Michael Jackson on LinkedIn: #culture #work #jobs #employment #benefits #law #lawyer #lawfirms… | 98 comments
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Michael Jackson on LinkedIn: #culture #work #jobs #employment #benefits #law #lawyer #lawfirms… | 98 comments
For many users, LinkedIn is primarily an online resume. There are a few segments of users, however, which are, in fact, starting to “live” on the site. The primary group is executive recruiters. Because of the breadth and quality of LinkedIn’s member base, recruiters are using it to identify, contact and check references on passive job seekers – i.... See more
FOLDS • LinkedIn Venture Capital Investment Memo from Bessemer Venture Partners -
If the new American Dream is defined by “creative expression, online influence and extreme optionality” over linear moves up the corporate ladder, then LinkedIn is enough to make any Millennial or Gen Z jobseeker cringe.
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Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Reduced to its simplest form, LinkedIn is a digital resume. A profile consists of your past work experience, education, skills, and references. The posts, comments, and messages are like a cover letter. But we’ve long decided that there are better ways to showcase your ability than a list of the places you’ve worked, the school you went to, and a h... See more
Fadeke Adegbuyi • LinkedIn’s Alternate Universe - Divinations
People used to call LinkedIn “work Facebook”, by which I think they meant it's a mindless website where people gab about their work lives. But LinkedIn isn’t really about work in any meaningful sense. Of course, people talk about working on LinkedIn. Oh, how they love to talk about working! No matter the shitty job, no matter the grueling hours, ev... See more
The Rise of the LinkedIn Right
Although the mainstream business professional does not yet have a compelling reason to spend time on LinkedIn daily, a big focus of the company is to add features to motivate broader regular usage. Recent new feature examples include finding and endorsing service providers such as lawyers and accountants, re-connecting with former colleagues and cl... See more
FOLDS • LinkedIn Venture Capital Investment Memo from Bessemer Venture Partners -
It’s your publicist. Move over, CNN. LinkedIn lets you showcase your expertise and express your point of view. Through the way you write your summary to the content you share in your activity feed, the groups you join, and the conversations you have, you can tell people who you are and what you believe.