LinkedIn questions

[Mr_Brightside_@]

And I am just researching f I should add LinkedIn to my toolbelt...

Yes.

 

[C DM]

As long as I can delete my resume or info in my profile or delete "conenctions" and they are gone for good, then I'm probably okay with LinkedIn.

If that information is retained forever with LinkedIn, or made public at *their* whims, or if it gets posted forever to the Internet like a tweet you deleted does, then I think that a big risk for me.

Of course, no one has definitively answered these specific questions...

No one can really guarantee much about pretty much any of that one way or another. Not really any more or less as to how all that applies to the other job boards that were mentioned before. Looking over the privacy policies of the services involved would be the closest that anything can come to touching upon that, but even those usually won't really say too much of anything actually definitive one way or another.

 

[Ambrosia7177]

No one can really guarantee much about pretty much any of that one way or another. Not really any more or less as to how all that applies to the other job boards that were mentioned before. Looking over the privacy policies of the services involved would be the closest that anything can come to touching upon that, but even those usually won't really say too much of anything actually definitive one way or another.

I did read the link provided earlier to LinkedIn's privacy statement.

Although it was written by lawyers, it seemed fairly straight-forward, and just based on that, I'd say it meets what I would expect.

But to be clear...

1.) If I upload my resume, and later I delete it, can I assume that it is gone for good? (As in, LinkedIn won't publish it later because they feel like it.)

2.) If I create a profile, and later decide to delete info in my profile, is it gone for good? (As in, LinkedIn won't publish it later because they feel like it.)

3.) If I "connect" with people, and later decide to "unfriend" them or whatever, is that gone for good? (As in, LinkedIn won't publish it later because they feel like it.)

4.) Is anything I publish to LinkedIn similar to tweeted, where the social media papparazi are waiting to screenshot your content the second you post it?

THIS is probably my biggest cause for caution...

If I upload my resume or update my profile or link to my former boss - who kept bugging me to do this! - and then I change this infomation or take it down, I don't want an Archive.org thing to happen where this information is "out in the wild" for life.

I mean from a practical standpoint, what if I update my resume and the old version had wrong/chanegd info? You wouldn't want outdated/incorrect info out on the Internet forever, right?


It was my impression that LinkedIn is more like Facebook and Twitter, where once you post content it is out there forever just as if you shouted it out ver a bullhorn or spray-painted it on a wall.

That is too much for me and my eprsonal life. (For my startup business, that is okay.)

Now, of course, all of the above questions are not asking what happens if tehre is some big data breach at LinkedIn, because then we're all screwed.

But I'll end with this...

In the early 2000s I joined some social websites where I later decided I wanted my profile taken down, and the owners refused. Ever sicne, I am very leery of running to create any profiles or post any pictres or resumes or whatever, because I have been burned before...

 

[D.T.]

As long as I can delete my resume, or info in my profile, or delete "connections" and they are gone for good, then I'm probably okay with LinkedIn.

If that information is retained forever with LinkedIn, or made public at *their* whims, or if it gets posted forever to the Internet like a tweet you deleted does, then I think that a big risk for me.

Of course, no one has definitively answered these specific questions...

Of course not, because nobody here is a system architect for LinkedIn, we don't know the specific implementation details. I'd suggest spending time with their TOS docs (and assume they're executing them as documented).
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I mean from a practical standpoint, what if I update my resume and the old version had wrong/chanegd info? You wouldn't want outdated/incorrect info out on the Internet forever, right?

In decades as a technology professional, that has never, ever affected me.

 

[mikzn]

wow - I don't get this thread - does anybody really send paper resumes anymore? would they even get noticed?

if you have a great resume and quietly keep it secure - what good is that?

Linkedin is where you display your best skills and most importantly references and endorsements

 

[Ambrosia7177]

wow - I don't get this thread - does anybody really send paper resumes anymore? would they even get noticed?

When did paper resumes come into the conversation?

if you have a great resume and quietly keep it secure - what good is that?

You clearly haven't read what has been said..

 

[Tomorrow]

You haven't read what I've said in this thread...

Why people always go of on tangents is besides me.

Actually, my response is directly based on what YOU SAID in this thread:

As an IT contractor, I have used job boards most of my career, and I'm okay with that, because *in theory*, your resume only gets seen by recruiters/employers who pay to be on the website (e.g. Dice.com, Monster.com, Indeed.com, etc).

And my reply:

If you think your resume information is private because "only" hiring managers see it, you might be in for a shock.

Another! You said:

Like I said before, I haven't had issues with uploading my resume and providing basic deatils (e.g. name, email, password) to job board sites. But with them, if I delete my resume or delete my profile, then it is gone.

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And I'm hoping all of you experts can help enlighten me on this topic!

And as someone who receives resumes and hires candidates, I replied:

People across an industry share this information. If I get a resume for a candidate, you can bet I'll be asking some of my contacts if they know the person and what they might be willing to tell me. It almost always casts a flattering light on the candidate, but my point is, information like that gets around with or without the internet. Always has.

Let's keep going!

You expressed concern about what could happen with using LinkedIn because information in your resume could be out there forever:

I do NOT want to use anything that makes my work history, personal information (PII), job references/professional network public information on the Internet until the end of time?!

and I pointed out that you don't need to put any such information on LinkedIn:

If you don't want your resume on LinkedIn, then don't put it there. I've had a LinkedIn profile for years and I've never uploaded a resume. I use it for networking and I can do that just fine simply by making contact with people.

but to you, I didn't read the thread and this is all going off on a tangent.

The purpose of this thread is to determine how "dangerous" using LinkedIn would be, based on my requirements and concerns...

I have addressed those very concerns. Perhaps I'm not the one who needs to do a better job of reading the thread.

 

[D.T.]

If you don't want your resume on LinkedIn, then don't put it there. I've had a LinkedIn profile for years and I've never uploaded a resume. I use it for networking and I can do that just fine simply by making contact with people.

If you think your resume information is private because "only" hiring managers see it, you might be in for a shock. People across an industry share this information. If I get a resume for a candidate, you can bet I'll be asking some of my contacts if they know the person and what they might be willing to tell me. It almost always casts a flattering light on the candidate, but my point is, information like that gets around with or without the internet. Always has.

Oh yeah, I read your point-by-point reply, but sort of backtracked to your original post, yeah, that's right on, I've never had a resume on LinkedIn, I have my general info, some skills/education, employment history (I've worked with a number of startups, but mostly just owned my own companies for the last 25-ish or so years).

You are also totally on point about resume docs, I work with a local startup in the HR space, and we've got integrations to fetch resumes / general profile data from several different candidate sourcing sites, if you're really concerned, you need to go full Randy Quaid and drop off the grid