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☆ We love to hate on LinkedIn. Audiences and ad dollars keep rolling in.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Jasmine Enberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementA few months later, Bloomberg gave the opposite assessment of the platform, declaring that "LinkedIn is cool now." In 2024, the platform is poised for more growth - and LinkedIn creators will play a major role in its development. Most of that content comes from LinkedIn creators, many of whom have built strong followings and some of whom are monetizing their audiences. "Cringe" can be lucrativeHeavy LinkedIn users aren't just older, they're also well-educated. While LinkedIn has long been central to B2B social marketing strategies, B2C marketers are increasing investment, driving up ad prices and spending.

Persons: Gen, Jasmine Enberg, —, Jordan Davis, I'm, Davis, Zers, they're, Snoop Organizations: Intelligence, Service, LinkedIn, Bloomberg, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, Pew Research Center

☆ The 10 fastest-growing jobs in the U.S. right now—many can be remote and pay over $100,000
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Salary range: $41,500-$269,500Top locations hiring: Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area, New York City, Dallas2. Salary range: $34,000-$179,500Top locations hiring: San Francisco, New York City, Boston5. Salary range: $42,500-$138,500Top locations hiring: New York City, Chicago, Atlanta6. Salary range: $43,500-$277,500Top locations hiring: New York City, Chicago, Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area8. Salary range: $25,000-$93,500Top locations hiring: Dallas, New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area10.

Persons: Andrew Seaman, they're, Seaman, — Organizations: LinkedIn, Washington, D.C, Dallas, Government, Health, Atlanta, New, Kansas, Diversity, Artificial Locations: U.S, Baltimore, New York City, Sacramento, Los Angeles , Washington, Houston, Boston, Francisco , New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, Kansas City, Austin, Washington, Francisco, Boston , New York, Dallas , New York City, Francisco , New York City , Washington, Yale

☆ The 15 fastest-growing jobs in the US, according to LinkedIn
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Chief growth officer, physical therapist, and vice president of diversity and inclusion are some of the top US jobs on LinkedIn's new jobs on the rise list . The LinkedIn ranking is based on job growth rates, which were calculated based on members' data for jobs started from January 1, 2019, to July 31, 2023. Instead, "we like to call it sustainable growth," Seaman said. Below are the 15 fastest-growing jobs in the US jobs per the new LinkedIn report. Most common skills noted below "were derived from the top skills most unique to each title among members who have ever held that title on LinkedIn," per the report.

Persons: Andrew Seaman, Seaman Organizations: Service, Business, BI, Government, LinkedIn

☆ Silicon Valley engineers joked you'd go to LinkedIn to retire. Then came the PIPs and layoffs.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Jyoti Mann | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

"For years, there was a semi-joke that some people in Big Tech go to LinkedIn to retire," a current engineer told BI. Amid a transformative year for the social network, LinkedIn spokesperson Nicole Leverich said the company has continued to prioritize its employees. The golden days of growthSome LinkedIn workers like to reminisce about what one engineer called the "golden days." AdvertisementLinkedIn rates its workers on a scale of one to five, seven workers told BI. AdvertisementA current engineering manager added that the goalposts for performance reviews had shifted.

Persons: —, Satya Nadella, we've, It's, Nicole Leverich, Leverich, you'd, Mohak Shroff, ChatGPT, We're, Ryan Roslansky, Kelly Sullivan, he'd, hadn't, Roslanksy, Brian Wieser Organizations: Service, LinkedIn, Business, BI, Microsoft, Big Tech, Google Locations: Big, Madison

☆ The 10 cities workers are flocking to — and the 10 they're leaving
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

US workers are moving to Sarasota and Tampa but are leaving College Station, Texas. Meanwhile, over 100 LinkedIn members for every 10,000 left College Station-Bryan in Texas and Urbana-Champaign in Illinois during the same period. Related storiesThe North Port-Sarasota area ranked first at 107 movers for 10,000 LinkedIn members. Gainesville lost 64 people per 10,000 LinkedIn members, while Tallahassee lost nearly 61. Hiring in Nashville picked back up in December 2023, per LinkedIn , and workers moving into Nashville came from Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York City.

