I spent at least 10 minutes trying to come up with a witty title for this post, something funny and engaging that would grab readers' attention and make them smile as it conveyed how underwhelmed I was by LinkedIn. Then suddenly I realized that perhaps a better testament to my feelings about the LinkedIn experience was to make the title as boring as possible. Because that's what LinkedIn is - boring.
I don't get it. I've looked at other job sites and think they're much better. I can't really imagine using this to find a job when there are other sites and services that cater to educators and are frankly, better looking (the NAIS site in particular comes to mind). I recognize that LinkedIn is supposed to be more than just a job seeking resources, that it's also supposed to be for networking and other things, but I really can't see how I would ever use this. At all. LinkedIn provides some suggestions from its help section, but not one of them seemed relevant or useful to me.
This is not my best post, but I am completely devoid of any emotional or intellectual response to LinkedIn. Look for me to start using LinkedIn only in sarcastic and derisive ways. In conversation, I might say "that's so LinkedIn" and what I'll mean is "that's so mind-numbingly dry, irrelevant and uninteresting."
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Now I can't wait to discover this new and exciting thing: linkedin. I know my husband finds value in it from a business networking aspect, but the thought of it-especially after reading your post-makes me cringe at yet another social networking thing.
ReplyDeleteOn another note Karen, I do enjoy reading your blogs. They are mentally stimulating and encourage me to get creative with my posts. Now I'm following you.
Thanks for your comment! I'm loving this project and happy that what I'm saying is interesting to at least a couple people.
ReplyDeleteAs much as I dislike LinkedIn, I am curious about how the people who feel differently actually use it. Have you asked your husband what he does with it?
I have had a LinkedIn account for some time, though I really only put information on my page recently. I have discovered people that I know have found me. Some are people who have done some service for me, others are people crossing over education to a business profession. I can see how service oriented people would benefit from LinkedIn - they rely almost completely on referrals.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree with your commentary any more Karen. LinkedIn, well , as I politely put it in my blog. And I suppose this is a bad comment because it offers no new insight :(
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