Why LinkedIn hurts your career

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LinkedIn is destructive to your career. Here's why.
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@al-manasama8370 3 года назад

I have seen many posts on LinkedIn that makes me questions the person's priorities in life. For example, I saw someone post how they shouted at their baby and how it broke their heart to do that as a parent, but the positive note is that they LEARNED to be more patient in life. Why does everything have to be a lesson? Why does something personal happen in someone's life and the first thing they think is "Oh I need to post this on Linkedin and show my 500 connections I'm always learning"? Stop the fake act. Wasn't this website meant to be about job hunting? Not fake Facebook-Esque posts?

@igasudrom8642 3 года назад

Yeah, I read a post written by someone interning at the same organization I was, where they talk about how they were “unaware” of the very issue our organization works to fix before working there, and how it was “so intimidating” to have to actually, yknow, share ideas with and talk to “highly intellectual” coworkers, and the post had this weird “wow, now I understand why organizations like ours actually exist and I’m determined to join them in their fight, and I’m super intimidated by everyone because I feel they’re smarter/more experienced/older than me, but I learned that I can’t just run away from intimidating situations so now I face them head on and wow, I’ve grown so much, wow I’m so proud of myself” overall message and I’m like… who are you writing this for? And do you think this makes you look good?

@vincentkingsdale8334 Месяц назад

But but but, you have to build your "brand" ✊️✊️🥒💦💦💦💦💦

@alethiaarreola1847 3 года назад

This is absolutely true. I have been found comparing myself to so many people with totally different backgrounds...

@mikhailikaev716 2 года назад

true, the same situation here

@CambiaAhora 3 года назад

Agreed. LinkedIn ambience makes me want to puke, all pretenders and virtue signaling all day. Sick.

@kvin9210 3 года назад

LinkedIn is toxic

@hamzahkhan3813 3 года назад

"Incoming summer CEO at Microsoft.."" I am sold !!

@minhajabidin 3 года назад

I felt that too

@CodingJesus 3 года назад

Hahaha

@codemachine7381 2 года назад

🤣🤣

@oscarhenry7412 Год назад

😂😂😂

@chiefud8798 2 года назад

Wish I could like this twice. Great stuff. I literally disengaged from all ‘social media’, later signed up on LinkedIn for ‘professional purposes’ only to realise it’s all the same s**t. Goodbye.

@2steaksandwiches665 2 года назад

Made me tear up. You get it man. As someone that is working on mental health issues, my life was better when I didn’t have LI 3 years ago.

@free23456 8 месяцев назад

I am unemployed now and my heart sinks every time I open linkedin and see other people's professional success. 😢 I am happy for my friends but I am comparing myself to strangers I will never meet or know personally

@benh6835 3 года назад

I'm watching through all of this guy's videos as my 5-10 minute breaks during CFA studies, and wondering why he's got so few views. CJ provides a lot more value-add per minute than a lot of the career influencers out there.

@kvin9210 3 года назад

Truth 💯

@sulista-consulting 3 года назад

Probably because he does not understand the way LinkedIn is working? rare to see so many myths and misunderstandings in one single video.

@kvin9210 2 года назад

@@sulista-consulting LinkedIn does NOT work. Stop lying.

@sulista-consulting 2 года назад

@@kvin9210 ha ha ha

@jackcarraway4707 2 года назад

Why do we keep pictures of ourselves off our resumes to prevent discrimination, yet a profile picture is expected on your LinkedIn?

@CodingJesus 2 года назад

Interesting point!

@simondaly9960 10 месяцев назад

Fully agree with 1st point and toxicity. Your 2nd point is perfectly defined. I've seen so much selfworth or selfimportance or advertisements or greenwashing that it shines its fakeness as bright as FB and Instagram. I don't think I've actually seen LinkedIn be anything close to a professional platform. It presents more as a selfdefeating platform.

