Suspicious?

15 Comments

1. Julie HumbirdJune 28,2022 at 5:26PM UTC

   Connect it how? As an Identity provider? LinkedIn is already public.

2. Megan LeasherJune 28,2022 at 5:44PM UTC

   Curious to how it connects, too. Some HR systems allow connections that fill in your company profile information as a direct feed from your LinkedIn profile, as a streamlined way for you to not have to reenter all of the same info.

3. Julie HumbirdJune 28,2022 at 6:41PM UTC

   Exactly. The data can be used to validate skills needed for project resourcing. Then staff do not have to keep two separate accounts of skills/milestones

4. AnonymousJune 28,2022 at 8:12PM UTC

   I would never do this. I pay for my LinkedIn, it's none of their business.

5. Diana C LaveryJune 28,2022 at 8:17PM UTC

   My company has a way to connect my own personal Twitter account to my authorship page on the company blog. I told them, nope, my own Twitter account is not a company asset.

6. Sage FraserJune 29,2022 at 12:41PM UTC

   Nothing to be suspicious of. This is a normal HRIS feature to allow your new coworkers to learn a bit about your background. Some companies enable the feature. Others don’t. No pressure to include it but overall I think it’s a positive.

7. DeannaJune 29,2022 at 12:56PM UTC

   The company I work for asks us to link through Clearview Social, so we can share marketing posts. They also provide us with access to LinkedIn learning. It's not mandatory, but I don't mind doing it.

8. Lauren FraleyJune 29,2022 at 1:55PM UTC

   As others have mentioned, I don't think it's suspicious - it's public, and likely a way to either identify skills or get to know coworkers (or both!).

   Also, FYI: your company's recruiters won't be able to see if you're "open to work" unless you make it your profile picture. I honestly didn't believe LinkedIn but then tested it out with some coworkers (I've recruited heavily throughout my career).

9. Barb HansenJune 29,2022 at 5:24PM UTC

   Is it suspicious?

   Maybe.

   It depends on whether the connection is a simple "I add my LinkedIn profile URL" to my company's HR system"

   OR is the connection a

   "I give the HR system the permission read my LinkedIn Profile"

   I would absolutely want to know what parts of my LinkedIn profile that HR system was reading.

   Is the HR system just reading my public profile or is the HR systems reading private data like "open my profile for recruiters to see, classes that I'm taking (but don't put on my public profile), other profiles that I'm viewing, content I'm reading, and jobs that I'm applying for.

   Would I do it?

   Absolutely not. LinkedIn knows everything click you make on LinkedIn, and I would be concerned about giving that data to my employer.

10. Audrey KirschJune 29,2022 at 5:42PM UTC

    I don't think it's suspicious but I still wouldn't do it. I control who I'm connected with and that does not include my bosses or some of the people at my company. They can see my profile anytime they want without me being connected to them. I get tons of info from HR on a regular basis. Don't need to see anything additional on Linked in.

11. Maura van der LindenJune 29,2022 at 5:59PM UTC

    We have LinkedIn Learning set up for our users and it allows them to (optionally) link that up to their public LinkedIn profile. It's main purpose is to allow people to advertise their completion of LIL classes on their LI profile.

    I declined to do it but made sure it was optional for our employees.

12. AnonymousJune 29,2022 at 7:41PM UTC

    No? Why do you think it’s suspicious? If your linked in is public, the same employer can still pull up your info manually. I think part of it is a lot of professionals network on linked in and share highlights of work activities to get more public visibility. Having it linked to your company may be another step in helping to achieve that. If it is optional, you have nothing to worry about, I would be more concerned about your computer showing you advertisements you thought in your head before speaking or writing it.

13. Shanna WilliamsJune 30,2022 at 2:14PM UTC

    It allows them to give you access to LinkedIn Learning. They don’t control any aspects of your account.

14. GirlBossanova934974July 20,2022 at 12:08PM UTC

    Nothing about your LInkedIn account belongs to your employer. I personally make it a practice not to show my current employer on my profile so my employer can never run simple queries that show me on their list of employees on Linkedin. As for recruiter interactions, I have not seen any shortages of recruiters coming my way with unsolicited job offers. It is all about the skillsets. There is very little loyalty out there these days.

15. AnonymousJuly 26,2022 at 1:44PM UTC

    I mean, it's not hard for your employer to look you up on LinkedIn and people tend to be connected with their professional network. If you're looking for a new position I wouldn't be public about it anyway. What are you getting out of connecting it? Seems pointless.