In short I’ve posted a (paid for) job ad on LinkedIn for a business development person. Despite me describing pretty closely the role and sector I’ve been given a list of “recommended” candidates from numerous unrelated industries. So working through the seemingly neverending list and noting the lack of facility to “shortlist” (only options being to skip, reject or contact) I “skipped” the few I thought I’d want to look at again and rejected the majority. Some way in I find that I now have an archived list of umpteen people I’m not interested in but no record of those I might be. And I’ve lost an hour of my life I won’t get back and have burnt a couple of hundred quid for the privilege.

Any suggestions?