I don't know anybody
in [Loneliness]
|
Prev: sad to see the group infected with spammers but gald that they are ignored
Next: Bye bye summer!
From: Robert Maas, http://tinyurl.com/uh3t on 4 Aug 2008 17:51 Some employment experts said I should join LinkedIn, so I did today. After I confirmed my e-mail address, I got a second e-mail titled "Welcome to LinkedIn!" which said: The average LinkedIn user knows 15 to 20 people who are already LinkedIn -- you probably do, too. I rather doubt that. I don't know even one person other than myself who is currently a LinkedIn user. Never has somebody walked up to me on the street and said something like "Hi, let me introduce myself, I'm a LinkedIn user." I don't have any friends or acquaintances, and there's not one person whose phone number I know would be likely to be a LinkedIn usr, so there's nobody I can call on the phone to ask "Are you by chance a LinkedIn user?". So if anybody except myself is a LinkedIn user, there's no way I'll ever know. For all I know, I'm the very first person who ever joined. Later the e-mail says: To learn more about LinkedIn, take our tour. so I clicked on that link, but all I see there is: LinkedIn: What is LinkedIn? (p1 of 8) * Skip to Content * Search * Account & Settings * Help * Sign Out * Language + English + Espaqol * People + Advanced People Search + Name Search + Reference Search * Jobs + Advanced Job Search + Hiring Home + Post a Job That doesn't look like any sort of tour. It's just the same table of contents that *all* their Web pages have. I clicked on the link to skip to content, whereupon I see: LinkedIn: What is LinkedIn? (p5 of 8) Get the most from your professional network * Re-connect Find past and present colleagues and classmates quickly. LinkedIn makes staying in touch simple. * Power your career Discover inside connections when you're looking for a job or new business opportunity. * Get answers Your network is full of industry experts willing to share advice. Have a question? Just ask. Ready to get started? Join now But I already joined a few minutes ago. This Web site seems grossly broken. <http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=tour_flash&trk=wel_tour#main>
From: amandaF on 4 Aug 2008 23:08 On Aug 4, 2:51 pm, jaycx2.3.calrob...(a)spamgourmet.com.remove (Robert Maas, http://tinyurl.com/uh3t) wrote: > Some employment experts said I should join LinkedIn, so I did today. Did they specifically say to you? I think that LinkedIn is for those in high figure salary. > After I confirmed my e-mail address, I got a second e-mail titled > "Welcome to LinkedIn!" which said: > The average LinkedIn user knows 15 to 20 people who are already > LinkedIn -- you probably do, too. > I rather doubt that. I don't know even one person other than myself > who is currently a LinkedIn user. Never has somebody walked up to > me on the street and said something like "Hi, let me introduce > myself, I'm a LinkedIn user." I don't have any friends or > acquaintances, and there's not one person whose phone number I know > would be likely to be a LinkedIn usr, so there's nobody I can call > on the phone to ask "Are you by chance a LinkedIn user?". So if > anybody except myself is a LinkedIn user, there's no way I'll ever > know. For all I know, I'm the very first person who ever joined. > > Later the e-mail says: > To learn more about LinkedIn, take our tour. > so I clicked on that link, but all I see there is: > > LinkedIn: What is LinkedIn? (p1 of 8) > * Skip to Content > * Search > * Account & Settings > * Help > * Sign Out > * Language > + English > + Espaqol > * People > + Advanced People Search > + Name Search > + Reference Search > * Jobs > + Advanced Job Search > + Hiring Home > + Post a Job > > That doesn't look like any sort of tour. It's just the same table > of contents that *all* their Web pages have. I clicked on the link > to skip to content, whereupon I see: > > LinkedIn: What is LinkedIn? (p5 of 8) > Get the most from your professional network > * Re-connect > Find past and present colleagues and classmates quickly. LinkedIn > makes staying in touch simple. > * Power your career > Discover inside connections when you're looking for a job or new > business opportunity. > * Get answers > Your network is full of industry experts willing to share advice. > Have a question? Just ask. > Ready to get started? Join now > > But I already joined a few minutes ago. This Web site seems grossly broken. > > <http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=tour_flash&trk=wel_tour#main>
From: uglav on 5 Aug 2008 08:24 On Aug 5, 9:51 am, jaycx2.3.calrob...(a)spamgourmet.com.remove (Robert Maas, http://tinyurl.com/uh3t) wrote: > Some employment experts said I should join LinkedIn, so I did today. > After I confirmed my e-mail address, I got a second e-mail titled > "Welcome to LinkedIn!" which said: > The average LinkedIn user knows 15 to 20 people who are already > LinkedIn -- you probably do, too. Those sorts of sites are just annoying. There are lots of other people who don't have a wide social network, or even all that many people they know at all. They are just trying to sell themselves by trying to get you to contact everyone you know to get them to join LinkedIn. However grating as those places and their advice can be, sometimes the advice is valid. They say ring around, practise ringing work places to make contact and ask questions about the type of work they do. I felt it was naff not being a particularly gregarious person by nature, but I did push myself to practise ringing after advertised jobs I had some interest in. My theory was the worst that could happen was that I would get an interview and even worse get the job and then have to prove myself. Well, I should have known my luck! Third attempt, and after I had convinced myself they would all be gone by the time I rang, I am nearly a year into the job and very happy at it. Really those sorts of places are about encouraging you to use existing social networks that you don't even know you have. Trouble is, they really don't realise that not everyone has even a minimal social network. The local librarian or the old classmate from school may really not want to talk. Try the local priest. Of all the churches. They are supposed to be community minded. Sometimes the local political candidate can be persuaded. Try the employment office itself. Old teachers. Even if they did not get on with you. The truth is, if asking for real seems too much, just practise asking for job links or places you can try and practise door knocking. Practise helps to refine your skills, and who knows, you may accidentally succeed before you are ready. Good luck!
|
Pages: 1 Prev: sad to see the group infected with spammers but gald that they are ignored Next: Bye bye summer! |