I got a call from The Google a few weeks ago, in which they expressed a desire to hire me. The guy was a Google headhunter, and he found out about me & my HPC background by searching LinkdIn.
So, yes: companies look at LinkedIn. --Doug -- Doug Roberts drobe...@rti.org d...@parrot-farm.net http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> wrote: > This may be the answer to the endorsement up-tick. I got a direct email > asking for an endorsement, see below. > > The question is: was this generated by LI? .. or by the person themselves. > > Do companies hiring employees look at their LI page? > > -- Owen > > *LinkedIn Recommendations* > > *John Doe* is requesting an endorsement for work > > Dear Owen, > I'm sending this to ask you for a brief recommendation of my work that I > can include in my LinkedIn profile. If you have any questions, let me know. > > Thanks in advance for helping me out. > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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