LinkedIn, Naymz and other professional networks

People keep inviting me to become part of their LinkedIn network but I have resisted because LinkedIn doesn't allow me the control of my profile (both the "public" and the network profiles) that I'd like. Have you tried any other "social/professional networking sites and, if so, who do you like?

linkedin.com and realmatch.com were just added to the About.com Top 10 employment sites list.

Updated top 10 list here:
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/joblis...p/jobbanks.htm

I use medreps.com and like it a lot. Im not familiar with the other sites, only bc someone who was a member of medreps gave me their access info.

I did get many calls from recruiters within days of posting to jobs. I ended up interviewing with about 5 pharma companies and took a job with one of them.
Best of luck.

In addition to Naymz and LinkedIn there's also :

claimID,
iKarma,
Rapleaf,
Opinity

When I asked the question about professional networking sites like
claimID,
iKarma,
Rapleaf,
Opinity
Naymz
LinkedIn

I wasn't really thinking of them as ways to get the attention of recruiters or headhunters nor was I thinking of them as a means of getting jobs.

Incidentally, after a three year absence from LinkedIn I recently rejoined it. One of my pet peeves about these sites is they are rather restrictive in the way they force members to list profile data., For example, one of the required fields asks what industry you're in and there is not a selection called "oxygen rep" or "DME" so oxygen reps have to select generic "sales" or some other healthcare or medical designation. And for headhunters who might be reading this, there is no "headhunter" selection but there is a "staffing and recruiting" designation (not the same as headhunting) and there is also a "human resources" category. And of course, as we all know, executive search work is way too important to be left to HR.