Persons: —, Austin, Orlando, Bryan Organizations: College Station, Service, North Port, Station, Bryan, Port, Jacksonville, Charlotte, Chapel, Gainesville, Tallahassee, Memphis, Chicago, Bank of America, West, Nashville, Fort Lauderdale Locations: Sarasota, Tampa, College Station , Texas, North, Texas, Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, Florida, Austin, Nashville, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Portland , Oregon, Wenatchee , Washington, Boston, America's, West, Midwest, Northeast, Miami, Fort, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, Fort Lauderdale, New York

☆ LinkedIn's Dan Shapero on 2024: AI will make our day-to-day lives easier
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-17 | by ( Josée Rose | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"We've really tried to take all the AI capability that we have at our disposal and help job seekers be more effective in their search," he said. I think that in 2024 we're going to start to see some of the fruits of all of the AI capabilities that have been brought forward. I think we're going to see things in our day-to-day lives that become easier. I think AI is going to be very exciting. We're going to use it to help job seekers.

Persons: Dan Shapero, who's, Shapero, We've, we're, —, I'm, We're Organizations: Service, LinkedIn, Business, Microsoft Locations: Business, Europe, Israel

☆ LinkedIn shelved planned move to Microsoft Azure, opting to keep physical data centers
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-14 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

LinkedIn has set aside an effort to relocate its data center technology out of its physical facilities and into Microsoft's Azure cloud, according to people familiar with the matter. A LinkedIn spokesperson confirmed that the Microsoft subsidiary changed direction on Blueshift and said LinkedIn continues to use Azure. Under the leadership of Nadella, Microsoft has moved some of its acquired assets to Azure, including GitHub and Minecraft developer Mojang. More recently, Azure has gained attention because of Microsoft's investment in OpenAI, which uses Azure infrastructure for running the large language models powering ChatGPT and other products. Microsoft said in October that third-quarter revenue from Azure and other cloud services grew 29%, while LinkedIn revenue was up 8%.

Persons: Satya Nadella, Mohak Shroff, Raghu Hiremagalur, we've, Hiremagalur, Nadella, OpenAI, LinkedIn's Karin Kimbrough Organizations: Microsoft, LinkedIn, Amazon Web Services, CNBC, Nadella, Wired, OpenAI Locations: Blueshift, OpenAI

☆ Millions of sustainability jobs are available to people with the right skills. The problem: Many don't have them, especially women.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Only 1 in 8 workers globally have the green skills companies are looking for, according to LinkedIn. AdvertisementByzer said the fact that the current green talent pool is predominantly men — or 66% — is a big problem that highlights an emerging "green ceiling." Women have been joining the green talent pool, defined as having one green skill or one job experience, at a higher rate than men. Women working in the oil, gas, and mining sectors have more green skills than men. "I hear a lot more climate experts talking about jobs, and a lot more workforce experts talking about climate," Byzer said.

Persons: Bycer, there's, Byzer, who've Organizations: LinkedIn, Employers, Service

☆ AI investment is growing, and so are the career opportunities
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Within two months of OpenAI launching its AI chatbot ChatGPT last November, it surpassed 100 million monthly users. Major tech companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google have invested billions in deals with AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, while venture capital firms have placed eight-figure bets on AI startups. AdvertisementMore money in AI means more jobs in AI, and companies big and small are now on the hunt for AI talent. These AI jobs range from software developers and machine learning engineers building in-house AI tools to prompt engineers that fine tune AI chatbots to produce the best outputs. Generative AI has even created a cottage industry of side hustles like ChatGPT course instruction, AI content editing, and newsletters focused on AI-news.

