It is now used as a full social network \u2013 and is changing how we think about our identities and accomplishments. Time for us all to be a lot more honest …<\/p>\n
A friend recently asked me to help her look for a job. She wanted help writing a cover letter, a CV and an update on her LinkedIn profile. The first two tasks were easy, but the third? Not so much.<\/p>\n
If, like me, you haven\u2019t been on LinkedIn for a while, it is \u2013 for lack of a better word \u2013 weird<\/em>, now. What used to be a perfunctory, professional space sitting in stark contrast to the oversharing of other social media, LinkedIn is now full of 1,000-word polemics from unqualified people (\u201chere\u2019s really what makes people tick\u201d says a \u201cwizard of wellbeing\u201d), photos of holidays (\u201cwork hard, play hard!\u201d) and empty motivational platitudes (\u201cgive a man a fish and he\u2019ll eat for a day, teach a man to code and \u2026\u201d OK, sorry, I did just make that one up). It\u2019s all a bit cultish, and work is what is worshipped. Stepford Wives, employment edition.<\/p>\n Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters<\/a> section, please click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n