@SP-sl6dj 3 года назад

Great video. I deleted my LinkedIn I found it useless. Especially the connection suggestions, who are all people who do exactly what I do. Doesn't compliment my network at all. It was also spammy. Always getting messages from recruiters or people asking me if I want sell my company etc. Also didn't like being added every time I met someone somewhere. I stick to the old school organic way of making and managing relationships. I'm sure it's useful for some people but not for many. But there's definitely no absolute need to use it.

@Ama-Elaini 3 года назад

How? I have been trying to do that but both hibernation and deletion button have been greyed out.

@ohio342 3 года назад

@@Ama-Elaini Do you have premium service, I don't know but saw something about if your linkedin is premium you have to go back to basic and then delete it.

@Ama-Elaini 3 года назад

@@ohio342 I don't think so, I never really started to use it in the first place and look into those settings.

@wenmoonson 2 года назад

Great to hear a younger person highlighting these problems with social media!

@dljworks 4 года назад

It’s actually not counterproductive to think that no one cares about you. Actually, the sooner you accept that and focus more on serving value to others, they eventually will, or at least feed your perception that they do 😂

@CodingJesus 4 года назад

Yep. It is very productive to realise that the only one out there that will help you is yourself.

@Liveeachdaytothefullest 2 года назад

I 100% agree but you forgot one very important fact. When you share your resume with the whole world basically you are letting spammers, hackers, and strangers know where you went to school, where you worked and still work and everything in the fullest detail. No thanks. I do have a Linkedln account but there is no resume. Becareful people. There are people that sell other's resumes and make profit. Do not put your resume in public. Only provide your resume when asked and to the person you trust. Great video.

@kvin9210 2 года назад

Exactly

@developandplay 3 года назад

Hm I personally dislike using Linkedin because of this competitive aspect to it. That being said as a university student with a good resume a few recruiters did actually reach out. However if your resume is empty of course now one will contact you. In that case no amount of "fixing up" your resume will help though.

@adig3777 3 года назад

You just got a new subscriber!! I support healthy competition, but Linkedln is just toxic.

@CodingJesus 3 года назад

Yep! And thank you!

@muhammadbilal6865 2 года назад

yes it is

@gj4king1 3 года назад

I'm definitely going on a LinkedIn Fast... Applied to 300 internship positions.. 3 interview and no offers.None were through linkedin.

@arielsuarez5471 3 года назад

I'll be nuking my LinkedIn account very shortly.

@rainmaker3948 2 года назад

I envy you

@P48Project48 3 года назад

I went into a depression after constantly comparing myself with others

@karries6342 Год назад

Then don't compare yourself to others. It's that simple

@Tahnaiya 2 года назад

One of the best jobs I had came from Linkedin. I didn't even remember applying but Activision Blizzard reached out to me for a phone interview and hired me straight after. It was great. I do think Linkedin has a growing problem with the amount of fake job ads and recruiters though.

@jas.digitalnative 2 года назад

Exactly, I plan on doing a video similar to this in a way that highlights other parts of LinkedIn etc. even though there’s a lot of bs on it, there can be some good.

@OGBhyve 4 года назад

The area I work in has a higher demand than supply and I'm often getting LinkedIn messages from recruiters. That said, they're most often not useful (rarely even appropriate given work history, technologies used, etc.) and I've never landed a job through them. I've always done so on my own without LinkedIn.

@CodingJesus 4 года назад

Thanks for sharing!

@zacharyclaghorn3372 2 года назад

Of course it's not going to give you the results you expect if you expect to get them by doing nothing. No matter if it's online or in person, practically no one will ever give you a job offer or a helping hand if you just sit there like a charity case. I've messaged people from different states who have positions that I aspire to have. I genuinely express my real admiration for them and I often get messages back offering advice for my career development. I agree there are problems with people being fake. Isn't the same true of life? Again, no matter if it's on LinkedIn or in person, those who have real value and are genuine will be rewarded. Those who bring nothing to the table and try to leech off of others will struggle.

@BigTylt 3 года назад

"LinkedIn will mar you in a sense of inadequacy" ...and that feeling of inadequacy will make you more likely to think that you aren't worth a higher salary or better treatment.