Persons: —, chatbot ChatGPT, Goldman Sachs, Karin Kimbrough, LinkedIn's, Daron Acemoglu, Zer, Richard Baldwin, Aaron Mok Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Google, LinkedIn, Meta, Netflix, Apple, MIT, Nvidia, IBM

☆ Harvard-trained expert says successful people 'practice humility' more than most: It's ‘absolutely crucial’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The most successful people use humility to bounce back quickly, according to Harvard-trained leadership expert Charlene Li. "You don't know everything. And because you don't know everything, you can't be expected to have all the answers," Li, a San Francisco-based executive coach, recently told LinkedIn's "The Path" podcast. "When you can practice humility on a daily basis ... you can be open to a learner's mindset and that is absolutely crucial." "We are raised in school to aim for A's, which means being perfect, getting 100% on tests," she said.

Persons: Charlene Li, Li, LinkedIn's Organizations: Harvard Locations: San Francisco

☆ Could resumes soon be a thing of the past? Experts give their verdict
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Resumes are often integral to job applications, but as skills-based hiring is on the rise, could they become obsolete? Srdjanpav | E+ | Getty ImagesMore often than not, the first step of a job application is submitting your resume. Resumes of the futureOne thing is clear to experts: Resumes of the future will look nothing like they do now. That includes both their content and look, Dave Rizzo, talent strategy and operations leader at Deloitte told CNBC Make It. Having a "perfect" resume also no longer means as much to employers as it has done in the past, Julia Pollock, chief economist at ZipRecruiter, told CNBC Make It.

Persons: Adam Hawkins, Hawkins, Dave Rizzo, Rizzo, Julia Pollock Organizations: CNBC, LinkedIn, EMEA, LATAM, Deloitte

☆ AI could steal over 80 million jobs in the next 5 years, but these experts share how to adapt before it's too late
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The World Economic Forum recently said generative artificial intelligence could replace 83 million jobs in the next five years within industries including tech and education under threat. Insider talked to a vice president of a data and AI platform, a hiring expert at LinkedIn, and an entrepreneur about three strategies to upskill to AI-proof your career. Karin Kimbrough, LinkedIn's chief economist, told Insider that such skills, including "management, communication, customer service, leadership, and teamwork," were more important to company leaders than AI skills . "Many bumps, turns, and forks you experience while navigating your career will become ever steeper and sharper," he wrote. She said learning how to become a "good prompter" was key to generating helpful responses from the chatbots.

Persons: Karin Kimbrough, LinkedIn's, Read, Junta Nakai, Nakai, Databricks, Jacqueline DeStefano, DeStefano, Tangorra Organizations: Economic, McKinsey, LinkedIn, Omni Business Intelligence Solutions, ChatGPT

An example of a LinkedIn's "Career Break" feature, which fills in the gaps between jobs. To date, just over 1 million LinkedIn members have added the "career break" feature to their profiles, according to the company. People also took career breaks to travel (13%), to raise children (12%), and care for others (10%), the data showed. Longer breaksTavy Cussinel took a career break from public relations for seven years, while she had three kids. Tavy CussinelMonster career specialist Vicki Salemi said employers are now more flexible about career gaps than they were in the past.

Persons: Bobbie Bain, hadn't, Bain, Jennifer Shappley, Nick Gausling, Jenn Lim, that's, Pooja Chhabria, Thomas Baiter, I'd, who's, Baiter, Cussinel, I'm, Vicki Salemi, Nicole Price, Price Organizations: American Airlines, LinkedIn, CNBC, Talent, Insight, Microsoft, Company Locations: Southeast Asia, Asia, United Kingdom, Singapore

☆ The countries where workers are 'owning' their career breaks, rather than hiding them
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Monica Pitrelli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe countries where workers are 'owning' their career breaks, rather than hiding themLinkedIn's "Career Break" feature is most popular in the United States, India and Western Europe, but there's a push for acceptance of work gaps in Southeast Asia too.

