Among the new generation of young professionals, frequently changing careers has become the norm. Creating that bridge With more than 40% of the working force taking interest in making jumps to new careers, 50% of those professionals are switching industries entirely. Generation Z is leading the stats in changing career paths at 3X the rate …
While it might be the sensible (some may say slightly dull) cousin to cooler members of the social family, LinkedIn is quietly going about its business, kicking lots of goals. Linking In – Big Time Microsoft has reported that in Q1 2019 LinkedIn's revenue increased 33%. Not only that, engagement is at record levels, with …
In an effort to make remote meetings more effective and personal, Microsoft will allow LinkedIn profiles to integrate with Office 365’s new people cards. Integration power! Things like calendar syncing will help users see what the day-to-day of other workers are like, and help better coordinate projects. New coauthor features for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel will …
In the wake of launching a redesigned Campaign Manager, LinkedIn is adding a brand new Dynamic Ad product to their flagship ad management tool. LinkedIn gets ad heavy Businesses will soon find they can create, manage, and track campaigns with greater efficiency. According to Ayusman Sarangi, LinkedIn's Principal Product Manager, “Creative is automatically personalised with each member’s …
LinkedIn is providing users with a new shared space to help build professional connections. Listening to the people In the wake of user feedback praising the value of having shared spaces to talk with other professionals, LinkedIn has tweaked and reinvigorated the Groups experience. Available on both the website and app, the new Groups focuses …
LinkedIn wants to give you with a new way to share your professional journey. Show them you’re special Everyone’s career path is unique, and that’s what LinkedIn wants to hit home in releasing their newly designed showcase to demonstrate indepth experience. The updated experience section can be added to by clicking on “Add Profile Section” …
Instagram is honing in on the university crowd by offering a new feature allowing students to join special communities or networks, based on school affiliation. Getting communal The new feature coming to Instagram is focusing on fostering communities amongst current students, while alumni can stick to LinkedIn and Facebook for their continued connections. The Instagram …
LinkedIn is introducing new changes to “LinkedIn Jobs” in order to aid job-seekers in discovering the best career path by adding new job search features. Job jumping A new search experience has arrived in the form of remote jobs searches and updates to LinkedIn Salary search. It all begins with a redesign of the entire search …
In order to counter its “ghost town” reputation, LikedIn is relaunching Groups as its own flagship app. Big change With over 500 million users, the professional networking site has retooled LinkedIn Groups to provide a stronger, more versatile, and more popular flagship app. A recent announcement detailing the changes to the app came earlier this year, …
LinkedIn wants to make exchanging numbers and emails easier for professionals on-the-fly with a scannable Quick Response code. Can I grab your QR? The time of scrambling for a pen or thumb-fumbling details into a mobile have passed, now professionals can swap contact info lightning fast with unique QR codes. According to LinkedIn, the new …