![]() ![]() ![]() “I once had a LinkedIn connection tag me in a post about a networking event. ![]() And be careful about how your sharing might affect other people - it could get them, or you, fired. LinkedIn is a modern social media platform, but some long-held job seeking advice holds true: Don’t talk smack about the people you work with, or share any opinions you wouldn’t want a future boss to see. As an entrepreneur in the career space, people need to me and my content."įrom the wage gap to the motherhood penalty, women have enough to worry about without having to choose between fielding scuzzy LinkedIn pickup lines or never logging into the network again. “I changed several privacy settings but then changed them back. “I have gotten several messages that start, ‘I am not being inappropriate, but you are a beautiful woman …’” says Tiffany Dyba, a New York City-based professional career coach. For many women, particularly those who work as consultants or creative freelancers, not accepting a LinkedIn request could be bad for business. “ kept persisting that I meet him for coffee, so I had to block him,” she says, “I started not accepting any connection requests from men unless I know them.” One had to block a stranger who asked for nudes.Īfter putting out a call to social media, I was flooded with similar stories.īecky Beach, a Dallas, Texas-based designer and blogger, tells me she’s been LinkedIn DMed by multiple men who ask her on dates - and who don’t seem put off when she tells them she’s married. DON’T: Treat it like TinderĪ few months ago, over a few glasses of Gamay, four friends told me about the various men who have “slid into their LinkedIns.” All four had received inappropriate messages about their looks and relationship status. Now let’s review what NOT to do, based on some real-life horror stories. And if you’re a woman who’s been hit on by a guy via LinkedIn, you’re not alone: This happens so frequently it’s become a meme.Īvid Money readers already know how to build a "must hire" LinkedIn profile. ![]() Spammy connection requests are on the rise from bogus users trying to inflate their contact lists. It’s there to do its job (by helping you do yours).īut there are times when LinkedIn feels less “corporate slick,” more slimy. At its core, LinkedIn has always positioned itself as the prim-and-proper social network - the corporate aunt to Instagram’s brand of selfies and food photos. ![]()
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