Comments on: LinkedIn: Are Endorsements Worth It?

By: Joe Panettieri

Joe Panettieri — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:56:18 +0000

Jim: Your advice earns my endorsement (sorry for the lame pun…)

Best
-jp

By: jvan999

jvan999 — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:48:54 +0000

Joe: it is an interesting trend….I’m experiencing the same thing. I make it a rule to be picky about who I accept in terms of linked in invites anyways, as I’d rather have 200 quality contacts who are real than 5,000 who I don’t even know. I’m not even sure what the benefits are of accepting all invites which some people do…..

In my four years on LinkedIn, I’ve given perhaps 4 recommendations, to people I know, with whom I’ve worked, or have, over a long period of time, communicated in a meaningful fashion (as opposed to a chat room somewhere).

It’s important to use such tools credibly, and giving or accepting endorsements from just anyone just destroys one’s credibility on the service…

If you’re looking for work, get real recommendations from real co-workers and friends…HR people will see through the phony ones…

Jim Van
Logicomm, Inc.
http://www.logicomm-inc.com

By: Joe Panettieri

Joe Panettieri — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:43:15 +0000

Tghu: LinkedIn endorsements are another pet peeve of mine. I don’t offer endorsements anymore because I found that people I barely knew were requesting them. It put me in a difficult position to honor “some” but not “all” endorsement requests, so I stopped offering endorsements entirely in mid-2008.

By: Tghu Verd

Tghu Verd — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:28:31 +0000

My thoughts are bit off topic but with everyone creating private profiles on LinkedIn and LinkedIn’s own push to pay-by-the-month services, I’m starting to see less and less value from the site apart from perhaps catching up with people you used to work with.

When it comes to jobs most people refine their CV to some degree depending on the role they are chasing. If a prospective employer matches the CV against your LinkedIn profile it’s a good chance there will be discrepencies – even honest ones because you forgot to keep one of the two up-to-date.

So whether you are endorsed or not – or doing endorsements or not – I’m left wondering if LinkedIn is actually well aligned to finding work…the cynic in my soul thinks it’s perhaps more aligned to LinkedIn’s revenue making plans than us considering career moves!!

By: Joe Panettieri

Joe Panettieri — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:14:35 +0000

Gloria: Thank you for the thoughtful note to our readers.

During Thanksgiving 2001, I was brainstorming my next career move because my magazine had shut down. So I know what it’s like to be looking for work or mulling a career move during the holidays.

It’s stressful to say the least.

But I’m a firm believer that talented folks will always find new opportunities. Best wishes to all MSPmentor readers as you build your current business or pursue your next career opportunity.
-jp

By: Gloria

Gloria — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:57:13 +0000

Linkedin was added to the About.com Top 10 Employment site list with 2 other sites but linkedin is still the only social netwoking site on the list. 3 newest job sites on top list are:

http://www.linkedin.com (professional networking)
http://www.indeed.com (aggregated job listings)
http://www.realmatch.com (matches you to the perfect job)

Good luck to all those searching for jobs.

By: Joe Panettieri

Joe Panettieri — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:50:34 +0000

Frankie – thanks for reading and thanks for not getting upset if I decline your request for a LinkedIn endorsement

By: Frankie Says

Frankie Says — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:11:38 +0000

You’re not going to make many friends with blog entries like this. But you are absolutely right. All those endorsements add up to very little.