Comments on: Rebooting Linkedin

By: ckenst

ckenst — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:17:50 +0000

Matt, do you link to (or have) a public work profile on Linkedin? Wouldn't that help show the work you do? Perhaps it wouldn't work for all of the recommendations you get but it might help differentiate you from the others.

LinkedIn is getting even weirder these days, especially with the skill recommendations. People just recommend other people for whatever reasons without really knowing how skilled they are.

By: knl

knl — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:23:06 +0000

Actually what you see in business has been occurring in education for a while – inflated grades – C is no longer the average.

This is also a by product of personnel branding. Employers respond by asking for consultants that have 10 years experience in every training technology available today. What they really want is someone who is competent, understands the business, works hard and works well with others. But those qualities are not quantifiable.

By: MichelleGreenlee

MichelleGreenlee — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:55:10 +0000

@Matt that’s a great going away card you’ve got there. I think you should upload your high-res image right on your profile just under that last longterm consulting gig.

I have seen others write about the mysterious LinkedIn 1% emails. They’re just as curious about the metrics involved. I’m apparently not in the top 1% even though your profile is listed under the ‘people I should know section’ at least once a week. I too have noticed the ‘telling’ profiles you mention on LinkedIn. Everyone appears to be a fantastic pick for any job you can throw at them.

By: donwallace

donwallace — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:34:06 +0000

LinkedIn has its own little culture. If you read LinkedIn’s tips for job
seekers or vendors, you nurture and caress your sterling LinkedIn
profile and all you care about is your number of connections and your
recommendations. If LinkedIn had their say, you’d stay inside LinkedIn
8x5x52 to conduct all of your business.

The valid point you make
is that most people either don’t know how to give effective
recommendations, or they are giving a recommendation as a character
endorsement, not as a citation of accomplishments.

All I’m
saying is that the LinkedIn-O-Sphere is somewhat like Facebook – it is
its own thing, disconnected from reality, and it is trying to create its
own localized bubble of reality where people take all of the on-site
stuff like recommendations, endorsements and connections deadly
seriously.

By: TomLiotta

TomLiotta — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:30:44 +0000

Useful insight. Now to see how “asking people to focus” works out. I hope you’ll have a follow-up. — Tom

By: smitamishra

smitamishra — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:46:09 +0000

Very interesting topic. Will be looking forward to more on the endorsements part and also on ways to find the hidden truth from the sea of recommendations.