Long shot: Anyone here work for Fender (Corporate)?

[ashtray]

Late to this thread -- have to find out -- did you ever get an interview?

Nope. They sent a generic email stating they filled the position, and would keep my resume on file…

 

[Speedbird]

Do you have a strong LinkedIn profile?

I knew a full time, successful 3rd party recruiter. First cut: It was standard you had to have strong LinkedIn to even have a shot

 

[ashtray]

Do you have a strong LinkedIn profile?

I knew a full time, successful 3rd party recruiter. First cut: It was standard you had to have strong LinkedIn to even have a shot

Maybe? It has my work history. I don’t post on Linked In. I follow businesses and business leaders. And I have maybe 50 people in my network?

I think my biggest issue is I’m looking for a 100% remote position, due to health reasons (I’m healthy and can put in 70 hours/week - but only from home), and I’m competing against a huge pool of applicants, and most likely at least one applicant will have a connection to the company which makes it easier for the company to see their resume and interview them.

 

[g-dude]

I don’t feel like typing the whole story, but LinkedIn has been an absolute life changer in terms of my career.

If you aren’t on LinkedIn, and you aren’t building a network of people in your industry, then you are making your life so much harder than it needs to be.

I have thousands of connections that I built up over the decades. I make it a point to post original content. I interact with others.

 

[Hillie]

In my experience, LinkedIn has had about 0 value and my actual network, the people I actually do know and have worked with, have always been valuable. LinkedIn has sadly become as much of a social spam site with attention/like-seeking behavior as the other platforms.

The need for 100% remote will limit options and without a good reference in the company, you'll be fighting an uphill battle, unless you're a proven specialist in your field that has limited supply and big demand.

 

[g-dude]

In my experience, LinkedIn has had about 0 value and my actual network, the people I actually do know and have worked with, have always been valuable. LinkedIn has sadly become as much of a social spam site with attention/like-seeking behavior as the other platforms.

The need for 100% remote will limit options and without a good reference in the company, you'll be fighting an uphill battle, unless you're a proven specialist in your field that has limited supply and big demand.

I would be still be unemployed and homeless but for LinkedIn.

LinkedIn enabled me to build enough of a consulting practice to keep things going until I found a job - and LinkedIn was what helped me get my employer to actually look at my application.

One direct message to someone I didn’t know, and 24 hours later I was interviewing for a job that I knew I wanted for the past 15 years.

It’s what you make of it.

 

[Stranger Danger]

I would be still be unemployed and homeless but for LinkedIn.

LinkedIn enabled me to build enough of a consulting practice to keep things going until I found a job - and LinkedIn was what helped me get my employer to actually look at my application.

One direct message to someone I didn’t know, and 24 hours later I was interviewing for a job that I knew I wanted for the past 15 years.

It’s what you make of it.

Happy for you and your turn around!

 

[Hillie]

I would be still be unemployed and homeless but for LinkedIn.

LinkedIn enabled me to build enough of a consulting practice to keep things going until I found a job - and LinkedIn was what helped me get my employer to actually look at my application.

One direct message to someone I didn’t know, and 24 hours later I was interviewing for a job that I knew I wanted for the past 15 years.

It’s what you make of it.

That's true. But over the years I've seen it slide into what seems like a pseudo Instagram like-harvesting platform, unfortunately.

 

[g-dude]

That's true. But over the years I've seen it slide into what seems like a pseudo Instagram like-harvesting platform, unfortunately.

I scroll past that nonsense, but it’s good practice to interact (comment/like) where it makes sense to do so because that factors into the visibility you get on your own content.

But the key here, is that you want your content to showcase what you know and what you can do.

 

[Hillie]

I scroll past that nonsense, but it’s good practice to interact (comment/like) where it makes sense to do so because that factors into the visibility you get on your own content.

But the key here, is that you want your content to showcase what you know and what you can do.

I have zero content and zero showcasing. For me the platform is (was?) purely for connections and seeing what people are up to. It'll vary per industry and but in my field the whole social media don't doesn't get much traction. So far I've gotten every job through my "real" network and I'm making good money, etc, so no real reason to expand more into the social media side of things.

 

[g-dude]

I have zero content and zero showcasing. For me the platform is (was?) purely for connections and seeing what people are up to. It'll vary per industry and but in my field the whole social media don't doesn't get much traction. So far I've gotten every job through my "real" network and I'm making good money, etc, so no real reason to expand more into the social media side of things.

I was pretty heavy on analyzing and explaining what was going on in my industry, both from a business and regulatory perspective.

Basically, my goal with everything I wrote was to do a better job explaining things than trade publications did, in fewer words, and with a more engaging tone.

I do very little of that these days comparatively speaking because I don’t want to create issues with respect to my current position.