please log in to view this image 'Is this LinkedIn appropriate?' Published on December 15, 2015 Like'Is this LinkedIn appropriate?' 3,815 Comment 1,418 ShareShare 'Is this LinkedIn appropriate?' 67 please log in to view this image Louisa Brown FollowLouisa Brown Senior recruiter - Connecting hospitality staff with their perfect role A few days ago, a colleague of mine posted a photo of the female half of the office at our Christmas party. Fast forward to now, and that post has 5500 views and counting, along with a very mixed bag of comments. This photo was posted to celebrate a great year and congratulate us on our efforts, and it has now caused a debate - is this 'Linkedin appropriate'? While I myself become frustrated at the amount of personal posts on LinkedIn, I fail to see how a photo of our team celebrating our Christmas works do does not constitute as appropriate. My first question would be, if this was a photo of six professional young men enjoying their end of year Christmas celebration, would it have caused such a stir? Even if they were wearing 'non work' attire or fancy dress. What we in the office found most ironic was that the picture has received so much criticism, when it is the comments left which would be inappropriate on any social media platform. Comments suggesting we have been 'exploited' by the company bought particular amusement. Surprisingly enough this is not our company uniform and we are not encouraged to dress in a particular way. We are autonomous enough to pick our own outfits without influence from our directors. Women making their own choices in the 21st century - who would have thought it? Several people have questioned our intelligence and qualifications based on our appearances, and as much as this should have caused offence - I find it laughable that in this day and age we are seeing image as a reflection of academic ability. To the people commenting on our companies 'questionable selection process' this is the closest knit, most capable team I have had the pleasure of working with and as our process is based on attitude to work and respect, the majority of the people leaving comments would struggle to be on the team at all. Our business is all about people and personal relationships, and we are lucky enough to work with clients and candidates who judge us purely on ability and service. If the discussion boils down to what women should or shouldn't wear, then it's important to remember what century we are living in, and if we are seeing cleavage as an indication of respectability and abilities, we are further behind than I thought. Perhaps our director summed it up best with his comment... 'Hold on a MINUTE?!! A group of brilliant young professional business women that have worked themselves incredibly hard all year.......posting a picture of themselves at our WORK xmas doo....on a professional networking site......? I'll be sure to stone them all when they get in this morning and send them straight home to hoover and knit jumpers' And to the woman who called us 'vulgar' I hope you have a great Christmas filled with love and joy! So thank you to everyone for your ongoing support. Goldmills will continue flying in 2016, and perhaps people can leave their negative views in 2015... Yes or no?
Being a city boy in a place where the only nearby grass was Goodison, I never really knew why hedgehogs were called hedgehogs. Later on when I had a house with a garden I found out. Coming home up the path one summer's evening I heard this grunting noise from the hedge in the back garden - thinking it might be local teenagers I got a stick to shoo them away, only to discover a pair of hedgehogs having an extremely noisy shag in the bushes.
I agree wholeheartedly with her comments. Women in the workplace should not just be viewed as sexual objects. They can contribute as well as men to the overall success of the company they are working for. Provided they are qualified for the position they hold and are capable of doing the job as well as a man why should they not do it. As for the way they are dressed it was a works night out and they are entitled to dress for an evening out. I am sure they do not dress like that in the office. I support the position taken by Ms L Brown, the senior recruiter, who is right that women in the workplace should be judged on their work performance and nothing else. Having said all that I would start on the right and work my way through them one after the other. Zingy would!!!!!
They are renowned for being noisy shaggers. There used to be a girl who drank in The Halfway House on Woolton road whose nickname, behind her back, was the "hedgehog" because she was so noisy in bed.
I agree although I would start on the left... That said, that photo probably doesn't belong on LinkedIn. Facebook, sure. Not linked in. A photo of men wearing the same outfits would be equally frowned upon. Even men wearing men's clothing showing off a lot of the torso would be frowned upon. This isn't an issue of poor persecuted women... This is a case of upper body being exposed is not considered business appropriate for men or women.
Imo it's stupid to post on Linkedin. Why? Cosort it's totally open network and you will be judged. To say if men were pictured what would be said is facile, Why? Cos if men were to be judged they'd need to be going shirtless or something abd could easily be just as judged. LinkedIn is 90% about recruitment... (or Chinese stalkers looking for business and that's why their attempts at discussion articles fail utterly.) As a recruitment tool if I found this pic I would be wondering if the person had an ounce of sense.
Think the question needs to be asked.... what recruitment agency do they work for, as I reckon they need to come visit me for a chat
Sex sells and they sell jobs. They're probably better at their jobs than Ed Balls would be to be fair.
Been to order a new car, only took 3 hours but was served by a very fit asian girl instead of one of the bloke grunts I was expecting ... married though, would've deffo had a pop if she wasn't
