# Linked In: Can't I Just Post Resume? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 29, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linked-in-cant-i-just-post-resume/764444 "2016-08-29T23:55:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linked-in-cant-i-just-post-resume/764444/1 "2016-08-29T23:55:37Z")
I believe in efficiency. On LinkedIn, why can’t I just post my resume? Why the hell do I have to go through the process of regurgitating my resume!?! Perhaps some SDoper can walk me through a method to post a legible resume and skip all this BULL!!! Thanks! (I swear, LinkedIn is the worst damn thing invented for snobs to clique and kiss ass with others.) ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linked-in-cant-i-just-post-resume/764444/2 "2016-08-30T00:18:41Z")
What kind of trouble are you experiencing? I finally created a Linkedin profile a couple of months back when I was laid off, and I did not have winy issues. As I recall the application parsed my uploaded resume without any shenanigans. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linked-in-cant-i-just-post-resume/764444/3 "2016-08-30T00:26:33Z")
> [@Jinx](#): > > (I swear, LinkedIn is the worst damn thing invented for snobs to clique and kiss ass with others.) Congratulations!!! You’ve just made Mark Zuckerberg VERY happy! “See? I TOLD you we weren’t the Worst…” ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linked-in-cant-i-just-post-resume/764444/4 "2016-08-30T01:17:47Z")
Yeah, well you know what Zuckerberg and his kith and kin can kiss! 😃 LinkedIn is just a pyramid scam! Every corner I turn, they want me to upgrade if not try a trial for any feature I click! Obviously, all they want to do is suck me dry! Well, you can guess what else they can suck! 😃 Ug, is this really a necessary evil, or just evil? ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linked-in-cant-i-just-post-resume/764444/5 "2016-08-31T22:14:02Z")
Why are you joining LinkedIn? Does your employer require it? ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linked-in-cant-i-just-post-resume/764444/6 "2016-08-31T23:46:57Z")
It’s a form of intelligence test. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linked-in-cant-i-just-post-resume/764444/7 "2016-09-01T00:12:19Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Why are you joining LinkedIn? Does your employer require it? I’ve had a lot of employment interest on LinkedIn, despite my profile being very minimal.