Watch for this to change, almost overnight. Gen Z has different expectations and there’s a huge anti-social-network movement building within it. It’s very common for me to run into younger people now who don’t have FB or Insta. Linkedin is next as it’s so cringey and becoming less useful. 10, 15 years ago I could really use the platform to engage recruiters and land interviews. Now fit’s a wasteland of influencers pumping out meaningless posts. There is no value there.
I want to agree with you but I doubt it. LinkedIn’s value is generated by corporations, not it’s users. So long as companies use it to vet people, it will be used.
It’s the same reason why we still have applications. Recruiters hate them because they have to sort through hundreds of applications. Candidates hate them because they spend precious time updating their resume for the job post only to get buried under a bunch of AI slop.
It’s been years since I got hired anywhere that even checked it. HR only cared about the exact data in the exact format their system wanted it, so they could compare fast. They’re taking in like 1,000 apps for every job they post, so they need to be able to sort and filter down to the 3-5 employees they want to interview without having to do boring hand research.
I’ve been on hiring panels myself and don’t bother because it’s usually just a copy of their resume which I already have in front of me. I do not care about their opinions on the latest management book they read, unless it’s important enough to bring up in the interview (sometimes it is!)
Watch for this to change, almost overnight. Gen Z has different expectations and there’s a huge anti-social-network movement building within it. It’s very common for me to run into younger people now who don’t have FB or Insta. Linkedin is next as it’s so cringey and becoming less useful. 10, 15 years ago I could really use the platform to engage recruiters and land interviews. Now fit’s a wasteland of influencers pumping out meaningless posts. There is no value there.
I want to agree with you but I doubt it. LinkedIn’s value is generated by corporations, not it’s users. So long as companies use it to vet people, it will be used.
It’s the same reason why we still have applications. Recruiters hate them because they have to sort through hundreds of applications. Candidates hate them because they spend precious time updating their resume for the job post only to get buried under a bunch of AI slop.
The process exists because corporations want it.
It’s been years since I got hired anywhere that even checked it. HR only cared about the exact data in the exact format their system wanted it, so they could compare fast. They’re taking in like 1,000 apps for every job they post, so they need to be able to sort and filter down to the 3-5 employees they want to interview without having to do boring hand research.
I’ve been on hiring panels myself and don’t bother because it’s usually just a copy of their resume which I already have in front of me. I do not care about their opinions on the latest management book they read, unless it’s important enough to bring up in the interview (sometimes it is!)