To LinkedIn or to not LinkedIn. Are LinkedIn profiles still needed? I know several people who recently landed great jobs and they don't have LinkedIn profiles and I know I never check for a LinkedIn Profile when interviewing someone. So, are LinkedIn profiles still needed or are they a thing of the past?

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I still very much use LinkedIn recruiter every day, I would say it’s 75% of my hires. You don’t have to be active on LinkedIn, when we look at profiles in the recruiter platform we can’t even see any activities (posts, comments, likes, etc), just have a profile that you keep updated (nothing crazy just paste your resume bullets into your profile)

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Wait a minute, you’re a lead recruiter and you’re not sure if having an updated LinkedIn profile is still relevant and you never check for a profile before you interview someone? What kind of recruiting do you do and how do you find candidates?

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Agreed. I’m shocked that a recruiter would think it’s ok to not have a linked in these days. Maybe if you’re hiring for manual labor jobs, but that’s about it

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