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Anyone here who uses it?

I've been using it for a while now and I enjoy seeing
the career progress of my friends and collegues and
other people I met over the years.

If anyone would like to add me, send me a pm with your
LinkedIn profile :] Would be nice to see what my fellow
SRFers are up to!

List of SRF members on LinkedIn:

- cin | nl.linkedin.com/in/wesselbraakman/
- Avalanche | www.linkedin.com/pub/armeen-khazaneh-darlou/67/80a/8b9
- ltsune | dk.linkedin.com/pub/sune-thorsen/28/910/20
- LilDev!l | www.linkedin.com/pub/dennis-brand/68/7/275

I've thought about getting one for a while, but kind of seems useless unless you've graduated. Maybe in a year I'll get one.

It's never too early to get one. All the professors and people that you meet in college now may seem like nothing special but they could end up being a great reference or connection in the future. It only takes 5 minutes to make, it is worth it.

Funny that you say that.

All my professors "Get linkedin it's so great!"

All my seniors "Yeah, it's whatever. It didn't help get me a job at [insert place]" Which is usually Microsoft. Though might be because where I'm attending. Microsoft and various other companies love to hire straight out of here either way.

I guess it's useful in the later years when you try to get a job after you left your old one and people google your name and see that it has previous experience as X places. As you said, in a couple years I'll take it seriously. Til then it's useless to me.

used it to trace some clients for my job

Will use after I graduate; so I can make a proper profile.

I agree with this.. LinkedIn is not so much for recruiting, but companies
DO check LinkedIn profiles when recruiting. Basically, it contains your
entire working history.

For those who think they don't need it because they're still studying, I
partly agree. You don't NEED it, but it does give you a chance to list
your working experience, your education, the projects you do during or
next to studying; everything anyone would want to know about your
professional career. Lots of business today is also done through
networking, so it offers a lot of opportunities.

Again, I know nobody needs a LinkedIn profile, I'm just saying it can
come in handy and, as Squirt stated, only takes 5 minutes to make.

I use it, and I'm really glad about it.
It has been a huge help in getting lots of different freelance jobs online. Nothing easier than just sending a link to your LinkedIn profile.

I use it as an online CV containing everything I have ever done, basically (or at least the things I would like to be remembered for). Also, you can ask to be recommended on there by your boss.
I've used that a couple of times as well.


All in all, it's great! I've sent you a PM

I didn't even know what LinkedIn was before this thread.

Facebook for business people who do businessy things

Made one... here is mine: www.linkedin.com/pub/armeen-khazaneh-darlou/67/80a/8b9/

It is not finished but I'll add more info later. Connect with me foolz.

added you :]

You guys can find me here by the way: http://dk.linkedin.com/pub/sune-thorsen/28/910/20

nl.linkedin.com/in/wesselbraakman/

That's mine. Deleted my profile picture a few days
ago because it was too old (2003 I think lol <,<) but
will swap it for a new one soon..

This thread lead me to make one too, I've added you guys ^^
It's a small world, you never know how you can be of use to each other later on.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dennis-brand/68/7/275

bump in case anyone has missed this thread ;]

come on, seriously no other srf'ers who use linkedin? :o

EDIT: added list of members so far in first post..

You linked my wrong noop :p, you forgot the : after http