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Googling/LinkedIn Profile viewers
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:41 am
by Anonymous User
Anyone ever look at the "who's viewing your profile" and notice a lot of/lack of profile views from law firms? I just noticed my profile was viewed by a hiring partner at a firm I mailed, but other than that, nothing really comes up.
Seems like an interesting feature if you have LinkedIn to determine how much Googling firms do of candidates.
Re: Googling/LinkedIn Profile viewers
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:45 am
by Anonymous User

i have neither facebook, linkedin, nor any other creepy social networking page lying around the internet for exactly this reason.
Re: Googling/LinkedIn Profile viewers
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:52 am
by 071816
Anonymous User wrote:
i have neither facebook, linkedin, nor any other creepy social networking page lying around the internet for exactly this reason.
As long as you have nothing to hide, what's wrong with them looking? Isn't that what Linkedin is for? I don't understand this paranoid mentality.
Re: Googling/LinkedIn Profile viewers
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:02 am
by Kilpatrick
Anonymous User wrote:
i have neither facebook, linkedin, nor any other creepy social networking page lying around the internet for exactly this reason.
And you're posting about it anonymously. Nobody will ever find you now.
Re: Googling/LinkedIn Profile viewers
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:12 am
by Anonymous User
I'm the OP. I'm not paranoid (don't really have anything at all about me online), more just generally curious about how much online research firms do for candidates.
Re: Googling/LinkedIn Profile viewers
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:49 am
by imohnone
Linkedin members have the privacy option to view profiles anonymously, which could explain the lack of viewers.
Re: Googling/LinkedIn Profile viewers
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:51 am
by Aberzombie1892
Kilpatrick wrote:Anonymous User wrote:
i have neither facebook, linkedin, nor any other creepy social networking page lying around the internet for exactly this reason.
And you're posting about it anonymously. Nobody will ever find you now.
I'm thinking the poster did that to hide the identity of someone who knew their sentence was poorly constructed.
Re: Googling/LinkedIn Profile viewers
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:54 am
by lolwat
imohnone wrote:Linkedin members have the privacy option to view profiles anonymously, which could explain the lack of viewers.
This is true, but it would still show up on your "who viewed your profile" list. It just shows up as "Anonymous Viewer" or something.