I’m a big believer in quality of professional relationships versus quantity. There’s no point in saying you have over 2000 connections if you cannot rely on many of them to either give you advice, or connect you with opportunities. What criteria should I use to delete my existing LinkedIn connections? Some of them tend to be CEOs of start ups who have been executives at big companies in the past that have sent me a LinkedIn request, others have been startup CEOs. But when I send them a note to ask them a question or comment on one of their posts, I don’t get a response at all. So what’s the point in even keeping these kinds of high-level people on your LinkedIn?
I just keep everyone so I know when they get promoted or start a new position cuz I’m nosy like that
I keep people I can rely on and who can rely on me. I also have a list of people to watch out for, those I keep specifically so that I know if they come anywhere near my company/org supply chain, etc so that I can GTFO asap when that happens.
Look at it this way, what does deleting a contact really mean? Is it a feel-good move or a way to punish someone for not living up to our expectations? There was a reason why you added that person. If they don’t respond to your InMail they may not find your request worthy of a response or they may simply be busy. My criteria is spam. I only delete someone if they spam me with info or requests that I do not care about.
Delete all the useless recruiters and other useless people once your network is big enough. Some former colleagues simply might not be using LinkedIn much at the moment. They may be useful in future. Plus it is somewhat rude to delete them, and the industry is fairly small.
Agreed with the recruiters. But what if former colleagues or business partners don’t respond to a follow up LinkedIn InMail on the same topic? By following up, you are indicating that there is an important topic that you would like their help on. If they still don’t respond, doesn’t that indicate their unwillingness to look at you as someone valuable?
I keep it to keep my numbers high
What good is keeping your “numbers“ high if you have no relationship with them? How does that help you?
It doesn't. Just for appearances. I never bother with linkedin cause I can get interviews through referrals or just applying online.
Curious to see how this pull gonna end up with ... I had that question crossing my mind days ago