Locations: United States, India, Western Europe, Asia

☆ LinkedIn just launched a new AI job coach for Premium members
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

LinkedIn is adding an AI career coach to help Premium users with job-hunting. AdvertisementAdvertisementLinkedIn has added an AI career coach to help Premium users with job-hunting. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe AI options are still in beta and available only to a limited number of LinkedIn Premium members. LinkedIn, which says it now has more than 1 billion members, has been working to integrate AI tools into its platform. Along with the AI job coach, LinkedIn is also integrating AI-powered tools it says will analyze information in users' feeds and turn it into "actionable takeaways."

Persons: LinkedIn's, —, Nima Owji, Tomer Cohen, you'll Organizations: Service, LinkedIn

☆ LinkedIn's 'Open to Work' tag is the 'biggest red flag' for hiring managers and screams 'desperation,' says ex-Google recruiter
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A former Google recruiter says LinkedIn's "Open to Work" tag is a "red flag" for hiring managers. AdvertisementAdvertisementA former Google recruiter said LinkedIn's "Open to Work" tag is the "biggest red flag" to hiring managers because it suggests "desperation". LinkedIn users can add the Open to Work badge to their profiles by clicking their profile picture and then frames to choose the badge. AdvertisementAdvertisementChurch doubled down on his comments in a post on X and said: "The worst social media feature ever pushed to production is LinkedIn's 'Open to Work' badge." "That's why, instead of broadcasting your status as 'open to work,' it's much more effective to select the non-public option that tells recruiters you're open to work."

Persons: LinkedIn's, Nolan Church, Brianna Rooney, —, aren't, Rooney, BuiltIn, TalentPerch didn't Organizations: Google, Service, CNBC, Continuum

☆ LinkedIn hits 1 billion members, adds AI features for job seekers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Stephen Nellis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed LinkedIn logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 1 (Reuters) - LinkedIn, the business-focused social network owned by Microsoft (MSFT.O), on Wednesday said it now has more than 1 billion members and is adding more artificial intelligence features for paying users. About 80% of recent members are signing up from outside of the United States, the company has said. LinkedIn has a free tier of membership but also offers subscriptions from $30 per month. The system can also recommend profile changes to make the user more competitive for a job.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Tomer Cohen, Stephen Nellis, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: REUTERS, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Thomson Locations: United States, San Francisco

☆ LinkedIn's new AI chatbot wants to help you get a job
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

LinkedIn debuted an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot Wednesday that it's billing as a "job seeker coach," and unveiled other generative AI tools for Premium members. The new AI chatbot, which aims in part to help users gauge whether a job application is worth their time, is powered by OpenAI's GPT-4 and began rolling out to some Premium users Wednesday. "We had to build a lot of stuff on our end to work around that and to make this a snappy experience," Berger told CNBC in an interview. The chatbot will also point to potential gaps in a user's experience that could hurt them in the job application process. In the past, many uses of AI in hiring or job applications have faced criticism for bias against marginalized communities.

Persons: OpenAI's GPT, Erran Berger, Berger, We've, we've, Jordan Novet Organizations: LinkedIn, Microsoft, CNBC, Harvard Business, Tech, Qualcomm

☆ Don’t use LinkedIn's ‘open to work’ sign, says former Google recruiter: It feels ‘like desperation’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

To stand out from the pack and land your dream job, there are a number of steps experts recommend. But when it comes to what not to do, "the biggest red flag on LinkedIn is the 'open to work' symbol," says former Google recruiter Nolan Church, now the CEO of talent marketplace Continuum. It feels 'like desperation'When it comes to job interviews, you want to give the company you're interviewing with the sense that you have other options and that they have to fight for you. What you're signaling to hiring managers with the "open to work" sign on LinkedIn is that you'll take any job, says Church, from whoever reaches out to you, because maybe nobody is. As a recruiter, "you want to feel like that person really wants to work at your company versus any company," says Church.

