Journal Marxist Hacker 42's Journal: Is LinkedIn Premium worth it? 2
After more than a year of paying for it, I canceled Linked In Premium last September in disgust. The opportunities it was bringing me were 95% scams 5% real.
But since then I've pivoted from job searching to building a small consulting business http://informationr.us/. My question is for anybody else selling IT consulting as a job- are the opportunities given by offering services on LinkedIn, paying for the monthly subscription? Is a Business Page Paid account on LinkedIn a positive return on investment?
I don't know if it was worth it, but... (Score:2)
When I was out of work for about 8 months, about 90% of the good job listings I found were on LinkedIn, so much so that I mostly stopped looking at other job boards. I subscribed to Premium during that time, and the job I ended up getting (and really like!) was one where I found the listing on LinkedIn. I did have some recruiters reach out to me with meaningful positions. Yeah, I got some scammy or otherwise useless offers, but it wasn't anywhere as bad as you're describing.
I can't say whether Premium was
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When was this? AI seems to have contributed greatly to the enshitification of LinkedIn.