Are professional networking tools like LinkedIn considered a "plus" as a college student considering jobs like civilian intelligence, or do they limit job possibility? Haven't seen an updated opinion on this, just what I saw on another SOF forum a long time ago saying social media limits you.
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- Thread starter Lefty375
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Thanks, I guess I have a profile to build.
Florida173
SOF Support
Don't rely on it though. Networking in person and knowing which companies support which contracts for each customer is much better.
Depending on the customer you may want to keep your LinkedIn account a bit vague. There is a pretty sizable aggregation of intelligence professionals from LinkedIn pushed to a Wikileaks hosted ICWatch page.
Depending on the customer you may want to keep your LinkedIn account a bit vague. There is a pretty sizable aggregation of intelligence professionals from LinkedIn pushed to a Wikileaks hosted ICWatch page.
One of the things those networks offer is common-reference people. If you can see someone you're interviewing with is connected to someone you know you've created some instant credibility with a reference.
DocIllinois
Verified Military
Completely agree.
When looking at a prospective employee, not only do I first see how they present themselves in social media but also examine what peeps we have in common.
The Who You Know Network usually works well when hiring. This probably gets into illegal territory, but so do small business income taxes.
Brill
SOF Support
The accounts themselves are not a threat but the connections and content are...especially given the recent hacks and insider stuff that has occurred.
To be honest, there are zero benefits for a Intel pro to have a SM profile.
To be honest, there are zero benefits for a Intel pro to have a SM profile.
LinkenIn will give you one year free Prime Membership, ask for it just before you graduate.
ClearanceJobs has helped a few of my friends.
Do you FB? I have a general yuck, yuck, account; and another professional account (with 2 friends,LOL).
ClearanceJobs has helped a few of my friends.
Do you FB? I have a general yuck, yuck, account; and another professional account (with 2 friends,LOL).
Sounds good, I'm going to start getting my LinkedIn account together. I have a FB account with a different name than mine and no friends, just use it to sign up for things that require a FB account. A post on another forum scared me into deleting all my social media years ago.
Brill
SOF Support
I wouldn't say that's a social media site since it's just for current clearance holders and is more of a networking site.
What sort of job are you looking for?
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Keeping options open, but getting into the IC is the goal.
Many of my friends in the IC have been very successful in using LinkedIn to network their way into jobs.
Florida173
SOF Support
Seems recruiters always want to link with me after I've gone through the process.
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