Ask HN: Is not having a LinkedIn that big of a deal?
It seems like somehow every application I fill out these days has a box to insert your LinkedIn profile URL to it. Do recruiters really care about it that much?
This is a quick cheat for 'are they HOT or NOT' when it come to determining if your candidate profile is within range.
Oddly enough, in some circles -- the ZERO Online profile candidates are the most desirable.