LinkedIn - Facebook for Professionals? or is it really "Myspace"

Subject: LinkedIn - Facebook for Professionals? or is it really "Myspace"
From: "William Sherman" <bsherman77 -at- embarqmail -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 11:35:55 -0400

A few days ago, my daughter forwarded me one of those LinkedIn ads for jobs that might apply to her. She is in the film industry as a PA and 2nd AD. Most of the jobs were for a technical writer. ???

So for grins, I decided to click the link to her profile to see what was there that might trigger it.

"You and this LinkedIn user donât know anyone in common

You can only view the profiles of users within your network. However, as you add connections, you may discover people you know in common."


So I don't know my daughter? We have the same last name and they think she is a technical writer, yet they send me connections for hundreds of people who have all sorts of unrelated backgrounds, job titles, and locations thinking I know them?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Visit TechWhirl for the latest on content technology, content strategy and content development | http://techwhirl.com

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-
To unsubscribe send a blank email to
techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com


Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit
http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and info.

Looking for articles on Technical Communications? Head over to our online magazine at http://techwhirl.com

Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions? Search our public email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives


Follow-Ups:

References:
Re: Developments in the review cycle: From: Chris Despopoulos

Previous by Author: Re: Temp agencies and job boards for local tech writers
Next by Author: Re: Friday Light: Don't Let Engineers Write Docs
Previous by Thread: Re: Developments in the review cycle
Next by Thread: Re: LinkedIn - Facebook for Professionals? or is it really "Myspace"


What this post helpful? Share it with friends and colleagues:


Sponsored Ads