re: LinkedIn

Dominic Sumners — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:05:06 GMT

i fear their biggest danger may be rec cons absolutely going through the site like a plague of locusts and then senior execs getting a lot of headhunt calls from resources. Will this create a backlash and see people taking their profiles down? Undoubtedly the down turn will see greater user activity though as it becomes a way to engage direct with employers/contacts in a way that make sthe candidate look proactive and up to speed.

Not sure about the Top10 Employment site list listed above - 2 out of those 3 would not be the first place i would direct friends or colleagues to. To be fair i have not even heard of www.realmatch.com - which either says negative things about my knowledge or negative things about their true market position

re: LinkedIn

John star — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:58:09 GMT

Linkedin was added to the About.com Top 10 Employment site list with 2 other sites but linkedin is still the only social netwoking site on the list. 3 newest job sites on top list are:

www.linkedin.com (professional networking)

www.indeed.com (aggregated job listings)

www.realmatch.com (matches you to the perfect job)

Good luck to all those searching for jobs.

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re: LinkedIn

Sean Goulart — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:37:57 GMT

I really like LinkedIn and they way they have rolled out the service. It is easy to use and very informative. A few things they need to watch out for:

- SPAM - there is an increasing amount of SPAM in the discussion groups as the moderators of many do not actually moderate

- Return rate - Many people I speak with go on LI, like it, but don't really get a call to action to return so they don't for long periods of time

They have great backing and are probably undervalued.