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
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
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Doug Roberts
drobe...@rti.org
d...@parrot-farm.net
A bubbly, breathless young thing recruiting for Google called me almost two
years ago based on my LinkedIn profile. However, it was pretty clear that she
(or her search software) had not bothered to read that profile. I know how
Google's security folks work and so I asked whether they had
Yeah. At first LI didn't do it well - the first few I got left me with no
option to return the favor. However, they eventually rigged it up that when
you log in to LI (not just go to a forum discussion), you get presented with a
mini-app with four people you should know and what they've said
I was endorsed for 'teaching' and 'research'. It makes one wonder to what
extent the people responsible for hiring actually use LinkedIn to search
for / verify candidates - it seems there are better (albeit specialized)
sites, like Behance for artists, et cetera).
-Arlo James Barnes
