" I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn"

[Wiggity]

LinkedIn is an excellent tool for just about every industry I can think of, including blue collar jobs. By ignoring LinkedIn, you are literally throwing away opportunities. LinkedIn doesn't have your comings and goings, family photos, or any other information you don't wish to upload. All mine has is a single headshot photo and the companies I've worked for over the past ~10 years, along with a brief paragraph of what I did at each job. I accept just about every single "connection request" I receive. There's no downside.

I have gotten inside connections to jobs, found new potential clients, and helped friends find jobs all 100% due to LinkedIn.

And for what it's worth, when you join LinkedIn, they ask for your email address AND password so they can automatically contact every single person in your person in your address book. I most certainly did NOT hand over my email password. It's actually astonishing how many people do.

100% this.

Excellent tool for what it is. No reason to not have one if you value career networking. The UI isn't the best, but it doesn't stop people from using the system for what it is. I've received multiple offers through nothing other than LinkedIn. However, if you're an old grouch who gets irritated with technology, feel free to moan about it to no avail

[Wulf202]

I've personally never had anyone ask about it. Talk about it. Hire thru it or in any way utilize it in my industry.

I've only had friends with white collar jobs send me those emails. Even when I had a profile with them

You need to realize that it doesn't apply to every industry. It may be a useful tool for many but it's not universal

Or you can continue to insist that anything that works for you must be good for everyone.

[mattiooo]

If I had relied only on what people I work with and just in my industry told me, I never would have gotten as far as I did. My personal belief is anything that could help me, even a tiny bit, is worth at least exploring. I found immensely valuable over my career to watch what industry leaders did, regardless of industry. You never know what is going to spark the next great idea for your industry. Innovations are usually someone thinking well outside the norm for their industry and trying something radical or just totally different.

And if I was out of work - there is NOTHING free I wouldn't try to remedy that, and then I would explore some of the paid options as well.

And yes, while nothing in life is perfect for everything, many things can be helpful well outside of their original intention.

The smartest people I know (and I'm not one of them), never stop trying to learn new things.

[Circuits]

I've gotten interviews, and my most recent job partly through linkedin. It's actually now a red flag, at least in heavily-white-collar professions, not to have a reasonable professional network set up. It might not cost you a job to not have one, but it will probably be asked about in interviews. Things like security clearance investigations now focus a hefty amount of scrutiny on your on-line activities, too.

I guess it's a tool for lazy recruiters who feel better about passing you through to the next step if they can see your glowing endorsements and some professional engagement with your peers.

[Wiggity]

I've personally never had anyone ask about it. Talk about it. Hire thru it or in any way utilize it in my industry.

I've only had friends with white collar jobs send me those emails. Even when I had a profile with them

You need to realize that it doesn't apply to every industry. It may be a useful tool for many but it's not universal

Or you can continue to insist that anything that works for you must be good for everyone.

What is your industry?

[Zundfolge]

Lately I've been getting "invitations" from people using "Alignable".

WTF is Alignable?

[rondog]

I joined LinkedIn when I was unemployed, but I'm a computard and couldn't figure out how to navigate around in it. I kept ending up in bizarre places, had hell just finding my own shit and updating. Got a job and haven't been back on. No idea what my login info is. Didn't impress me much.

[Wulf202]

What is your industry?

Facilities maintenance

[mattiooo]

I'm not saying LinkedIn is for everyone, but the initial search:




And this from the web:
https://prevent-lss.com/5-linkedin-g...managers-join/

[BladesNBarrels]

"Alignable is where small business owners build trusted relationships and generate referrals. Join for free and increase word-of-mouth for your business."

Looks like extension of LinkedIn