Thursday, February 20 - "Is LinkedIn Useful Anymore?"

Happy Thursday!

Here’s what’s on the job description for today:

1. New roles from a massive and interesting financial institution.

2. Today’s Question: “LinkedIn seems to be filled with old jobs with thousands of applicants, fake jobs, and people posting political nonsense. Is it useful anymore?”

IN HIRING

State Street

• With a diverse leadership team and nearly unmatched global reach, Moody’s provides a wide range of growth opportunities.

• Over 1200 jobs are available across every department of the organization making it worth a review for anyone interested in finance.

• Here are a few of the most interesting roles available

  • AI Project Manager - Click here for full details

  • Sr. Delivery Manager - Click here for full details

  • Portfolio Services Analyst, Senior Associate - Click here for full details

Click here for the company’s career page

TODAY’S QUESTION

Today’s Question: “LinkedIn seems to be filled with old jobs with thousands of applicants, fake jobs, and people posting political nonsense. Is it useful anymore?”

Recommendation: the politics and personal posting does get annoying sometimes. Here’s how it can be best used if your sole focus is getting a job:

• First, be purposeful with the feed section and take accountability.

  • While some annoying things will come your way regardless of your activity, if you spend time reading through the comments, LinkedIn takes note and send you more like it.

  • The obvious first step for me is to remove connections that annoy you or comment on things you dislike and to follow more people you find useful or interesting.

• Second, create specific job searches that you can save and come back to.

  • While there are many other job sites, LinkedIn is still the major location for most corporate jobs in big cities.

  • Use the filters and search for jobs that make sense. Then save the web address in a spreadsheet somewhere and go back to it to save time and reduce chances you spend 30 minutes going through the feed.

    • I would focus mostly on the following filters:

      • When the job was posted

      • Industry

      • Seniority

• Finally, take breaks from it. If you’re on there every day, take a minimum one day off per week so it doesn’t become something that feels so toxic.

Conclusion:

LinkedIn can be a place of agony or value. Set it up so that it works for you and take accountability when you make decisions that have adverse consequences.