Has anyone tried a new take on LinkedIn?

3 points·meekinssw··5 comments

It just seems like there could be a new, better version of LinkedIn... has anyone tried?

Better as in less spammy, less scammy, and less bots? That’s pretty hard to do at scale. But there’s functionality in LinkedIn that you could break out and do better.

For example, it’s not a great job board, but it does recommend jobs based on your experience. A cool tool (not sure if it exists) would be to upload a resume to a site and have it return job listings, sorted by compatibility. LinkedIn does this to an extent but it could be done much better. Another cool feature would be something that compares your resume to a listing and points out the experience you’re missing.

Not that that really matters. The real way LinkedIn makes its money is B2B sales and marketing. The job board & social media features are just a veneer to attract users.

I suppose less social media side of things and self-promotion, and more for discovering who the experts in a given field are? The tool you've described is a pretty cool idea!

https://read.cv is one

Thanks - looks interesting, clean interface. Just looks like it's mainly for designers though? Or maybe that's just what all the jobs are aimed at...

What are some examples of features you might expect in a better version? What would be valuable for you?

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