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do LinkedIn posts matter

3 points by teminal ↗ HN
i am curious how hiring managers decide who to hire is it just from the cv or from how many LinkedIn posts you make or from the hard projects you have done

for example if someone posts a lot on LinkedIn but has less projects does it help

and also why do people post so many random things on LinkedIn as for me i have very few posts maybe 4 or 5 in 3 years does that mean i am not a good hire does it mean i haven't worked on anything

curious what people who have hired before think

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baobun
Posting more on LinkedIn will not make you a better hire or look like a better hire. Why would you even think so?

(Assuming we're not talkng about a position where a large part of your work consists of spamming social media)

leakycap
If your company has fewer than 100 people, LinkedIn is a waste of time.

If your company has somewhere between 100 and 3000 or so people, LinkedIn might help both internally and as you network in whatever capacity you can.

Once you start dealing with companies with multiple thousands of employees, an internal networking tool should be available that will more directly impact your career if you spend your "LinkedIn effort & time" there instead

chuckwolfe
LinkedIn would only matter if you had a good following and you were aiming for a role where having an audience would be beneficial.
evanjrowley
It matters if you want to get hired for a job in sales, marketing, or business development. Or if impressing people from those departments is important for your job. Otherwise it's not important at all.
JojoFatsani
I find LinkedIn and people who post excessively on LinkedIn insufferable so that might be a factor in the hiring calculus.