Recruiters and hiring personnel: Do you consider LinkedIn recommendations when selecting job applicants?

My opinion is, "LinkedIn: everyone has it, nobody uses it. " First, you must get an interview. This is generally more through networking than anything else, but if you happen to have a great resume that happens to get through the computer and through to an assistant that happens to put it somewhere on the pile where a hiring manager happens to take notice, you may get an interview.

If you get an interview, you must perform well in the interview. If it goes well, he or she may wish to contact your references, who may then tell the manager how awesome you are. I think any types of letters of recommendation are pretty passe, unless it is for academia or government positions.

The only recommendations a hiring manager cares about is if their golfing buddy or another manager says, "By the way, my nephew is looking for a job" or "I know somebody great in my group that would be perfect for this position. " If I could think of something that has the least to do with a hiring manager's decision to hire someone, it would be somewhere between the people who put stuff on their resumes like "I was Miss Horsetown, 1997" and LinkedIn recommendations. Sorry LinkedIn, don't get all medieval on me.

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