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Episode 102. Where do LinkedIn go from here?

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Episode 102. Where do LinkedIn go from here?

Feb 26, 2016 | Uncategorized |

 

Back from a week in the sun and raring to go, this week’s show I address some important considerations about LinkedIn’s future direction.

MAIN STORY

“LinkedIn is now, at best, a business card holder. At worst, it’s a delivery service for spam”

It’s been a tough month for LinkedIn, disappointing results have led to many commentators really questioning their strategy and direction.

Amongst the many negative (sometimes harshly so) articles I read this week I found the following one from Techcrunch which includes the horrible quote above the most interesting;

LinkedIn Problems Run Deeper Than Valuation

In response to al the negative press LinkedIn’s CEO gathered LinkedIn staff together to give them a motivational talk, amazingly they filmed it and released it on Slideshare!

They didn’t go so far as to reveal the 7 year plan he refers to but I still have to applaud the openness of sharing this talk.

On a more positive note LinkedIn are running their first advert at the Oscars this weekend to an estimated audience of nearly 40 million.

Narrated by Jeff Weiner himself, the commercial, called “You’re closer than you think,” tells the story of when NASA used LinkedIn to look for its next astronaut. NASA apparently found 3 million users who were qualified to apply for the role!

Save to Contacts has now been retired, the ‘relationship’ tab still shows for first tier connections and anyone you have previously saved (minus the ‘who introduced you’ section) but you can no longer save 2nd or 3rd tier connections. Disappointing but not at all a surprise.

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Cool Thing

This weeks cool thing is a free web tool that allows you to collate content relevant to specific connections for sharing with them via email or LinkedIn message.

The site is called Grapevine6 and this feature is the ‘engage’ feature which can be seen below;

LinkedIn A F Q

Question – I’m looking to transition into a variety of industries and would like to leave my industry space blank. I see many posts in your Help Forum regarding this issue but I don’t see any solutions. Is it possible to leave the industry section blank?

Answer – I understand your frustration but at the moment, it is not possible to leave your industry field blank.

I can assure you though that this is a field that Recruiters are advised to ignore when searching because it is notoriously unreliable. Many people select the wrong industry either by accident or misunderstanding its meaning – for instance an HR Manager in an Accounting firm puts ‘human resources’ as their industry rather than ‘Accounting’.

Recruiters are usually aware of this and therefore avoid the field when searching.

Provided you complete your profile thoroughly and use the correct keywords, I am sure you will be found for the right opportunities, irrespective of industry.


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