Linkedin - a site I use primarily to see what various tossers I have worked with in the past are up to.
However, one of the best things about Linked in is the "About" section, where users get the opportunity to summarise their skills and experience in a vain attempt to appeal to potential employers, or attempt to show ex colleagues (who think they are tossers) how well they have done.
The profiles are sometimes insightful but, more often than not, they are palpable bollocks.
This thread is an opportunity to find and share some of the best profiles on line - perhaps because they are great, but hopefully because they expose the writer as the vacuous individuals they may actually be. Bonus points are clearly awarded for profiles written in the 3rd person.
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Sol Campbell, a former England International footballer, known as one of the finest defenders to have worn the England shirt. Campbell was a strong and imposing defender with pace, agility and quick feet holding a 20-year career playing in the Premier League and an 11-year international career.
Campbell balances his sporting and philanthropic endeavours with his amorous passion for architecture and design. Director of both FBC London and Fiona Barratt Interiors, Campbell is the strategist behind both companies assisting his wife, Fiona Barratt-Campbell, in creating beautifully crafted interiors from their studio in London resulting in luxurious bespoke interiors that exceed clients’ expectations.
Campbell truly believes that good quality design is life enhancing. The interior architecture of a property, whether residential or commercial, is about people and problem solving. Campbell’s strengths sit with his natural ability to listen and understand people’s visions, and embody balance.
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Experienced Stadium and venue operator, responsible for managing and developing all aspects of venue services.
Focused on identifying opportunities and maximising returns by understanding stakeholder needs, providing clarity & empowerment to management by forming effective confident front line teams to engage guests and provide excellent service experiences.
Accomplished at setting up and leading working teams to deliver intricate projects, which include contract openings, mobilisation of new business, property acquisition, planning application and construction programs, organisational development & structural change, new software & system integrations and building refurbishment.
Shit manager, can dance a bit.
it is a necessary evil for me. Use it for lead sourcing and will soon be using it to find jobs. Some of the self indulgent stuff on there is unbelievable.
I’m not a fan of the ‘look at my children posts’, urrrgggghh
There’s far too many passive aggressive ‘I’ve made it posts’
People love to talk about how they’ve worked all hours and had 700 part time jobs whilst studying for an MBA etc etc.
Recommend following @craponlinkedin on twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6756858666349039616/?updateEntityUrn=urn:li:fs_feedUpdate:(V2,urn:li:activity:6756858666349039616)
So why you leaving then?
Also, people are constantly being encouraged to "bring their whole self to work" but then there's surprise when people act like selfish, narcissistic, lazy tossers.
If I brought my whole self to work every day I'd probably be calling people "cnuts" all day. But I don't think that's what they mean!
It's the fact that, apparently, paragraphs are no longer the done thing.
You have to put every sentence on a separate line.
Like this.
And you know what?
Sometimes people will throw in a question there too, to bait people into reading their inanities, thinking it's actually quite an insightful post, when the advice almost always boils down to "don't be a prick to someone".
And there's a shorter sentence afterward.
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If the bloke in this tweet was any less self-aware he'd vanish out of existence. You should be helping support your former employees find jobs, if it was that hard to lay them off - and listing their contact details and credentials (with permission), and contacting any hiring stakeholders (be that recruiters or HR at other businesses) to give them a hand going forward.
Instead what we get is weird preachiness and "building your personal brand" ad nauseam. Urgh.