LinkedIn is the New Craigslist

First, LinkedIn does not cover every job category sufficiently. For example, blue collar workers have never been able to use LinkedIn to showcase their work history and to find new opportunities. Second, many job opportunities are in the form of gigs, or shifts, which are very different from the full time employment opportunities found on LinkedIn.

Vertical marketplaces that involve fractionalized labor (eg, tasks, gigs, freelance work or short-term assignments) are particularly interesting. These fractionalized labor marketplaces have three key advantages over pure job sites that are focused on full-time employment. First, the fractionalized labor marketplaces tend to have high repeat usage ... See more