Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Disconnect

Back in 2010 I joined LinkedIn, the social media network for professionals. When I first signed up most of the people I connected with could actually vouch for my professional skills, and I could vouch for theirs. Now, most of my connections are friends or people from church. When I received the first of those invitations I asked Hubby Tony what the etiquette was in that situation. He told me that if he actually knew the person he went ahead and accepted the request; that's what I did. I have no idea if those people are good at their job or not and I certainly couldn't recommend ("endorse" in LinkedIn lingo) them. However, a couple of years ago I was able to virtually introduce one friend who was looking for a job at another friend's office. That felt pretty good.

The last time I was looking for a job myself I made sure my profile was up to date, and was a pretty active user, but in the past few years the only time I log in is when I get a message from the company that someone wants to link. The last one was from a friend of an acquaintance. I've never met the person, who calls themself an Executive Coach. When I looked at the profile I noticed it had several typos on it. Not exactly the type of person I could recommend.

I ignored the request, but about a week later I got a reminder message that my invitation was still waiting for me. This time I went to the LinkedIn site and deleted the request. I can't imagine ever running into the person, and if by some crazy reason I did I bet they wouldn't even remember reaching out to me.


Five years ago today: The Sink Isn't SUPPOSED To Sink!

16 comments:

  1. When linkedin first got started, I joined up, before I ever considered going on Facebook. I thought it was a much more professional organization. Ha. I quickly realized that the only people with whom I was linking were people I already knew and who could help me with just a phone call if I wanted to reach out to them. I pulled the plug on linkedin and have never regretted it. I have made so many more contacts through FB, twitter, and now Instagram than I ever made with linkedin.

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    1. Interesting. I guess it depends on what your goal is. I think if I was actually looking to network for a professional job I would be much more active on LinkedIn.

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  2. I cannot envision re-connecting with LinkedIn or FB.

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    1. Joanne, I have to post to your FB page when I want to make a comment on your blog b/c you don't allow non-google people to comment. Are you telling me you no longer read your FB posts?

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  3. I use to have an account there. I thought I'd deleted it. I was getting requests from people I didn't even know and wanted out. But I still occasionally get those requests via email. I don't know why.

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    1. I think they purposely make it hard to delete any type of account like that.

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  4. You handled that well. Misspelled words? That's a hoot!

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    1. Some people sure aren't aware of the impression they're giving out :-)

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  5. Ditto what Christine said, You handled that well. Thumbs-up to you.

    Wishing you a great weekend!

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  6. I have a LinkedIn page, but I find the whole app to be confusing.

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  7. I don't understand how LinkedIn works.

    God bless.

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    1. It's supposed to help you connect with others in the business world.

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  8. I signed on to LinkedIn because someone asked me to join. Eventually, I just dropped the account.

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