I feel like finding a job is kinda like finding a girlfriend. You can get a gig, ya know, for a week or a month or so, the same way you can get laid or find a spring fling. But it’s not going to last. The relationships that last are the ones that come from friends or friends of friends. And I don’t mean it’s all got to be a set up. Just simply that referrals and endorsements work in personal relationships similarly to how they work in professional relationships, if not with more gravitas. Let’s be frank: I’ll sleep with you on the first date, but if I’m hiring for a full-time position, we’re gonna have to take it slow.

Some people say, “Oh, LinkedIn is Facebook for the professional work force.” And they’re wrong. If anything, LinkedIn is the OK Cupid of the job force. The only difference is that OK Cupid doesn’t list your previous relationships… but maybe it should? Wouldn’t it be helpful to know if you just got out of a 6-year relationship? Or that her last boyfriend was a Black bloc anarchist?

And so I’ve tried recently to update my LinkedIn profile with all of this in mind. It’s a work in progress. Part and parcel to this whole “I’m blogging again” initiative I kicked up last week. We’ll see how it goes!

Take a look at my LinkedIn profile and let me know what you think? Thanks!