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    Weird LinkedIn requests

    Got a request for a connection from someone describing themselves as John R. Cupo *Simply The Best*.

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncupo

    I'm really starting to think LinkedIn has had it's day.
    "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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    Originally posted by DaveB View Post
    Got a request for a connection from someone describing themselves as John R. Cupo *Simply The Best*.

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncupo

    I'm really starting to think LinkedIn has had it's day.
    Old news TBH. It was past it's prime a few years ago.

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      #3
      Originally posted by FatLazyContractor View Post
      Old news TBH. It was past it's prime a few years ago.
      And yet more people found a job via LinkedIn last year than they did via Monster.
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        #4
        Originally posted by DaveB View Post
        Got a request for a connection from someone describing themselves as John R. Cupo *Simply The Best*.

        https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncupo

        I'm really starting to think LinkedIn has had it's day.
        don't you love me?
        Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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          #5
          Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
          And yet more people found a job via LinkedIn last year than they did via Monster.

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            #6
            Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
            And yet more people found a job via LinkedIn last year than they did via Monster.
            Who uses monster these days?

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              #7
              Originally posted by SlipTheJab View Post
              Who uses monster these days?
              About 2500 people every minute.
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                #8
                Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
                About 2500 people every minute.
                Really, I thought Monster was the 'My Space' of the job hunting world these days

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by SlipTheJab View Post
                  Really, I thought Monster was the 'My Space' of the job hunting world these days
                  Must admit I find it hard to take any website seriously when it intermingles your search results with ads and then simultaneously spams you with sidebar ads. Ads ads ads...

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
                    And yet more people found a job via LinkedIn last year than they did via Monster.
                    "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
                    - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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