I have deleted my LinkedIn Account after a long time of inactivity with occasionally logging in to “connect” with somebody.

I told 2 people about this, both of which were rather surprised and immediately asked me what I would do if im back to search for a new job. I got my current job through a normal job listing website and sent the application directly to the company, that was 8 years ago I don’t know why that would not still be viable, but their questions still made me unsure.

Has anybody on here found a job recently? Did LinkedIn help you in a big way, do you think it would not have been possible without? Am a web developer btw.

I mean of course it does help to spread your wings a little more. But on the other hand opening LinkedIn gives me instant depression, so i think you have to value in those things as well.

EDIT:
Or if you are HR would you see it as a negative if you received an application with no existent LinkedIn account?

  • slazer2auEnglish
    34·
    23 hours ago

    Need? No, but it does make recruitment easier as people take LinkedIn profiles as a source of truth when it is so easy to lie about where you have worked.

    • Vogi@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      8·
      22 hours ago

      Thats a fair point, I do wonder though how long it would take for company to realize though, cause afaik you can make shit up on linkedin as well. Not sure if the companies get notified about that and if they can revoke such a claim.

      • slazer2auEnglish
        13·
        22 hours ago

        I got a message from an old employer asking me to remove their name from my current employment in LinkedIn because I haven’t updated it in like 5 years. That leads me to believe companies can not remove employment history from a profile.

      • GandalftheBlack@feddit.org
        3·
        20 hours ago

        Depending on the industry/role, companies do background checks or might ask for references from previous employers, so it’s fine unless you get caught