Linked In... To What?

Hahahaha!!!

Glenn,

You Rock.

thanks for the info!

Mike

I love this stuff: excellent. However, it is only partially true. People must be active on LinkedIn to build their reputation. So add discussions, answer questions and share news. Hey, I think the Boss looks like Barack. Doesn't he?

Ha ha! Hilarious satire!

Very funny, but a shame that it is promoting the negative side of linked in. It is like any recruitment tool, if you dont know how to use it then you are not going to get anything out of it. Just becuase you are on linked in doesnt mean you are suddenly going to get hundreds of job offers, but it does mean that if an employer is looking for talent on LI and your profile stands out, you may have a chance of being approached.

LinkedIn, just like anything else, is simply one "tool" (out of many) that can be used in the job search and is *not* meant to be the end all/be all or the solution to all job seekers. And as is the case with most things, it (gasp) may not work for everyone the same way or at all and as someone else pointed out, it doesn't work if you don't use it effectively.

Do you people really think your profile is just going to do the work and find a job for you? It's still up to the user to reach out, generate connections and develop relationships and to that end, LI is making it very easy to gently nudge people in the direction of networking, but they aren't going to teach you or do it for you! Networking requires more than just making a connection - you have to to take the next step, follow up and build relationships

However, for those that think that LI wasn't built for the purpose of the job search - take a look at the fine print in the footer of your LI pages where they list their "recruiting" solutions. There is more than just your "privacy" at stake as to why they don't open up the "network" to all 50M users - they make a lot of $$ selling access to the entire user network to recruiters.

Next year when you become a manager and you need to spec out some automation samplers, you'll love Linkedin. Until then, check out the Q & A, join the conversations out there, become an industry expert, develop your personal brand as a Lab Assistant. You never know when you'll be looking for a new job.

I'm just speaking from my experience...as a lab assistant. Linked In isn't a good fit. For people to work in sales or other places it can be a good thing.

The Q&A section is second to none when you have a question for a particular industry. I challenge the naysayers to explore some of the other features if you're really looking for jobs, connections, answers.

twitter, useless... just good advertising for companies. linkedin bad for companies.
see how they are portrayed in the media.
i found a great job threw linked in.

LinkedIn has worked for me to establish connections and or re-connect with people in a number of different ways - so in that respect it works.

As Cinefile writes below, the video is misleading and complete nonsense. The LinkedIn portal is not built for purpose of job search, even that it has that feature, rather for peering , connection or re-connecting with your professional friends and other contacts. How you end up using the available features is solely up to you and no one guarantees you anything other then ability to advertise yourself and establish new connections, or re-build relationships you once had. See who does business with whome, use those contacts as potential business leads and similar. To expect anything more then that is simply dumb! If I was LinkedIn legal, I would take some level of action against the producer of this dumb video since misinformation can be damaging. I will comment that recently LinkedIn added feature that its users can combine their accounts with their Twitter accounts, which in some way can be useful, however it appears to be very annoying since some morons on people contacts think that now that LinkedIn gave them Twitter feature they can send any kind of status update including how they might be listening this song or that song while they eat pancakes in the local diner (simply some are starting to treat LinkedIn like other social networking portals which is idiotic, to say the least!). Way around it is to block them away or completely remove those contacts.

Very funny, but not really true. I've found my LinkedIn network gives me connections to companies that I am interested in, and I've been approached by recruiters more times than I can count. LinkedIn is not an end in itself, but - if your connections, recommendations and of course your resume are up to it - it'll help you find out about open positions and land the job you're looking for. In the last six years or so, it's been instrumental in my getting my current position and the two prior to that. But that doesn't make for a great satirical video, of course.

That was brutal. LinkedIn can be helpful, but it takes more than just connections.

I just think that "LinkedIn" is better suited for Non-Medical type.

Funny, and sad but true. Once again Current.com has produced a modern day hit. Thumbs up.

This video is hugely misleading and quite unfair to the Linkedin in site. First, the site never claims to find you a job. That really isn't the point of it. Linkedin benefits people who are genuinely interested in networking for business reasons and for establishing contacts with industry people who may be able to help you with your business endeavors and/or ideas. I also find that the Linkedin forums and groups are possibly the best social groups system I've ever found in terms actually providing quality information to the user. The groups featured on Linked can be a tremendous source for quality information to help your business. You just need to know how to use the website it correctly. I might assume whoever created this video is not very serious about business or knowing what it takes to grow one.

I thought it was just me that didn't get it.

the links do nothing...it's what you do with them

If you play on facebook and linkedIn all day you'll get yourself in trouble. If you wait until you get layed off to create your accounts and try to network, you'll seem desperate. However, if you keep track of all your professional associations over time, you'll build up a large group of leads to tap into when you need to job hunt again.

How true. LinkedIn, FaceBooked, Twiterred - all so far for naught - but I am networked! Mike Sessa is @LinkedIn @Facebook @Twitter! All linked in and no job offers! Metro Detroit Market...pffffttttt