I understand your dislike for Social Networks, but as a hiring manager at
my current position, the first thing I did was try to find you on LinkedIn.
Not having a LinkedIn profile is going to make it unnecessarily more
difficult to find a position. You don't need to post anything, you don't
need
Fortunately, right now supply and demand greatly favors the job
applicant, so getting your name out there just might be sufficient to
land a good job that can be done without risk of infection. LinkedIn is
one way to do that.
After running Troubleshooters.Com for the last 20 years, about all I'm
Hi Maayan,
I agree with you that LinkedIn is a social network and I suppose if I were
a purist I wouldn't use it. But I feel that the benefits are useful and
it's not nearly as offensive or dangerous as YouTube or Facebook, so I
tolerate them.
Good luck in your search and let us know what you
Hi Didi and Micha
Your reply is kind and valid. And you made RedHat sound like a good
workplace. I remember them fondly so I don't mind (:
I guess I asked about LinkedIn not just to make sure its not a PR/HR waste
of time nowadays, but also because of an inherent dislike for social
networks.
If
Didi, you made a great suggestion for Maayan:
Maayan, you could use LinkedIn to see if anyone you know is working at a
place that's interesting to you, and then reach out to them. A personal
introduction is alway so much better than a cold call, even if you have to
go through the formal
Hi Maayan,
Not sure why you think you must choose between posting to this list
and searching LinkedIn.
Why not both?
I am by no means a LinikedIn fan, but it's definitely a real thing,
and I wouldn't be surprised if I
heard that tens of percents of all tech job assignments in Israel are
Hi Ma'ayan,
I really feel for you. Under slightly different circumstances I'd be in
the exact same situation as you. I can't offer you any work here at
Troubleshooters.Com because I do everything myself. About all I can do
is offer you a 12% commission on book orders you refer to me.
Steve
