LinkedIn....

[Simon Pieman]

Wearing a shirt and tie is hardly that much of a chore. Most places don't even enforce a tie policy anymore.

I'm reluctant to join LinkedIn as I'm getting enough headhunters agency coldcallers as it is, but it does look useful. My director actually wins some of our work through it.

[pauld]

It makes fuck all difference to how well or not I can do the job

Neither does good personal hygiene, but good luck getting (or keeping) a job if you turn up unwashed and stinking

[pauld]

Right so what I do for work these days is mostly coaching and doing kids after school

[@MacPhlea]

What you wear at work has to be aligned with the situation - my bosses point about not wearing a tie would have been difficult to defend if I was a scruffy cunt with an un-ironed shirt. Wearing a smart shirt and trousers was defendable as I would still have looked 'professional'.

It's all about your personal work situation and what ois deemed acceptable... I now work from home about 80% of my time so can wear what I want but the advantage is that if I wake up late I can walk into my office stark bollock naked, log on and still appear professional because nobody else can see me (I hope!)

[pauld]

if I wake up late I can walk into my office stark bollock naked, log on

Please tell me you're not

[@MacPhlea]

No, I arrived early for work today so you were lucky...

[Highland Robin]

Interesting debate which raises all sorts of issues!!  Suit and tie are a fashion which has lasted for a very long time...longer than almost any other I can think of, except uniforms for particular professions - and the issues are not much different.  For a long time, for the majority of the population, work was much more about individuals submitting to a corporate culture, regardless of 'who' they were and what their personality/creativity might be.  Definitely still what, for instance, the armed services are about - they don't want rebels, or people who are looking to break the mould, and basic training is about smoothing any ruffles out in this regard.  My wife is a nurse, working in a GP surgery.  The assumption is still made that nurses should wear uniforms, but doctors can wear what they like.....what's that about?  But our work culture is going through major change now, and many more people are looking for and expecting employment which allows them to express themselves much more.  A good thing definitely, but (and I'm a grumpy old man!!) generally society is not moving quite so quickly, and most of us still make judgements about people according to their dress - and those jusdgements are not always wrong!!!

[Berniman]

Right so what I do for work these days is mostly coaching and doing kids after school clubs (aside to my leisure centre job)
I'm guessing linked in might not be very good for that sort if thing??

P.S I don't think I ever wrote on FB if I was having a poo??

It is usefull for any career type really.  It just basically tells people your work history, allows people to recommend you if they think you are good at your job and puts you out there as a proffesional in your field.

Basically an online CV, can't hurt to give it a go!  Set up an account and I'll recommend you for Wagon Wheels!