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LinkedIn Now Lets You Look For New Job Without Your Existing Boss Finding Out (venturebeat.com)
A new feature on LinkedIn can come in handy to thousands. An anonymous reader writes: LinkedIn has removed an obstacle preventing some members from using the professional social network from finding their next job: The possibility of their current boss finding out. On Thursday, the company released its Open Candidates feature which now lets members privately notify recruiters that they're open for opportunities without exposing themselves to their current company. Additionally, businesses are also receiving updated career pages that can be used to better market themselves to potential hires. In research conducted in the past year, LinkedIn claimed that 77 percent of professional workers are open to their next opportunity. However, with social media, the fear has been that any signal made on a profile could get back to an employer, which is why the Open Candidates feature lets anyone operate stealthily. It's perfect for those who are open to change, but aren't precisely set on making a move... yet. "This is a signal to recruiters that you want to hear from them," explained Eric Owski, LinkedIn's head of talent brand products.
Why wouldn't I want my boss to know that there are other people chomping at the bit to hire me and that if he wants to keep me around he'd better make sure the money's worth it?
It would be great if Linked In had a make me move feature like Zillow where a candidate could post a Salary which would make them leave their current job
**Life is too short to be serious**
I work for a recruiter, you insensitive clod!
Where prospective candidates can pick up a phone and discretely call a company or head hunter about a job. Then call in sick a week later to attend an interview.
All this will do is sell one additional recruiter account per company, where the HR department browses applicants from home. That will last until someone devises an automated solution and sells the data scrape to the HR departments directly.
And if someone is let go after, everybody reads about it on GlassDoor.
LinkedIn is little more than an incestuous whore market, where people sell each other and make themselves feel important and great. It is pretty pathetic.
They're probably finishing up the feature right now...it's nothing a few dummy accounts posing as staffing agencies can't fix.
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
... welcome the new Linkedin overlords! (they are all available to find new "challenges" [in coporate lang] now)
I've always hated the whole cat and mouse game that's involved with finding a new job. You have to sneak around, start calling contacts, hope one of them doesn't spill the beans to someone else both they and your boss knows, etc. It's just one of those things you wish you could be open about, but you know you can't.
The problem is that even managers who aren't insecure know that if someone's looking, and they're good, they're unhappy and will be gone as soon as they can find something that they like. Note that I said "that they like" instead of "that pays more." Lots of employee moves aren't due to compensation. I work at my current employer for less than I could be making elsewhere because at this point in my life I trade off a flexible, stable job for reduced earning potential. Not everyone is a nomadic childless consultant who doesn't even have a permanent address because they travel so much. By the same token, not everyone is a family guy working a stable job who wants to see their kids go through school in the same place rather than move 3 times in 10 years.
It's like mental illness...if some way could be found to remove the stigma around talking about it, things would improve. If employees felt they could go to their boss with concerns and not worry about being targeted for layoffs or being fired, things would work out much better. The problem is that in the current climate, you can't tell your boss "Hey, I'm not totally happy here because [tangible reasons]" or "Hey, I could use another 5% in salary because [tangible reasons]." Even if your boss were supportive and understanding, everyone's deathly afraid of unemployment...especially if you're over 40. Getting caught out in a layoff when you're over 40 makes it significantly harder to find new work. Employers just assume anyone over 40 is too old, and anyone unemployed can't possibly be any good.
How do I flag my profile for recruiters to say I am not interested in moving and please stop emailing/calling me? That would actually be useful :)
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She was ok with it when she was the one on the side!
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Exactly the same way that unemployment insurance and welfare has.
This is great and all. but I'd just like their system to work. I am continuously getting email that "John Smith" is still awaiting my invitation. But when I log into the app or the web page, it says "No Invitations" perhaps they should straighten their DB out first, then make improvements.
Outside of that, the two big things they need to deal with are the "Message Streams" which put everything from colleague achievements, work anniversaries, birthdays, and endorsements all on a splash screen. I do not want 41 of my contacts saying "Happy Birthday" when I do not work for them and have only contacted them for professional assistance. Secondly, those endorsements are a joke. The "so-and-so has endorsed you for 'data center'." means absolutely nothing. and the person who endorsed me? Never worked with me professionally. so how would they know?
The app is good for networking professionals and keeping contacts with people I have worked with but don't want to "friend on facebook" because I just want to know if I can reach out to someone for electroplating questions or SQL bench-marking with my cluster and SAN. Not to wish them a happy birthday.
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It might help those that already have employment, but it doesn't really help those that are still looking.
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