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Poll: Has LinkedIn proved useful to you in getting work? Initiator des Themas: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Has LinkedIn proved useful to you in getting work?".
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| Yes, but only a bit | Nov 10, 2017 |
I have had some work through LinkedIn, but not much. However, I don't use it as well as I could to find work.
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neilmac
Spanien
Local time: 15:50
Spanisch > Englisch
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I thought I'd cancelled my membership a few years ago, but I keep getting email updates wanting me to post even more info. It also seems to assume I'm desperately seeking more work contacts, and want to ""expand my network", when this is not the case.
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Julian Holmes 
Japan
Local time: 22:50
Mitglied (2011)
Japanisch > Englisch
| Yes, sort of | Nov 10, 2017 |
Because of the slick format of the site - much more professional looking than here - I use LinkedIn for posting my online profile. i.e. diluted version of my CB (not CV) or Capabilities Brochure.
Whenever I get inquiries about work with that ubiquitous 'send CV' message, I just send the other party a link to my LinkedIn profile which gives them an idea of what I am capable of doing and how I can help their company.
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it has been utterly useless, and I just let it live its own life
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Sanjay Ray
Indien
Local time: 19:20
Mitglied (2002)
Englisch > Bengali
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| No luck with Linkedin | Nov 10, 2017 |
I got very few jobs from Linkedin so not much active there.
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I have not met clients with LinkedIn. I see it more as a business card and I must admit that my profile there is very incomplete. Though I am not an active user what has been quite useful for me is taking part in two groups (Translation Agencies – Good, Bad, and Cheap + Unacceptable Translation Rates Naming and Shaming Group).
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Michael Harris
Deutschland
Local time: 15:50
Mitglied (2006)
Deutsch > Englisch
| That sounds like a good idea | Nov 10, 2017 |
Julian Holmes wrote:
Because of the slick format of the site - much more professional looking than here - I use LinkedIn for posting my online profile. i.e. diluted version of my CB (not CV) or Capabilities Brochure.
Whenever I get inquiries about work with that ubiquitous 'send CV' message, I just send the other party a link to my LinkedIn profile which gives them an idea of what I am capable of doing and how I can help their company.
Probably better than your own website.
Do have it but have never used it.
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Thayenga
Deutschland
Local time: 15:50
Mitglied (2009)
Englisch > Deutsch
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neilmac wrote:
I thought I'd cancelled my membership a few years ago, but I keep getting email updates wanting me to post even more info. It also seems to assume I'm desperately seeking more work contacts, and want to ""expand my network", when this is not the case.
There's nothing to add to your comment.
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My LinkedIn profile is there... I think it's pretty well... We do not interact very much.
Really, I have no time to post things and follow it... and to be honest, all this "social life" which takes more time than real life is annoying...
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Axelle H.
Frankreich
Local time: 15:50
Englisch > Französisch
Teresa Borges wrote:
Though I am not an active user what has been quite useful for me is taking part in two groups (Translation Agencies – Good, Bad, and Cheap + Unacceptable Translation Rates Naming and Shaming Group).
Like Teresa
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Gianluca Marras wrote:
...and to be honest, all this "social life" which takes more time than real life is annoying...
Like, +1, Heart contour
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Tradupro17
Vereinigte Staaten
Local time: 09:50
Englisch > Haitisch-Kreolisch
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Gianluca Marras wrote:
My LinkedIn profile is there... I think it's pretty well... We do not interact very much.
Really, I have no time to post things and follow it... and to be honest, all this "social life" which takes more time than real life is annoying...
Same goes for me.
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| Yes-Awarded 2 Literary Translation Projects | Nov 10, 2017 |
I was awarded two literary translation (French romance novels) contracts, which I ended up accepting, by someone who contacted me through LinkedIn.
Well worth the free participation.
[Edited at 2017-11-10 16:50 GMT]
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Ventnai
Spanien
Local time: 15:50
Deutsch > Englisch
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They usually offer me jobs which require German, e.g. customer services, or a full-time translation job, all with a downgrade in conditions and pay.
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