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You Don’t Need To Be On LinkedIn
In today’s digital age, it might be surprising why I eschewed LinkedIn altogether.
Back in school, my university even had a mandatory career preparation course where we had to create a LinkedIn profile as part of the module passing criteria. While the course imbued me with employability fundamentals, I weighed the pros and cons of LinkedIn and eventually decided to delete my LinkedIn profile.
Reasons I’m not on LinkedIn:
1. Content Uniformity
I prefer to have greater control over the display of my professional life, such as in the form of a personal website. This also allays fears that the reason I am not on LinkedIn is because I am not tech-savvy.
Currently, LinkedIn provides a standard layout of
- “About”
- “Articles & Activity”
- “Experience”
- “Licenses & Certifications”
- “Volunteer Experience”
- “Skills & Endorsements”
- “Recommendations”
- “Accomplishments”
- “Interests”
