-mine for MLMs and Amway reps.
- 2 years ago
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Stradius
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a_roxanne
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So true. I just join LinkedIn (for the heck of it) and I am now 100% disappointed. It's complete nothing there! And none of my friends are even on it! Well just another social network that will fall into the dust along with myspace and friendster. Poor. Cold. Friendster...
- 2 years ago
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a_roxanne
