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August 26, 5:03 PMSF Job Recruiting ExaminerDaniel Parrillo RSS Subscribe

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Received the following email blast this morning - from the ATS (applicant tracking system) for employment prospects for the company LinkedIn.com:

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When you select the "Sales Development Specialist" position in Mountain View... here is the job description you get to review:

Now - I'm a BIG fan of LinkedIn... (always have been)... LinkedIn is an important of my branding, marketing and networking strategy and I think that LinkedIn is absolutely wonderful !! BUT... - I think this type of email broadcast is insulting and disrespectful to people who are currently laboring seemingly endlessly to find employment these days - and to receive an email like this - is just plan disrespectful and insulting.

Why broadcast out a job description (that also allows you to cross post the JobVite to your FaceBook, Twitter and LinkedIn pages... but also broadcast to everyone you know in your email address book)...??? To post "Will insert later" is beyond ridiculous and just another crap email note the currently employed get to shift through when trying to decipher the real employment prospects in their inbox - compared to the spams, MLM (multi-layer marketing) pitches and the emails announcing you've won the lottery.

I have paid to post job postings on LinkedIn - and have made some very successful placements via LinkedIn. Still wondering what LinkedIn was thinking - allowing free job postings within its groups when the organization charges to post the site (like paying for an ad in the employment section - or posting for free under "help wanted") - seems like the same thing !
When employers are blowing off job fairs and human resources departments have absolutely no funds to even advertise the open job requirements they do have - we should be using technology effectively and efficiently. This is LinkedIn's business... - this is insulting to a wonderful organization... and to the users who depend on LinkedIn - as a business networking, branding and marketing tool.