LinkedIn

[R32UK]

And at the top of your CV you put a description of yourself, which if you want a job is normally a fairly positive statement bigging yourself up... which is what the header on linkedin is all about

No it's not. People are forver going onto Linkedin to sniff their own arses.

Dont assume we all do what you do. It serves a purpose and does it well. If you think that the millions of people on there are wrong.... then you need to stop sniffing arses.

I don't do it. I'm not that self loving, unsure of myself to keep going 'oooooh look at meeeeee'.

nothing to do with self loving. its a networking tool. you have to make yourself stand out.

its not all about what you know but who you know.

not to mention an essential tool for gathering information on people you may be meeting with. aka research.

only a cnut would spend time looking at their own profile once its set up.

[Diamond Hell]

No it's not. People are forver going onto Linkedin to sniff their own arses.

You need to consider possibly you know some weirdos if that's what people you know are doing.  The rest of us are using it to further our careers.

You'll be having fun when you leave the RAF...

 

[Agreeable Slick]

I refresh my profile every 3 months or so and go on probably once a week to check news, contacts and groups.

As much as we may be against social media it is and will continue to grow as a means of communication / research / networking and places such as linked in will thrive as they are the early adopters of this.

Unfortunately there will always be some who refuse to believe this and it will mean that opportunities will pass them buy. 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.

Saying it's for people who love the big themselves up is both puerile and foolish. People are at the end of the day commodities in their most simplistic form. Some are highly trained in useful subjects, others are not, the tipping point is how you market yourself to the biggest demographic of potential employers. To not do this is only to stunt what is possible to achieve.

[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.

[JC]

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 )

 

[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 bollocks.

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

[JC]

Not nuts - fact !

Had to help a few mates out too - ex forces closes more doors than it opens !

Enjoy blue suit life while it lasts - civvy street aint the greener side of the fence 

[Ant1981]

Different people, different stories.

[JC]

Different people, different stories.

And the same can be said for LinkedIn 

[Len]

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!