Comments on: A Very Bad LinkedIn Request http://jasonseiden.com/a-very-bad-linkedin-request/ My Blog is Profersonal™. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:17:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: EntryHR.com: Get in. Move up! http://jasonseiden.com/a-very-bad-linkedin-request/comment-page-1/#comment-7782 EntryHR.com: Get in. Move up! Fri, 14 May 2010 10:35:05 +0000 http://jasonseiden.com/?p=2419#comment-7782 [...] Seiden writes a fantastic post on how to Fail Spectacularly. You must read this about what NOT to say on LinkedIn …read it and [...] [...] Seiden writes a fantastic post on how to Fail Spectacularly. You must read this about what NOT to say on LinkedIn …read it and [...]

]]> By: HR Carnival « Entry HR Blog http://jasonseiden.com/a-very-bad-linkedin-request/comment-page-1/#comment-2900 HR Carnival « Entry HR Blog Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:06:46 +0000 http://jasonseiden.com/?p=2419#comment-2900 [...] Seiden writes a fantastic post on how to Fail Spectacularly. You must read this about what NOT to say on LinkedIn …read it and [...] [...] Seiden writes a fantastic post on how to Fail Spectacularly. You must read this about what NOT to say on LinkedIn …read it and [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Hung http://jasonseiden.com/a-very-bad-linkedin-request/comment-page-1/#comment-2854 Jonathan Hung Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:20:21 +0000 http://jasonseiden.com/?p=2419#comment-2854 Your post reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5LnMngY51c Jason Seiden: from leadership consulting to dating advice ;) Your post reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5LnMngY51c

Jason Seiden: from leadership consulting to dating advice ;)

]]> By: Abby http://jasonseiden.com/a-very-bad-linkedin-request/comment-page-1/#comment-2852 Abby Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:58:32 +0000 http://jasonseiden.com/?p=2419#comment-2852 Sadly, this sort of situaiton happens more often than you think! After the last networking event I attended - a school supply drive/young professionals happy hour- I vowed not to return due to the douchebaggery that lurked in the room. One guy came up to me and immediately inquired about my religious beliefs- he was Jewish, divorced and looking to find a step-mom for his kids. When he found out that I was not Jewish OR single, he quickly moved on. My initial thought (after my "bleeech" moment) was, "Wow, I must look really great today. I'll take this as a compliment". Guess again- apparently he'd asked out at least 3-4 other women in the room. There were other creepsters there that night, including 50+ something guy in a Hawaiian shirt, offering to do foot massages and another 50+ something trying do to the French kiss-on-the-cheek introduction. This isn't the first "young professionals" event that I've attended where socially inappropriate older men bother women...who are often too nice to tell said creepster to go away. Although relationships often blossom out of these typs of get-togethers, usually they evolve out of a common shared interest (animal rescue, feeding the hungry, raising money to save an old building, etc.). And they take time to develop! For women who do attend outside events, just remember that it doesn't hurt to travel in packs and practice your "thanks but no thanks" speech. Sadly, this sort of situaiton happens more often than you think! After the last networking event I attended – a school supply drive/young professionals happy hour- I vowed not to return due to the douchebaggery that lurked in the room. One guy came up to me and immediately inquired about my religious beliefs- he was Jewish, divorced and looking to find a step-mom for his kids. When he found out that I was not Jewish OR single, he quickly moved on. My initial thought (after my “bleeech” moment) was, “Wow, I must look really great today. I’ll take this as a compliment”. Guess again- apparently he’d asked out at least 3-4 other women in the room. There were other creepsters there that night, including 50+ something guy in a Hawaiian shirt, offering to do foot massages and another 50+ something trying do to the French kiss-on-the-cheek introduction.
This isn’t the first “young professionals” event that I’ve attended where socially inappropriate older men bother women…who are often too nice to tell said creepster to go away. Although relationships often blossom out of these typs of get-togethers, usually they evolve out of a common shared interest (animal rescue, feeding the hungry, raising money to save an old building, etc.). And they take time to develop!
For women who do attend outside events, just remember that it doesn’t hurt to travel in packs and practice your “thanks but no thanks” speech.

]]> By: HR Minion http://jasonseiden.com/a-very-bad-linkedin-request/comment-page-1/#comment-2833 HR Minion Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:22:24 +0000 http://jasonseiden.com/?p=2419#comment-2833 Wow, that guys request was uber creepy. I've known guys like that and they make me want to run and hide if I see them. But I love your advice, it's so spot on! Wow, that guys request was uber creepy. I’ve known guys like that and they make me want to run and hide if I see them. But I love your advice, it’s so spot on!

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