[james_impliu]

As an employer, I find LinkedIn profiles faster (and thus nicer) to screen (we're a company that doesn't ask for a set application format) - since you don't have to adjust your brain to the format! I'm less likely to miss stuff, but might skim faster versus reading your story.

That said, if someone just sends me (I'm cofounder, post series B startup) an email directly which is well thought out connecting your skills with what we're working on, I will 100% read it / consider it. This ticks a box that you're interested in what we're working on - which we need to feel to hire you.

I do not now look at the vast majority of submissions, since the vast majority of those are generic, so we have a full time recruiter looking through.