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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Keith Whitener on March 03, 2010, 03:31:19 AM

Title: Networking FOT Style (AKA Add me on LinkedIn)
Post by: Keith Whitener on March 03, 2010, 03:31:19 AM: FOT's gotta stick together! So let's all help each other out in what little ways we can. I'm not sure how helpful LinkedIn is or can be, but I figure it's worth a shot.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/benkharakh

Help me help you help me (and you!)
Title: Re: Networking FOT Style (AKA Add me on LinkedIn)
Post by: Barry Egan on March 03, 2010, 04:12:41 AM: You need help.
Title: Re: Networking FOT Style (AKA Add me on LinkedIn)
Post by: buffcoat on March 03, 2010, 11:15:07 AM: This ain't happenin.
Title: Re: Networking FOT Style (AKA Add me on LinkedIn)
Post by: Keith Whitener on March 03, 2010, 11:20:26 AM: Quote from: buffcoat on March 03, 2010, 11:15:07 AM
This ain't happenin.

No?
Title: Re: Networking FOT Style (AKA Add me on LinkedIn)
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on March 03, 2010, 11:24:50 AM: I don't remember my LinkedIn login or password and so I can't even delete the damn thing. I get constant requests and they're all just sitting there.
Title: Re: Networking FOT Style (AKA Add me on LinkedIn)
Post by: Martin on March 03, 2010, 11:38:41 AM: Quote from: Shaggy 2 Grote on March 03, 2010, 11:24:50 AM
I get constant requests and they're all just sitting there.

Yeah, me too (not braggin'). Though I do remember my password, I just can't bother. I get why some of my friends use it (tech people, software developers, educators, etc) - but why the hell should I?
Title: Re: Networking FOT Style (AKA Add me on LinkedIn)
Post by: tenni on March 03, 2010, 12:39:59 PM: Quote from: Keith Whitener on March 03, 2010, 03:31:19 AM
FOT's gotta stick together! So let's all help each other out in what little ways we can. I'm not sure how helpful LinkedIn is or can be, but I figure it's worth a shot.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/benkharakh

Help me help you help me (and you!)

I added you.
Title: Re: Networking FOT Style (AKA Add me on LinkedIn)
Post by: mackro on March 03, 2010, 03:05:17 PM: Even as an IT guy who had to look for a job late last year and used the site, LinkedIn was only marginally useful.

What I dislike about it the most is that people can't really be themselves on it, they have to be their resume/CV selves, which is like some forced, miserable, formally dressed "I'll happily jump into your hamster wheel!" thing that reflects how little the cogs of employment practice have developed over the decades.
Title: Re: Networking FOT Style (AKA Add me on LinkedIn)
Post by: yesno on March 03, 2010, 05:31:41 PM: I just had to set up a profile there. As an online business card, it's great, but I don't see myself as going through the hassle of adding new business contacts and stuff.
Title: Re: Networking FOT Style (AKA Add me on LinkedIn)
Post by: Keith Whitener on March 03, 2010, 07:11:27 PM: I thought the aim was to add people for the purpose of advancing one's career.
Title: Re: Networking FOT Style (AKA Add me on LinkedIn)
Post by: Barry Egan on March 03, 2010, 11:04:27 PM: (http://img.youtube.com/vi/io_Lzn6HmPc/0.jpg)

Settle down, Hitler.
Title: Re: Networking FOT Style (AKA Add me on LinkedIn)
Post by: Keith Whitener on November 29, 2012, 12:18:15 AM: I'm at it again! Jeeze, me, give it a rest! Seriously, though, I have no idea how people use this thing to "get ahead".