@kvin9210 3 года назад

Yes

@muhammadbilal6865 2 года назад

@@kvin9210 so true.

@muhammadbilal6865 2 года назад

Exactly. Just the advice he gave compare your self to your self and just focus on your work. Thats enough

@arnie8958 3 года назад

This guy has now really got the wisdom of jesus. Amen

@rcmag13 Год назад

While recruiters have reached out to me because I am a Senior Software Engineer, I'd argue that most of them waste your time. They want you to have 15+ min. calls with them to only find out that its not a good fit. I have only had a few of those calls where it was a good fit. However, the recruiter has no authority and has to still talk to the hiring manager, and I have never had a hiring manager call me for an interview. Linkedin is a waste of time period. Totally agree with this video.

@jjeverson2269 Год назад

I have so I wouldn’t say it’s completely bad but I had one where the recruiter said it was a full stack/devsecops role only for it to be a computer hardware position. Like how do you fuck that job req up

@PankajDoharey 3 года назад

In my case i have been asked by Employers to have a linkedin profile. 😐

@kvin9210 3 года назад

That's stupid to have it mandatory

@RosalioRedPanda 4 года назад

Can’t believe how small this channel is! Very real stuff here, CJ.

@CodingJesus 4 года назад

慢慢来

@hansonkewl2377 3 года назад

Agree, fighting

@jarenong 3 года назад

What's with the mandarin

@RosalioRedPanda 3 года назад

@@jarenong My username used to be in Mandarin.

@ShreyasS-bn9lm Месяц назад

Yes brother I agree with you. We have to compare ourselves with ourselves only, not with others. Have to be better than our previous version. Code code code😊 Thanks for giving me hope ❤

@nadezhdasaleh6041 3 года назад

totally right. It confirms my experience.

@julie_chen 2 года назад

It's so true. I deleted my account long time ago.

@haydenbrophy9460 2 года назад

I'm honored to announce I'm a incoming summer CEO of Microsoft.

@sremagamers Год назад

Major disagree on the topic of recruiters. I am absolutely flooded by them. I got every FT job I've had through linkedin recruiters

@tobywynne-mellor6330 3 года назад

As a comp sci student and junior engineer, I have received many recruiter messages. I recently got my grad job through a recruiter message. While I agree, LinkedIn is a bit toxic, it has been useful to me.

@mob_pho 3 года назад

what university did you go to

@spdandpwr 3 года назад

Same here! I've had incredible success with LinkedIn. That said, I agree that it lacks legitimate authenticity

@nataliamkowalska Год назад

To go to social media people should have hight self esteem but that is not the case for most of the people. Very good video, thank you

@shivanichauhan8582 3 года назад

someone said it! finally!

@Jeff_L 3 года назад

I actually disagree. If I look at my different careers moves, they all originated from a recruiter personal message on LinkedIn. You have to learn how to build and optimize your profile to attract recruiters to you, for example by using the appopriate keywords for job descriptions, skills, education etc ... More and more recruiters are actually sourcing using LinkedIn. Also, the application process is simplified since you can apply directly with your profile. However, I agree that the social media part and news feed can be quite toxic, but once you know it, just ignore it, and focus on your profile and job search

@sensualhealing1912 3 года назад

Lucky you but It's' not fair that you have to promote yourself this way to get/keep a job. I am a private person and my last employer insisted I create profile so that i could promote the company (not initially part of the job role) - this was at the same time I quit other social media avenues and felt like a complete contradiction. I got rid of the weak friend connections on Facebook only to have to create a new network which seemed even more fake under the guise of 'being connected'. It makes me so uncomfortable doing my job is not enough now - not everyone is the same, but we are being indoctrinated - even your statement says 'you have to learn to build..etc' I shouldn't have to. The only thing I should have to learn is the job itself. I think leave Linkdin to those in marketing..leave the rest of us alone.

@sulista-consulting 3 года назад

agree with you, Geoffroy. A lot of my clients incl. long time unemployed over 60 got jobs through LinkedIn. Coding Jesus does not understand how to use LI properly.

