FROM AN EMAIL ABOUT LINKEDIN
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>Second, what is the 5 strikes and you’re locked rule that you refer to below?
LinkedIn has a policy, about a year old, that if five people that you invite say “Don’t know”, you’re account is locked out. Depending upon how well you kowtow to “customer (dis)service”, they will unlock you. A second offense, and you may not be unlocked.
>Third, I like your “I am not accepting your request ..”
Contrary to the impression my large count gives, I am NOT an open networker. (I run an alumni ezine and have been “in transition” five times and ran a networking group.) I try to only connect with kindred spirits.
>Speaking of LinkedIn, I had an interesting conversation with a recruiter last week on the topic of having recruiters as LinkedIn connections.
I’d think that was “interesting” because recruiters have a completely different set of objectives than real people.
> I told her my take on how I see it being a one-way street (at least from a career networking point of view)
I’m not so sure I agree with you. LinkedIn for seekers allows one to find and be found.
>and she basically agreed as she said “I would never put my clients in my linkedin connections”.
Sure, because she can’t compete with all the recruiters out their chasing a diminishing world of hiring managers and job seekers. If I can id someone who needs my brand of poison then why should they hire a recruiter to find me. Or visa versa.
There’s a lot of sleeze tactics on LinkedIn.
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