The Reason I Sold My LinkedIn Stock
So it had been just over a year since (July 2013) I had made my LinkedIn stock purchase. Â I have been a LinkedIn user for at least 4 years and came to realize that the website had failed me and truly must be failing others that needed the job-hunting tools it solicits. Â Yes, I became (luckily) apart of the U.S. downsizing (telecom) machine this past year.
After my shift each day, aside from applying for positions, I went out of my way to put my feelers out there more and more... And well, thinking LinkedIn was the perfect place I spent $29.95 a month to reach out to (when needed) 5 people a month via "Inmail". Â I tracked the ratio of responses and it wasn't good. Â Less than 15% of my messages sent out to headhunters/HR reps received responses. Â
Sadly, with this low response rate I felt my future with LinkedIn was over. Â Yes, I realized that the LinkedIn tools and connections heavily favored the headhunters and minimally the true consumer, which is the job-seeker.Â
Luckily, my responses (or lack of) didn't mean much. Â I found a job before my time was up with my previous company. Â LinkedIn needs to provide more incentive on returning messages on their platform and I just don't see that as a concern for them yet.
















