[reporter]

I have never had a LinkedIn and I just counted 213 LinkedIn messages in my gmail account (yes, I am horrible at deleting emails). Their email spamming has turned me off to ever trying LinkedIn.

Do people actually find LinkedIn useful anyway? Everyone I know has an account, but I have never actually met a person who has found a job through using the site.

[refurb]

I actually find it pretty useful. I've used it to cold call people in different companies and functional roles just to pick their brains, people are surprisingly open to it.

Also, it's helpful as a contact database when a former colleague changes their email address/phone number.

The "request an intro" is pretty good to just to see how you're connected. If you know someone in common with a person it tends to lower the barrier of a cold call.

Note: by cold call I don't mean selling, just getting a chance to talk to someone interesting; i.e. you see an interesting role and want to get the real deal about a company

[unclebucknasty]

>Do people actually find LinkedIn useful anyway?

It's great for finding out when people you know are looking for a job. You start receiving recommendation/endorsement requests.