Fun With LinkedIn
I don’t know about you, but LinkedIn never worked for me as a professional career tool. I joined at the beginning of 2005 to see what the service was all about. It helped me maintaining a resume online and know about my old friends. The reason why I say it never took off is because I’ve never seen an human resource department using it. Maybe you had a different experience and you’re happy with it. But it was very effective in one case: creating a job oriented social network of people curious about each other careers. So if I want to answer the question “but where the hell is Matt?” maybe I can search on LinkedIn and see what his new job is all about, if any.
So supposing my attitude is the same as anybody else, I decided that the serious professional LinkedIn profile was out of place. If only my old colleagues are looking at it, well, let’s have some fun! Enjoy and don’t forget to view the full profile.