6 Mistakes People Make On LinkedIn

6 Mistakes people make on LinkedIn. If you're looking for LinkedIn tips, you've come to the right place. In this video I give you common mistakes people make using LinkedIn and how you them in your job search.

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0:00 - intro
1:30 - 1st mistake
4:38 - 2nd mistake
5:39 - 3rd mistake
7:43 - 4th mistake
10:42 - 5th mistake
12:27 - 6th mistake
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My experience with recruiters on LinkedIn is that they will message anyone that matches their keyword and then go "oh sorry I guess those weren't the qualifications we were looking for, but we have a different position" and the different position is usually worse than the one I'm already in.

[bakslashr]

As an introvert this sounds very exhausting, and just a lot of game play.

[alejandrobrito]

1-No contact
2-No keyword
3-Not being active
4-Not networking
5-Never engaging
6-Controversy

[eggy]

I guess I'm old. I have no desire to spend my free time "building my brand" and "engaging" with strangers about what I do at work.

[A]

I disagree about the networking/having lots of connections - usually it goes like this, you connect with someone, then you never hear from each other again, and just continue on to the next connection and repeat the cycle until you have a whole bunch of connections for people you will never contact and who will never contact you. I think it's kind of pointless and should not be relied on too heavily. The only connections that probably matter are connections to people that you actually have met before, worked with before, etc.

[PhanTimo]

advice for new connections, find all the companies you would work at and connect with HR staff and people in the departments you could work in. A great boost for visibility.

[lolathedog]

What a depressing video. Who wants to be part of a world like this?

[Murga_Mutton]

I stopped using LinkedIn because I felt it is a stalking tool that you create to let others stalk you. And I've landed great jobs without LinkedIn. Such a relief to get rid of this toxic platform.

[therealjordiano]

I absolutely despise linkedin. I've never come across a place with as much preachy, cringy, self-congratulatory and ultra-corporate material. So to me being active on there is a negative instead of a positive, but that's just me, and I suppose for a recruiter this is different.

I agree with your last point about not getting into arguments on there, as they quickly get passive-aggressive or aggressive, not sure which is worse.

[djenkins]

Paying for it. I decided to stop making that mistake.

[arkanianthegreat]

I personally don't entertain recruitment companies, all they are interested in is building a CV portfolio, and advertise jobs which don't exist, this is from experience, best to apply directly with the company.

[pavelmatuska]

This is very recruiter-based point of view. Most people do not care about social media presence at all in any sphere, including LinkedIn. If I want to learn news from my field, Linked in is NOT a good place to do so, hence is has no value to me. Most of the points you mentioned are completely invalid for a lot of people. No one should ever waste time with engagement on socials if they don't like it just because they might look for a job down the road, and this would help them to few more opportunities. And evenly, job seekers show almost incompetency in thinking that such engagement matters in any way.

[raydavison]

Someone constantly interacting/engaging is someone not focused on their current job. That to me is a red flag. Just like someone on Facebook complaining they don't have enough time yet they are wasting time on Facebook!

[killingjoke]

One more tip: always reply to messages of recruiters. Even if you are not interested in the job offer. Why? Recruiters can turn on a setting of candidates that are more likely to reply. That means you will be higher in their search results.

[felixyusupov]

My experience with recruiters / head hunters is that they are looking for their next meal ticket. They don't care if company they are working with has a toxic work environment, the last several people who had the job quite. They don't care.

[brooklynzoo]

The one thing I really hate about working in IT is they expect you to know everything under the sun. It's very frustrating to learn 50 things.

[DigitalProphet_]

I think the reason for point number 2, the fact that you are open for positions, can be seen by a current employer. I think perhaps these people don’t want to be perceived as looking for another job if they are not, but just being open to see what’s out there. So it’s a tricky option to set to “on” if the person is happy at the current employer.

[keithricker]

So the advice from corporate recruiter is ... 1) Make it easy for corporate recruiter to find you, 2) Let corporate recruiter know your skills so corporate recruiter can pass you by if you don't check all of the boxes, 3) Have lots of contacts that corporate recruiter can cold-call in addition to you, 4) Advertise to the world that you're desperate for a job. Got it.

[mu]

Recruiting is becoming like dating, you can be the most competent candidate, but if your social network profile does not show that you are one of the cool kids, recruiters will pass on you. I bet you out of the list he mentioned, the first thing he looks at is the number of connections and if it does not meet the minimum number he will just pass without looking at the rest of the profile.

[SlowRiderDucati]

LinkedIn is a double edged sword. A lot or recruiters tend to offer jobs that are sub par and low salaries in funky locations. Also word smithing has become key unfortunately.