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I personally love seeing those posts.
Many students who post on LinkedIn (or at least the ones that show up on my feed) come from non-traditional backgrounds, are the first in their family to become a lawyer, and/or have faced tremendous hardship getting to where they are. I think it’s inspiring.
Subject Expert
They’ve almost all been told to do that by recruiting. So just like it or ignore it and move on.
Coach
That’s so strange! I went through OCI in 2018 and my class was specifically told NOT to brag about it on LinkedIn because people were still trying to find jobs. How quickly things change…
Why does this bother some people? Isn't that literally what LinkedIn is for? If people sharing career updates bothers you then why are you on LinkedIn? BTW it's a marketing tool for firms.
For real. A lot of these posts are cringey, but the folks taking time out of their day to criticize them probably aren’t even thinking about building a personal brand. These self-promoters are going to lap a lot of their former classmates because they understand success isn’t just about churning out billables.
Firms ask them to do it but they don’t ask them to write 4 paragraphs about the trajectory of their lives. Everyone is so self-important and it’s cringey AF.
Subject Expert
I think it’s tacky but I ignore it and move on.
Enthusiast
I don’t even notice. Firms ask them to do it for free PR.
Sorry but… you came here to post this? Just let the kids have their day and worry about your own self promotion.
Utterly unnecessary since your network gets notified when you update your job status. But, I just ignore them.
Mentor
Who cares
Lol I can’t believe this bothers you that much? Put yourself in their shoes - they are trying everything to secure their position with the firm they summered for. Firms are all about optics.