| ▲ | selectodude 5 hours ago |
| Hiring managers check you on LinkedIn 100 percent of the time. Not having a LinkedIn is a huge issue. |
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| ▲ | jonny_eh 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| In 2025 it basically means you're likely a bot/scammer. LinkedIn provides the social proof that at least you're a real person, with real business connections. It's sadly not optional. |
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| ▲ | metaphor 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I agree that it's not optional; in my book, a company mandating association with the degenerate cesspool that is LinkedIn as entry criteria for employment consideration is simply a non-starter, full stop. If I disclose an email address that's directly traceable to my current employer---or even one provided to me by professional organizations I'm registered with---as adequate "social proof" (whatever that means) that I'm not "likely a bot/scammer", and a company's hiring manager is too blind to see the signal, then I'd write that off as a hidden trap passively dodged with confident relief. | | |
| ▲ | groby_b 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Good for you, you'll be a principled unemployed. Absolutely stupid advice for people who actually look for a job. You're participating in a social game, with well-defined signalling functions. If you'd like to actually have a positive outcome, you'll need to make use of the signalling functions commonly recognized, even if you don't like them. (Plus, opting out of a commonly accepted path with the reason that you personally think other signals are as good and the other side is just too blind to see them sends a large amount of information about your ability to collaborate in larger teams) You do you. There are jobs where you can get away with this, there are people with networks that allow them to play different games. But as advice to job seekers, it's actively detrimental. |
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| ▲ | mycall 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | any other not-optional sites to think about connecting with? |
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| ▲ | WarOnPrivacy 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > Hiring managers check you on LinkedIn 100 percent of the time. YMMV. White collar work here follows connections and introductions - nearly exclusively. A few of my clients might have poked around Linkedin in passing but most have never used it. As an aside, I deleted my LI because I've never had a legit contact thru it, only spam. source: 35yrs in IT |
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| ▲ | pluc 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I have to disagree. I looked for a long time before I found my last gig (that ended in 2022). I had a LinkedIn and it wasn't much different, it took me months to find something. I still have a linkedin account to look for jobs, but that's it. No connections, no work history. What's relevant is on my resume anyway so I don't see what having a regular linkedin account would do. I deleted it when I found that job because, even as a job seeker, I saw no value in it and as a user, I saw no excuse to defend it. |
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| ▲ | sanswork 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | You've applied to 400 jobs and had 3 responses and no success to be blunt your option about what you need to do to get hired is worth zero. You refuse to change anything about your process, you aren't working to improve it, you are arguing against people telling them you don't need to do common/standard things. This thread is a pretty good insight into why you are failing and what you need to work on. | | |
| ▲ | pluc 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Like I said, i had a legit linkedin account before i closed it and it never felt like it did anything for me. I have changed plenty about my process, from cv iterations and reviews, ai assistance to cater to job posts in cv and cover letters, etc. Of course i think all the information is great, but i also have first hand knowledge and experience. If you think all that's missing is a furnished LinkedIn account then i can tell you that it isn't accurate - in my experience. | | |
| ▲ | ihnorton 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | LLM-driven application sites were not a thing in 2022 (used by both real humans and scammers). | | | |
| ▲ | milkshakes 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | to put it bluntly, the game has changed. what you knew from before is not correct now. if you keep applying your previous intuition and experience to a job search in todays market, you are going to be in for a hard time. |
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| ▲ | selectodude 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Well, keep on keeping on then. Sounds like you got this. | |
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| ▲ | yelirekim 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | You are delusional if you think having a good LinkedIn doesn't improve your chances of getting hired... Maybe not for every job, but for many of them, surely. | | |
| ▲ | pluc 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I guess my experience hasn't shown value. I think people think of LinkedIn like Facebook - it only works if everyone agrees to stay hostage. I don't like the platform, I don't like that Microsoft is being all Microsofty about your data (have you looked at the new settings lately? That they added without telling anyone? Settings → Data Privacy → Data for Generative AI Improvement) and being a data-aware netizen, fuck linkedin. | | |
| ▲ | Aurornis 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Hiring manager here. It's standard practice for every hiring manager I know to review the candidate's LinkedIn as an additional input to the hiring process. Not finding a LinkedIn page for someone can range from a neutral signal to a negative signal depending on the hiring manager. I personally don't read anything into it, but I know many hiring managers who feel that lack of a LinkedIn page is a negative sign. I don't like it, but it's how the world works some times. A seasoned LinkedIn page is also becoming very valuable for applying to remote jobs. Remote employers are getting nervous with all of the overemployed people and fake applicants. Having a mature LinkedIn page with a decent number of connections to real people is a major positive sign for remote hiring. It's not something you will be able to see or detect as a candidate. | | |
| ▲ | X0Rsyst 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I’m a manager in a cybersecurity consulting firm. I’ve hired half a dozen people for my team in the past year. I always check LinkedIn as well. If someone isn’t on it, the chances are significantly higher they are fake or trying be be “overemployed.” Does not having LinkedIn mean you’re not qualified or not real? Certainly not. Does it mean I will pass your resume over when sorting through a stack of qualified applicants? Absolutely. | |
| ▲ | scarface_74 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | 100% of people I know without a LinkedIn profile are overemployed. | | |
| ▲ | sanswork 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Those people probably have very strong personal networks and a willingness to reach out to them for opportunities or a very high profile in their niche. OP appears to have neither. |
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| ▲ | WarOnPrivacy 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > You are delusional if you think having a good LinkedIn doesn't improve your chances of getting hired... Maybe not for every job, but for many of them, surely. This isn't universal in every market. Business is very insular here and work follows referrals and introductions. You have those and you have work. Without them, Linkedin won't help. I'm 35yr in IT; I plug into my clients in a way that I learn their processes - inc hiring. Few white collar employers here use Linkedin. I've never worked with one who did. |
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| ▲ | james_marks 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | No connections and no work history, I would blacklist as spam. | | |
| ▲ | dzhiurgis 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | How do you ensure linkedin history isn’t falsified? I’ve seen all sort of false claims, but ultimately small programming task is best to sift out people. | | |
| ▲ | pluc 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Seriously. I could write 20 years of fake FAANG experience, connect with every rando posting AI slop since they just farm connections, and that would be better according to what i'm reading here. |
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| ▲ | mvdtnz 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I don't think you're in a position to arbitrarily disagree with advice. |
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