LinkedIn.com Lesson
Advantages to LinkedIn?
-Free to sign up -Easy way to increase your professional network -Your info is available to prospective employers
Disadvantages to LinkedIn?
-SPAM -You have to keep your LinkedIn profile updated & you have to be active on LinkedIn
What does a LinkedIn profile include?
-Summary -Work Experience -Connections
Features of LinkedIn
-Users make connections to other users -Companies post jobs -users search for jobs -users can identify themselves to hiring managers
What percented of all job openings are ONLY posted on LinkedIn?
48%
What percentage of all job openings are posted on LinkedIn?
77%
Impact of LinkedIn
As of November 2013, over 225 million business professionals are on LinkedIn, from 200 different countries.
LinkedIn is
a social network of professionals.
LinkedIn was
created by executives from Yahoo.com & PayPal.
LinkedIn launched
in May 2003