It’s so stupid, but definitely can be helpful professionally to maintain a profile there. Depends on your experience and what field you’re in, of course, but recruiters seem to use it a fair amount.
Definitely don’t use it for the garbage social media aspect, but I’ve been convinced of its utility after getting a new job through a recruiter last year from there without even looking. The process was sooo easy compared to applying for jobs the traditional way. Icing on the cake was that it came with a 50% raise and was for a position I would never have applied for on my own but I love it. Maybe it was lightning in a bottle, but I figure doesn’t hurt to keep up a page just in case another good opportunity comes along.
mriormro@lemmy.world 1 year ago
For sure, there’s definitely utility to having one. I just got fed up with constantly getting pinged by recruiters that were clearly bots as well as all of the @ mentioning on said ‘chicken soup for the soul’ bullshit posts.
half_fiction@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Oh god yeah, I feel that. I’d have a harder time keeping mine up if my colleagues were actually attempting to engage with me on it haha.