LinkedIn is bringing smart messaging to its interface, enabling users to contact existing connections to bolster new job opportunities. Communication with connections, key to new push Employers and potential employees will be able to generate conversations instantaneously from anywhere on the LinkedIn platform. According to the popular networking service, 50% of users find employment through […]

Tech start-up Completed wants to make it easier to rank business professionals in your surrounding area. Completed competes with LinkedIn Rather than rate a company as a whole, this new service is looking to rank the individuals within in an effort to redefine the hiring and job search process. Following a month’s worth of beta

LinkedIn has updated its privacy policy across the board in changes that will affect its 500 million users. Here’s what you need to know. Open Source First up, your LinkedIn profile is now more visible than ever. While profiles have long turned up in search engines, now LinkedIn will allow select third-party services to show

Ever since being acquired by Microsoft last year, LinkedIn has gone from strength to strength.   The latest milestone: 500 million professionals are now linked in. Half a Bil and counting LinkedIn’s half a billion members are spread over 200 countries, and collectively represent over 10 million active jobs and over 9 million companies. This community

Microsoft might own LinkedIn, but the monoliths are learning to play nicely, with deeper data integrations on the way. Linking In Microsoft Dynamics 365 and LinkedIn Sales Navigator will soon link up, giving marketers the inside scoop on LinkedIn’s 500 million users. Microsoft says this will allow marketers to locate and connect with the right decision

LinkedIn overhauled its desktop offering earlier this year. Not content with that, the social network for professionals has rolled out a slew of new updates based on user feedback. Here's what's new. Notifications You now have more control over the type of Notification you receive, and can customise them based on your preferences. For example, you can

LinkedIn has unveiled a new format to more efficiently share professional info to employers with only a few clicks. Pre-filled forms quicken the process LinkedIn says 80% of sponsored content is engaged via smartphone, when it comes to job opportunities. The platform is streamlining the process of filling out forms via mobile devices with the addition

Who’s In is Microsoft’s latest adventure in the social realm. It's designed to help friends plan group dates, making dinners, movies and visits easier to organise. Asking who’s in? Users set up groups of recipients and select a group activity they’d like to propose. To invite folks to attend (or give feedback), users then hit