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Why do you feel LinkedIn is a necessity these days? What exactly does it provide that makes getting a job without it so difficult? I'm genuinely curious; I ditched LinkedIn a few years ago as I didn't see it providing any value for anything in my professional life and haven't suffered for it (as far as I know). And I've been involved in the hiring several people; linkedin has never been involved.

[whstl]

For me personally it is incredibly convenient: whenever I want a new job, I can just log into LinkedIn and reply to a few recruiters messages to schedule 5 or 6 interviews for the week.

I really hope I never have to look for a job again without a recruiter helping me through the process.

[tombert]

A few job postings that I've seen actually require me to post a LinkedIn profile to hit the "submit" button. I suppose I could put some placeholder text in there like "N/A", but I feel like that would put me immediately on a waitlist.