I am an early adopter of LinkedIn. I am an avid networker and have met some great people because of LinkedIn.
But honestly, in their quest to make money over developing a mature, credible networking tool, they are sinking lower by the day. They call themselves tightening the reigns and nickel and diming every little thing, yet they can’t respect their (paying) members enough by allowing spammers to run rampant. And they want to charge you more money? Get out of here with this nonsense.
As a recruiter, I find myself getting tons of email from LinkedIn members seeking employment. Never mind the fact that many of them already don’t take the time to find out my specialties to see if I can help them or not. They assume that because someone said “every recruiter” is on LinkedIn, that all recruiters are using it as a recruiting tool.
I can speak for many recruiters in saying that LinkedIn is definitely the place to be to attract a lot of applicants. But the ones who have a shot at candidacy are not the ones reaching out. You have to go find those on your own.
