Savagedoge

Account Executive

Being active/posting on LinkedIn a criteria to to be hired

So I know a bunch of start-ups where they encourage their sales folks to be active on LinkedIn and I see the point in that for sure. The line begins to fade away for me when these companies expect anybody they're hiring to be active on LinkedIn too. One of my friends legit got rejected because he wasn't commenting on posts or posting shit on LinkedIn.

Being active on LI should be one of the criteria while hiring sales people?

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LordBusiness

Politicker

Chief Revenue Officer

Not hiring someone because they don’t have a LI presence is just buffoonery. While I personally feel building a social brand is important, it can’t be a requirement. Not everyone is social

softwarebro

Politicker

Sales Director

Exactly. If you are a proven seller I want you on my team. I could care less how many likes your LinkedIn post gets if you are generating revenue.

overheard_sales

Politicker

CEO - Overheard_Sales

I don't think it should be required, but if you are not active on socials in today's selling world, you're leaving money on the table

saygrace

Valued Contributor

Sales Executive

Says the 83K follow man on IG 😆

overheard_sales

Politicker

CEO - Overheard_Sales

That's all I'm saying lol

Savagedoge

Tycoon

Account Executive

Oh yeah, for sure. But to have that as a reason to not hire an otherwise good sales person seems foolish

overheard_sales

Politicker

CEO - Overheard_Sales

Yep, I agree

saygrace

Valued Contributor

Sales Executive

Btw I love your page

BillyHoyle

Tycoon

Senior Account Executive

Different people do things differently.

Blackwargreymon

Politicker

MDR

Not hiring someone because they don’t have a LI presence is just buffoonery. While I personally feel building a social brand is important, it can’t be a requirement.

saygrace

Valued Contributor

Sales Executive

That’s ridiculous.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

🚩🚩🚩

slaydie

Big Shot

Account Executive

No, that seems ridiculous! Of course social selling is important but everyone has different styles. And if it's so important to the company and they check all the boxes then at least give them a chance and give them the opportunity to say that would social sell if they got the job.

SgtAE

WR Officer

I don't think this is nessecary, I keep a very up to date and modern profile with company branding and clear CTA's, something that I think all reps should do as it takes 30 minutes and then you set and forget. And that alone is enough for me to get recruiters hitting me up. As for posting content, I don't think it's a requirement.

Rissole

Fire Starter

BDR

Strong No!

MR.StretchISR

Politicker

ISR

My boss oftentimes reminds me of Michael Scott... some good, some not as good

Error32

Politicker

ISR

Beat me to it! He's one of the greatest characters ever written for TV. Kramer is up there with that one.

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Savagedoge

Being active/posting on LinkedIn a criteria to to be hired

Being active on LI should be one of the criteria while hiring sales people?

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