@sulista-consulting 3 года назад

@@porschefanatic1049 I am chemist by education, career coach today

@sulista-consulting 3 года назад

@@porschefanatic1049 I do not know, why you are judging someone you don't know anything about.....

@kvin9210 3 года назад

LinkedIn is by far the worst and most unoptimized way to find a job. No matter how much you optimize your profile, nobody is going to reach out to you. You have to do that on your own to find recruiters.

@Stew282 2 года назад

I'm quite a fan of your content, but I must contend this video to a certain extent. I've been on LinkedIn (LI) for a while, posted rarely, commented rarely, updated rarely. There's little on my profile apart from qualifications and experience, but I was recruited for my current role by a recruiter searching LI. If you are planning on being highly active on LI and treating it as social media in the way your video suggests, then I agree largely with your points; but if you use LI passively, as I do, it can be a good source of opportunities that you would otherwise miss. So, like most things in life - whether it is good or bad depends on how you approach it. That's my fourpenn'th, for what it's worth. :-)

@ikabrahmantya6630 3 года назад

Hear here !!! I feel social media in general nowadays, is toxic environment

@kvin9210 3 года назад

Except LinkedIn is the most toxic. People haven't realized that yet before it's too late.

@picachuat 2 года назад

I agree the platform is toxic, people who use it as a social media app are a bit strange... However You can get though to quite a few recruiters using the platform if you get your profiles keywords correct. Also, if you preform well on LinkedIn skill assessments you get considered first for some roles if the recruiter recognizes them for the role. Overall, the platform isn't the best however if you know how to play the system, you can get some advantages out of it

@rah7207 4 года назад

Im a student and received an offer by the help of LinkedIn. But you definitely make a lot of valid points - I see it as more of a benefit though. I suggest to users to not post or comment on things political.

@CodingJesus 3 года назад

Yes, definitely no politics!

@ahad1609 2 года назад

I am not comparing myself but I am happy to see what others have acheived

@kvin9210 2 года назад

I don't want to see what others have achieved. Not interested in that bs

@drazenloncaric5952 2 месяца назад

Total agreement. Linked in made me so nauseous. I updated my profile/resume to Stannis from Game of Thrones... "Senior Consultant at International Siege Machines" etc.. 5 years of experience in Trebuchet and frontal pike infantry attack, etc... It only increased the responses from recruiters. "We are really impressed with your experience at International Siege Machines..."

@curious_one1156 Год назад

Okay, I need linkedin so that I can ask people for referrals. How can I do it without Linkedin ? How can I filter and find people to ask without Linkedin ? Is there a way I can: 1. Find all relevant people who work at Google 2. Get a message to them Without Linkedin ? I dont have peoples' emails. How do I get peoples' personal emails ? Those persons, whom I dont even know exist without Linkedin ?

@kk3528 3 года назад

Very true m8 Good to see someone telling truth as most people like to be fake

@sdseals2076 11 месяцев назад

When it comes to congratulating people, I personalize my message. And as for anyone else, if thy take the innovative and just say congratulations whether or not it's generic or not, I appreciate it. Not everyone does that.

@FredySandoval_123 2 года назад

This is the redpill but for jobs

@sugagal1000 3 года назад

What i don't like is why does linkedin not have an option for me to meet others i.e suggestions not in my profession. I just feel like competitors just stalk you.

@devippo 2 года назад

I like your style. 100% agree with you. Linkedin feels like Insta or Tiktok for professionals. Btw we have similar fashion sense. Cheers.

@kvin9210 2 года назад

LinkedIn is more toxic tham Instagram and TikTok when you go deeper into the website.

@nawabKhan-tv7vh 2 года назад

@@kvin9210 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@piotrjasielski 2 года назад

Not sure about juniors but I get offers from recruiters quite often. As long as you don't treat it as social media but just a CV hosting website, you're good in my opinion.

@flyingthestrals4526 3 года назад

I love this video! Thanks for making such great content.

