LinkedIn

[Sam]

Armed forces are a prime example of this, years of service result to not a lot in the big wide world and there are people on here who will testify to this, and how hard it is to get work.

I totally agree - only for those who joined the wrong trade, don't have/didn't gain professional qualifications during their service. Your career path and education are what helps. Linkedin isn't going to help someone with no real transposable skill set or qualifications. And those who do have the skillset and qualifications will find work easily without linkedin.

And you sir are talking bollox - fact. ( job and skills wise post forces )

 

I'm not talking nuts.

Perfect example is yourself. You found work, sure, but not everyone will right away find work that they wanted. The above is nuts to say that ex forces people won't find work very easily.

All of the above is complete bollocks, the idea of Linkedin is that you create a network of people verifying that you can do what you say you do rather than waving slips of paper. It adds personality to your CV, a whole host of references from people who wouldn't normally reference and the chance to discuss ideas and get yourself known within certain groups and circles. Linkedin creates a level playing field that allows the man at the bottom and the man at the top go head to head for jobs.

If we took an example of say, a bricklayer, you can have a young lad with level 3 or an old boy with nothing but experience under his belt. From a qualifications point of view, the young lad out performs the old man easily but in terms of testimonials, backing and referencing the young lad wont have a patch on the old boy. But as an employee i'm looking for someone to say... rebuild a specific arch type on a big project, the young lad could have done nothing for 1 year but build arches with project x whilst the old boy hasn't done it for years. The CV's of these two people will not talk about specific projects, simply because you don't on a CV, but the linked-in can give all this extra info allowing the employee to make a much better informed decision and providing both parties equal opportunities in terms of employment.


Comprehended?

[Len]

Take the old boy every time because he was taught how to do it properly and did a 4 year apprentaship whereas the young bloke only does one years training!!

[Ant1981]

Its not easy finding a job right now no matter how well qualified you are!
So saying that anybody coming out of the Forces with right qualifications and skillset will fall straight into a job is, naive, stupid and completely erroneous!

Not really. If you've the right experience in that trade which is relevant to the outside world (I realise not all jobs are) then why don't you have an equal opportunity?

Why wouldn't an air traffic controller (which has the same CAA tickets as a civil controller) not find work? Plenty of opportunity at swanick, gatwick, heathrow.

Why wouldn't a doctor find work? Why wouldn't a radiographer find work?

I could completely understand someone coming out of the Regt having difficulty finding a different job (they have difficulty holding a knife and fork as it is). I could understand a Raf copper not finding exactly what he or she wanted, I could understand someone sat in the admin or support wing having not a clue what to do once left.

[Ant1981]

Armed forces are a prime example of this, years of service result to not a lot in the big wide world and there are people on here who will testify to this, and how hard it is to get work.

I totally agree - only for those who joined the wrong trade, don't have/didn't gain professional qualifications during their service. Your career path and education are what helps. Linkedin isn't going to help someone with no real transposable skill set or qualifications. And those who do have the skillset and qualifications will find work easily without linkedin.

And you sir are talking bollox - fact. ( job and skills wise post forces )

 

I'm not talking nuts.

Perfect example is yourself. You found work, sure, but not everyone will right away find work that they wanted. The above is nuts to say that ex forces people won't find work very easily.

All of the above is complete nuts, the idea of Linkedin is that you create a network of people verifying that you can do what you say you do rather than waving slips of paper. It adds personality to your CV, a whole host of references from people who wouldn't normally reference and the chance to discuss ideas and get yourself known within certain groups and circles. Linkedin creates a level playing field that allows the man at the bottom and the man at the top go head to head for jobs.

If we took an example of say, a bricklayer, you can have a young lad with level 3 or an old boy with nothing but experience under his belt. From a qualifications point of view, the young lad out performs the old man easily but in terms of testimonials, backing and referencing the young lad wont have a patch on the old boy. But as an employee i'm looking for someone to say... rebuild a specific arch type on a big project, the young lad could have done nothing for 1 year but build arches with project x whilst the old boy hasn't done it for years. The CV's of these two people will not talk about specific projects, simply because you don't on a CV, but the linked-in can give all this extra info allowing the employee to make a much better informed decision and providing both parties equal opportunities in terms of employment.


Comprehended?

A CV with references and employment history can give all the back up you think Linked in only gives. Employment history is on the CV as it is linked in. It just appears that Linked in is just an online social CV network, rather than a pool of CVs that only recruiters can pull out and take a look of.

The CV and linked in, both with employment history and references, so how's linked in better at that? An employer will still want some citation over what's been said.

[bobbarley]

Never been fussed about LinkedIn, seems a waste of time and effort.  I'm not sure what industries frequent the site but I work in Banking and no one I know (work wise) is on there either.

Having said that, I'm losing my job soon, so that may all change 

[Diamond Hell]

The CV and linked in, both with employment history and references, so how's linked in better at that? An employer will still want some citation over what's been said.

Because with LinkedIn it's all there and in more depth.

And you don't look like a dullard who's stuck in the 20th Century.

[Ant1981]

But with linkedin you have to have bed hair, an iPhone and curly toe shoes and I don't want any of that   

[Agreeable Slick]

But with linkedin you have to have bed hair, an iPhone and curly toe shoes and I don't want any of that   

That response alone sums up your complete lack of understanding about how LinkedIn works and why you will be nothing more than a troll in here. Locked.

[Lewy]

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