Endorsements are pointless
Your connections on LinkedIn may endorse the skills you’ve added to your profile, but this doesn’t mean much – it’s a rule of thumb that when someone endorses your skills, you endorse them back. This means it’s a completely worthless metric and companies and employers know it. If you want your profile to look more impressive, try to make it as much detailed as possible. Also join groups, take part in discussions and try posting a valid third-party recommendation.
The website is really confusing
People are constantly complaining how difficult it is to sign up. There are various kinds of memberships for job seekers, freelancers, recruiters and corporations. There’s a free membership, but there are also paid, premium subscriptions. According to the “Global Brand Simplicity Index 2014” by brand growth firm Siegel + Gale, LinkedIn was among the most confusing brands last year – it is ranked No. 84 out of 90 brands.
There’s no such thing as privacy
You probably don’t know that, but unlike any other social network, on LinkedIn, you can’t restrict access to your profile to your connections only. Everything you post can be seen by others and there’s nothing you can do. In addition, LinkedIn connects with other websites and to your devices and uses all the data it can find. Of course, you can be sure your personal photos and your last night’s meal won’t show up on recruiters’ newsfeed, but it’s really strange that anyone can see what you work, where you work, and so on.
The website is full of fake profiles
There are fake accounts on every social media and we all know that, but other websites have various ways for validating such as telephone numbers. LinkedIn has currently no way of telling whether this is a real person or the profile is fake. But it’s not so bad, since the only thing they can steal from you is your profile picture; there is no other personal information. And of course, your email will be spammed. This, according to experts, becomes a real problem for corporations, which after all, pay for the service.