@txx8302 2 года назад

It is so mentally hard to to break into tech/data science. Online material so vastally spread out, hundreds of certifications, fake Udemy reviewed courses, hundreds of application not evening passing ATS, and when you get a chance to work for a company and company end up being toxic, dump manager (hired due to family relations). It is quite devastating. I was so good at mathematics in highschool and coz no mentorship, I end up doing mechanical engineering and being working 1 year in supply chain, I release that....I should have pursed my bachelor's in mathematics or computer science. I am done

@rbrooks2007 3 года назад

Typing into LinkedIn: "As the CEO of the largest multinational company in the world..." oh hold on! My mom's calling me, it's bed time.

@Horrorcoolguy 2 месяца назад

I needed a break from LinkedIn during my job search I felt the recruiters / hiring managers of the employer would view my account before actually getting to know me or speak with me.

@seb2118 Год назад

Exactly how I feel, well said. I just have a picture of myself… Made my CV and cover letter and just directly email the company where there is a job opening.

@jonsings Год назад

This is useful advice applicable to most social media networks

@user-rd2kq2ok7c 2 года назад

Found your channel a little late, but all the information is still useful. Thank you

@ocvegasproperty 2 года назад

I actually do get people reaching out to me for jobs opportunities but I am not exactly entry level and have some unique qualifications. Only problem is I usually don’t want to work. Lol

@vijendrajaiswal 3 года назад

Courtesy JackTran for my subscription. Happy learning for me👍

@derjasager86 2 года назад

I honestly dont understand why people publish their hole life on a public webseite

@xuehaozhang2632 4 месяца назад

I have a premium LinkedIn account and applied for 613 jobs using my LinkedIn profile link, but only 2 companies viewed it.

@harold3802 3 года назад

Great overall point but having it doesn’t hurt, as with all things modesty rules.

@rui2888 14 дней назад

bros ahead of his time

@Smolandgor 3 года назад

As a software dev I am just there in and receiving many interview proposals from recruiters . Sometimes reading some random posts. Don't see any harm from linkedin.

@zeeshan.khan1993 2 года назад

I only agree with the last point. It is actually 100 percent true that I have to be very careful about what I post on LinkedIn.. even a like or comment can misrepresent my image to my present and future work colleagues. This can make my life hell at work. I mean, People talk alot behind your back and you giving them a reason to smear your image is just stupid.. this is why most people don't post at LinkedIn at all... for the fact that either they will look fake or stupid.. At the same time, we can keep LinkedIn to send our resume to people in our domain... if I have 2000 people, I can easily have 200 of them read my resume... which is alot..

@felipepineda3872 2 года назад

It is magnet for envy.

@alexwedermann3282 2 года назад

This is very true.

@Davewhipped Год назад

I keep my account super generic and minimal. I don’t even use my actual company name, just the general job field and titles. Never had an issue lol. You don’t actually want people to know where you work.

@GChief117 Год назад

Ha!!! I love the fact the first thing you say is toxicity!! So true! So true!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@skyrock100 2 года назад

You forgot the amount of job postings on it. Easy to apply for hundreds of jobs. I got my current job through there. Its has a big negative but it also has its positives too. Not all black and white, im afraid.

@johndong4754 10 месяцев назад

May I ask which jobs you applied for? I've applied to over 5,000 positions and have not received any offers

@skyrock100 10 месяцев назад

@@johndong4754 5000 positions and no offers? You're doing something wrong. How do you apply for the jobs on LinkedIn?

@calcio437 2 года назад

you are right, create that profile and don't use feed section toxically. but for me, create the LinkedIn profile for yourself, update it, make sure your name is searchable on the internet. but not be toxic! don't use the feed to much. personally I don't use it toxically, I follow only the educational video on programming, and I learned a lot of new keywords! don't follow random people, don't follow or like people who go against HR or working, this makes a bad picture of you. don't post something for like (motivational copied sentences from others, or similar) but you can post you new role, your new certificate, your new school (this is what linkedin is about, is not for likes is for professional social app) and I have a very decent profile.

