social media, or something

[redbird]

No, LinkedIn, I am not going to accept "endorsements" for skills that I do not in fact have. One of them is a thing that I have never done in my life.

Yes, people are trying to help, but having to answer an email from someone who says "I see you have copywriting experience. Tell me about it" with "actually, I don't" isn't going to get me work. It's just going to waste my time, and the hypothetical recruiter's, and possibly make me look bad.

Comments

[flick]

I have never understood why people do this. If I were a recruiter, I don't think I'd pay any attention to them, because I'm forever getting random endorsements!

[ethelmay.livejournal.com]

I think most recruiters must know about such LinkedIn weirdness. (I don't think I knew one could refuse endorsements, now that I think about it. I have three for "publishing," which, well, as a SKILL, no. I think the endorsers must have thought they were endorsing me in a general AREA.)