My feed is filled with dumb “advices”, so called “professionals” that post the most entry level stuff and all sorts of shit that if I were a recruiter I would stay away from these people

  • iByteABit@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Can’t wait for a c/LinkedInLunatics to be migrated from Reddit

    So many people on LinkedIn are batshit insane

  • Arotrios@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    The more dumbed down the advice, the easier it is to encourage your audience to engage. Some of those who agree with them connect, and the sum of your connections on Linked In is absolutely something recruiters look at and weigh when looking at candidates. Keeping it basic and bland ensures the widest audience and potential connection pool with a minimal risk of negative feedback.

    Not that I’m justifying stupid content. There’s a reason I don’t spend any more time than I have to on LinkedIn.

    • nitefox@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 years ago

      Idk, there should be a limit. Today I saw some random guy posting as a “””pro””” tip “ehi do you know JavaScript has a ternary operator?” And everyone went with “oh great advice so good” saying how their lives changed thanks to that

      • DisqueDePise@jlai.luEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I once worked in a company where I was forbidden to use ternary operators because the CTO did not understand how to read them… So maybe to some people it’s really life changing.

        • nitefox@lemmy.worldOP
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          2 years ago

          I can see why they would not want to have nested ternary, but finding hard to read a simple ternary? Wtf

          • DisqueDePise@jlai.luEnglish
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            2 years ago

            Yep, simple ternary. Even after explaining them / sending a tutorial, the answer was “nah, too complicated”

  • Leviathan@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I know a dude who spent high school doing blow, dropped out of college, assaulted his mom while coked up, fucked around until his dad gave him a successful company in his late twenties. I watched this dude cry at the kitchen table because his dad told him to treat the employees as equals and not dirt.

    He now posts almost daily on LinkedIn about the keys to success.

  • scytale@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    It’s the people who make work their personality and them circlejerking each other. Don’t get me wrong, there are experts in my field who post valuable stuff on there, but it’s about topics in our field, not about working itself.

  • supermurs@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    I have an account there but I visit maybe twice a month or so. When we get new team members, I connect with them there but never post anything.

  • DaveNa@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Government employees, politicians, useless progeny of wealthy families (I will appreciate if someone could enlighten me with a better adjective for this last category). They don’t need to/can’t produce anything, they always get their paycheck or don’t need to, thus the useless blabber.

    • indepndnt@lemm.ee
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      2 years ago

      Nepotists? I was thinking something like nepotees but that doesn’t seem to be a word.

      • DaveNa@lemmy.ml
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        2 years ago

        No. I was referring to set for life people with bullshit jobs. Like life coaching.

  • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I liked it recently when some guy was posting articles on his LinkedIn about how his father was a serial killer and all sorts of bogus evidence that he had to supper that. It definitely seems like a platform for conspiracy theories, you bet.

  • Zerlyna@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    It’s not what it started out as. Originally you linked to people you worked with that you recommend. Now people connect to get their numbers up. When I was job hunting several years ago, I was told it has an algorithm to boost profiles with 250 connections or more. So networking and getting your numbers up was a goal.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Part of it has actual useful industry information, another has job openings and recruiter outreach, the rest is corporate circlejerk.

    • Youthless@lemm.ee
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      2 years ago

      Totally agree. Have found jobs through LinkedIn, but it’s timeline is 90% junk. Even the ads are so jargon filled that they are incomprehensible: “Improve your JEHSBN usage to ensure BENS compliance by purchasing XXYYZZ software!”

    • 👽🍻👽@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Exactly. LinkedIn jobs is incredibly useful. I have also found it useful for helping friends and colleagues find new jobs or make career switches because of the connections I have. I only maintain work connections through LinkedIn as I don’t use Facebook, Instagram, etc.

      Absolutely, ignore the post feed. It’s just capitalist boot fucking. A bunch of fucking losers with made up bullshit in their titles trying to be leadership influencers.

      I sincerely vouch for the jobs function, though.

  • HeavenAndHell@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Because a lot of people are jobless and try to make themselves feel better by trolling on linkedin. Also, a lot of people seem to think being on linkedin a lot counts as professional experience.