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>>fortra+(OP)
LinkedIn has become basically a requirement for applying for many jobs making it one of the hardest public profiles for the privacy conscious to hide from Google. I have a pretty common name, which is normally a good anonymity cloak, but if you also know my profession then my Linkedin profile pops up as the first Google result revealing many accurate personal details about me.

>>bosswi+Zm
Which jobs require a LinkedIn profile? I've never had one and never been asked about it.

I have gotten lots of recruiter emails saying they saw my LinkedIn profile, which is kinda funny, since it doesn't exist.

Could just be the kinds of jobs I'm interested in.

>>Randal+sn
As a student its one of those things that you can't risk not having on your résumé. There's always one recruiter or one document-scraping application portal that could reject it. Plus every career counselor I've seen has suggested it.

I personally think that for software dev at least, making connections via Twitter or via friends is a better way to go for the first internship, but everyone has different paths to success :)

>>peterk+So
I graduated 4 years ago, and I never put my linkedin on my resume (actually deleted it a few years ago) and was never asked about it (nor was I ever turned down from an interview).

> Plus every career counselor I've seen has suggested it.

They're probably right, if your goal is to get a job as a career counselor.