@lenka_111 Год назад

It depends on country, I received lots of offers on LinkedIn as a junior dev.

@johndong4754 10 месяцев назад

May I ask how? I've applied to over 5,000 positions and have not received any offers

@madisonandhouston 7 месяцев назад

I can't believe it but I totally AGREE with you 😂

@salemschannel 3 года назад

Thanks for making this video.

@mirm0n 9 месяцев назад

Isn't that the same for literally any social media platform? Sure linkedin is more fake but instagram or youtube isn't any different. You constantly see people more successful than you, more subscribers , more money. And all you can do is watch and try to become better. I've also heard of people getting jobs in digital product design from posting on linkedin

@andrewnainggolan635 Год назад

Old LinkedIn is still the best, when there's no post feature like FB.

@muhdiversity7409 Год назад

I f**king hate LinkedIn. Unfortunately having lost my job of recently, being told that I have to get my profile up to date up there. Really ?

@TrunksXV 2 года назад

Very good points here.

3 года назад

I get messages from recruiters on the daily on linked in tho. Ignore most

@CodingJesus 3 года назад

Aren't you the guy that doesn't even work to begin with, because of socialism? LOL

3 года назад

@@CodingJesus yea! I don't work. I have linked in because some agents post real estate deals there I still get messages on the daily tho Lol

@treyquattro 3 года назад

where do I score one of these "incoming summer CEO" gigs? Agreed on the subject: avoid it like the plague.

@altaboy97 3 года назад

Fantastic stuff!

@CodingJesus 3 года назад

Thanks

@toryficarola 10 месяцев назад

While as a believer in Christ Jesus, I have ZERO credibility to speak upon what HE would favor and promote and approve of if He came to us this modern century. However, I have this strange notion that Christ in this day and age would probably shun LinkedIn.

@thetechnocrat4979 10 месяцев назад

Does this also apply for people who have just graduated with a degree in Engineering or Industrial/Product Design?

@dizonchrystophercasero7045 3 года назад

THANK YOU C.J...

@gee1081 Год назад

I'm really interested in getting some help with my resume, how can I reach you?

@kaylaquinn8508 3 года назад

Unfortunately my parents don’t care about me, & I have 1 friend. Nobody cares! You are 100% right!!!! There are 2 RU-vidr’s right now that are trying to scam me into purchasing bitcoin & giving them my bank info! They are very popular and I want you to expose them. If YOU DON’T, I WILL DO IT. But I’m not into making videos like you

@plebei8836 3 года назад

Power of drugs

@farazganji6203 2 года назад

What do you think about LinkedIn being used as a tool to find recruiters at companies you want to work at or people in the jobs you want to work at and messaging them to eventually convert it into a coffee chat.

@Savageboi506 3 года назад

Im a computer science student and I've had recruiters reach out to me on linkedin

@carlossegura403 3 года назад

everyone gets them

@oleksijm 3 года назад

Many of the things mentioned are true. But I wouldn't go so far as to say that you should not use it at all.

@MY-ss2yt 3 года назад

Golden words

@rock801 Год назад

In Germany if you are Eastern European, you need a sponsor to make a career past junior level. Otherwise you get screened out by racists. It is not open racism, it comes as gaslighting and mobbing.

@NigelFerris-p2h 10 месяцев назад

You must be out of your mind. Who cares about Germany. A shite country with low wages.

@Ninjajitsu562 Год назад

Ok what about a portfolio review?

@NigelFerris-p2h 10 месяцев назад

I don't Linkedin, but cannot trust what you say.

@RaulVincitaly Месяц назад

Will you do resume for mechanical engineering

@rock801 Год назад

I do not think that anyone's resume wizardry makes a difference!

@michael567jober 2 года назад

so it’s not really good for finding jobs?

@applepeel1662 2 года назад

Is it okay to post on Linkedin about interesting facts that you learn? No personal development, no personal stories and cringe stuff Just small articles of v interesting stuff I find. Like a new development in distributed networks etc. It's just a way to solidify what I already know by reproducing it