Jerry Albright Gives LinkedIn 3 Years Before They (?? Die??)
November 7th, 2012 | by Jason Alba |Jerry Albright is a big name in the recruiting world.
Check out his comment on the post about LinkedIn retiring events:
“I’ll give Linkedin 3 more years tops. They’ve taken a product the recruiting world built for them – and are slowly but surely cutting out the very people who made it happen.”
This is really profound. Jerry has been in the recruiting world for a long time. He has a well-respected voice. If this perception of what LinkedIn is doing, and has done, prevails amongst recruiters, it could mean LinkedIn is in for some turbulent times.
What do you think?
6 Responses to “Jerry Albright Gives LinkedIn 3 Years Before They (?? Die??)”
By Sophie Lagacé on Nov 7, 2012 | Reply
I have found LinkedIn to be a huge disappointment. It really only ever catered to a few narrow types of needs and interests, and the conversation was swamped by useless, desperate people shouting about their non-existent expertise in make-believe specialities. I tried for a few years to keep up with the whole questions, groups, links thing but I was wasting too much time and getting too little in return. It’s probably still useful to those who fall within the target group, for now.
By Jason Alba on Nov 7, 2012 | Reply
Which means for you, and others like you, they don’t even have 3 years. For you+them, it’s over.
It will be interesting what they try and do over the next 3 years to rectify that…
By Will Kintish on Nov 8, 2012 | Reply
Help, Jerry, what am I missing? I thought and still do think it is a godsend for HR and recruiters
By John E. Bredehoft on Nov 9, 2012 | Reply
LinkedIn cannot disappear until something emerges to take its place, in the same way that LinkedIn replaced Monster.
I don’t see that any of the Facebook-hosted apps really offer anything that replaces LinkedIn. I’m on BranchOut, but have been unable to figure out how to navigate within it.
By Frank1 on Nov 9, 2012 | Reply
Sophie, I think your comment (whilst true in many cases), is a generalization. But I agree, people should use Linkedin as a NETWORKING tool and not self interest and promotions platform. There’s no reason why you, or anyone else can’t do that. It’s a matter of limiting your connections, and then actually networking with people you know.