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    "You advertise your skills, therefore I won't hire you because you don't show loyalty." - whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?

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      Carnival Boy
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      Nearly everyone posts their CV on LinkedIn which I find slightly weird when dealing with colleagues, suppliers and customers. I'll have a business meeting with someone I haven't met before and we've both read each others CV on LinkedIn before the meeting. The more detailed their LinkedIn profile, the keener they are to get another job. Slightly awkward.

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        alexntg @Carnival Boy
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        @Carnival-Boy said:

        Nearly everyone posts their CV on LinkedIn which I find slightly weird when dealing with colleagues, suppliers and customers. I'll have a business meeting with someone I haven't met before and we've both read each others CV on LinkedIn before the meeting. The more detailed their LinkedIn profile, the keener they are to get another job. Slightly awkward.

        With LinkedIn, once you have an account, it's a matter of poking it with a stick once in a while. A few minutes every couple of months is enough to keep it updated and "detailed".

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          scottalanmiller @Carnival Boy
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          @Carnival-Boy said:

          Possibly not, because I don't think you should have a website "advertising" your skills, I think you should have a website "demonstrating" your skills. I think there is a subtle, but crucial difference between advertising and demonstrating, if you see what I mean. I'd see blatant advertising as a bit tacky - your website should provide information and the quality of the site will speak for itself.

          This might be true for web designers or marketers but web site quality doesn't demonstrate IT skills. The best Cisco Admin in the world might not know good graphical design, web server administration or how to market himself. Don't judge skill X by skill Y.

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            scottalanmiller @Carnival Boy
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            @Carnival-Boy said:

            Nearly everyone posts their CV on LinkedIn which I find slightly weird when dealing with colleagues, suppliers and customers. I'll have a business meeting with someone I haven't met before and we've both read each others CV on LinkedIn before the meeting. The more detailed their LinkedIn profile, the keener they are to get another job. Slightly awkward.

            I don't have a CV there and find it bizarre that people use it that way. That's not how LinkedIn promoted themselves at all.

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              scottalanmiller
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              I'm posting on that thread now. Http://re.vu is pretty neat. Way better than SW profiles!!

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                Carnival Boy @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said:

                This might be true for web designers or marketers but web site quality doesn't demonstrate IT skills. The best Cisco Admin in the world might not know good graphical design, web server administration or how to market himself. Don't judge skill X by skill Y.

                I don't mean aesthetically, I'm talking about quality content. It can use Comic Sans and use the blink tag for all I care (not really).

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                  Bill Kindle @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  I'm posting on that thread now. Http://re.vu is pretty neat. Way better than SW profiles!!

                  Just checked it out, does look interesting.

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                    scottalanmiller
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                    That thread got busy 🙂

                    That guy is definitely an idiot. No one will want to work for him, it would be embarrassing.

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                      Bill Kindle @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      That thread got busy 🙂

                      That guy is definitely an idiot. No one will want to work for him, it would be embarrassing.

                      I've never seen you use the word "Shitty" almost back to back lol. It's an interesting and lively topic indeed.

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                        scottalanmiller
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                        That guy is dedicated to running a bad company. He's passionate about it. Argh.

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                          technobabble @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller I went and got my re.vu site. Will have to work on it this weekend.

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                            scottalanmiller @technobabble
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                            @technobabble said:

                            @scottalanmiller I went and got my re.vu site. Will have to work on it this weekend.

                            Nice.

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