Laid Off? Keep Your Job End Date Hidden . . . For a While. #shorts
By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
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You just got laid off in a reorg, and you were told to keep your job title’s end date off LinkedIn. Is this professional advice or a risky move?
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The suggestion about not having an end date is because the algorithm on LinkedIn isn’t particularly fond of people who are not working. As a matter of fact, when search results come in, they tend to push people who are not working down further in the results. It’s stupid.
It’s not fair. It is what it is. They believe that their clients who are paying them a lot of money to find people, they’re selling LinkedIn recruiter at . . . I have no idea what the current price is.
When I still did recruiting, it was $15,000 a license. It’s probably over 20 at this point. If anyone knows, you can tell me.
By the way, for the person who’s listed as LinkedIn user, I’ll come to you in one second. For those of you who are out of work, I generally advise not to put an end date until it passes around the three, four month mark. And that buys you a little time.
If they are showing that you’re on payroll, but you don’t have to go into work and they’re still paying you, you don’t have to show an end date because you’re still employed. So, the long and the short of it is the algorithm advantages people who are still working. And thus, if you have the ability to change that, or you’re doing consulting work, and you can include that in your profile, add that in.
So, no simple answer for you, Frederick. But the idea is, if you can demonstrate your experience, and that you’re still working, that’s better than unemployed. And that’s as stupid as they are.
I wish they would change that. You can use a section like career break, which is now an option on LinkedIn. For this period of time, you can also put in consultant and write about consulting work you’ve done.
That becomes a way to deal with that unemployment.
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