It gives you what you put in (Score 1)

LinkedIn has a very active, collaborative, and helpful community. But if you think to post a resume with a crappy profile picture and then receive job offers, you will be disappointed. Donâ(TM)t write a resume and a bunch of projects that you worked on to try to impress prospect employers. Itâ(TM)s unlikely that you will make that impression. Tell me how hiring you will help my company achieve its goals. Tell me how good you are at communication. Because companies need teams of people and you donâ(TM)t form a team with a bunch of people who cannot communicate. Create a well designed profile. There are LinkedIn experts that will teach you what is important and effective. Their classes donâ(TM)t cost much and they are well worth the time. Create a killer profile, and then write, at least once a week, an article or post to help people. If you are an expert in blockchain then explain how the technology can help in several fields. If you are a compiler expert, write about the challenges of writing certain types of applications and how to solve those issues. If you are a web developer, write about the idiosyncrasies of each mobile browser. Write in a way that explains those topics to everybody. Donâ(TM)t try to impress fellow techies. They are not the ones hiring you. And stop treating everything as a competition about who is smarter. The first thing that people see in your profile is your picture. Do you want to stand out? Donâ(TM)t post a crappy selfie. Donâ(TM)t try to be creative with funny âoefiltersâ or video game avatars. Hire a personal branding photographer and get a few professional portraits. Use one for your profile picture and then use the others in rotation in every post that you write. You will be immediately visibile and different from the crowd. When I applied to a job in Borland, years ago, I was the top contender, technically, in the group. And yet I was not immediately hired because the manager wanted to make sure that my personality was a good match for the team. I had to prove that in person and I did that by paying my own flight and hotel from Italy to California. That made an impression. And then I spent time talking with every member of the database development team. That made an impression. And then Borland hired me. Personality is a key element in hiring decisions. Do all of the things suggested above and you will stand out and the recruiters will contact you. In that regard, LinkedIn is the perfect platform for you.