Persons: Nolan Church Organizations: LinkedIn, Continuum

☆ Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says empathy isn't a soft skill — it's actually 'the hardest skill we learn'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella thinks empathy is an important business skill, not just a soft skill. AdvertisementAdvertisementMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella thinks that empathy is more than just a soft skill — it's crucial in both personal and professional life. "Empathy is not a soft skill," Nadella said in an interview with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner on Tuesday. "It reshaped me as a human being, as a parent, as a partner, and as a leader at work," Nadella said. On a broader level, Nadella also thinks empathy plays a key role in driving innovation.

Persons: Satya Nadella, Nadella, Axel Springer's, —, Axel Springer, Mathias Döpfner, Zain, Anu, — he's Organizations: Service, Ernst Locations: Seattle, Berlin

☆ Moving to a new city? These are the 10 best places in the U.S. to make connections
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Annie Probert | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

LinkedIn's Economic Graph data team analyzed new connections made on the platform over a 12-month period by 3 million members who relocated to a new U.S. metro area in 2021. It doesn't come as a big surprise that New York City topped the list as the best metro area for newcomers looking to network. The New York metro area boasts a population of 23.5 million, making it the most populous region in the country. Despite being the smallest metro area on the list, Salt Lake City is the third-best area for networking by newcomers. It was also named the top city to start a new career in by WalletHub last year.

Persons: WalletHub Organizations: LinkedIn, New, Workers, U.S Locations: U.S, New York City, New York, Salt Lake City

A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed LinkedIn logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsOct 16 (Reuters) - Microsoft's (MSFT.O) LinkedIn said on Monday it would lay off 668 employees across its engineering, talent and finance teams in the second round of job cuts this year for the social media network for professionals amid slowing revenue growth. LinkedIn makes money through ad sales and by charging for subscriptions to recruiting and sales professionals who use the network to find suitable job candidates. In the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2023 year, LinkedIn's revenue increased 5% year-on-year, compared to 10% in the previous quarter. LinkedIn in May decided to cut 716 jobs across sales, operations and support teams to streamline its operations and remove layers to help make quicker decisions.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Krystal Hu, Yuvraj Malik, Aditya Soni, Arun Koyyur, Emelia Organizations: REUTERS, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Thomson Locations: New York, Bengaluru

☆ LinkedIn employees discovered a mysterious list of around 500 names over the weekend. On Monday, workers said those on the list were laid off.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Grace Kay | Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Some workers at LinkedIn found their names on an internal list a day before they were laid off. Two workers told Insider the list caused a stir as workers tried to figure out if they were on it. AdvertisementAdvertisementSome LinkedIn workers worried they were about to be laid off after a mysterious internal list of about 500 employees was discovered to be accessible by anyone at the company. Hours later, workers who had seen their name on the list had their worst fears confirmed — they were laid off, two LinkedIn workers told Insider. "I was getting texts from everybody, all my friends," one of the LinkedIn workers told Insider.

Persons: —, We've, jmann@insider.com Organizations: LinkedIn, Service, ETA, Staff

☆ Microsoft-owned LinkedIn lays off nearly 700 employees — read the memo here
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Microsoft -owned LinkedIn announced Monday that it cut almost 700 employees, with most coming from the engineering organization, according to a memo viewed by CNBC. The reductions come as the business-oriented social network has seen year-over-year revenue growth slow for eight consecutive quarters. The slimming down comes as Microsoft's overall revenue growth has slipped, pushing CEO Satya Nadella to lower costs across the company. LinkedIn is now ramping up hiring in India, according to the person familiar with the matter. Broken down there are 137 Engineering management roles and 38 Product roles being reduced.

Persons: we've, Mohak Shroff, Tomer Cohen, Satya Nadella, LinkedIn's Karin Kimbrough Organizations: Microsoft, CNBC, LinkedIn, Reuters, Engineering Locations: India

☆ Meet the typical hybrid worker: millennial men making 6 figures who would never come into the office on a Friday
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hybrid workers are more likely to be highly educated and make at least six figures. Many of their employers have landed on a happy medium: hybrid work. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn the return-to-office push, the Goldilocks proposition of hybrid schedules has won out at many major companies, including Microsoft and Google. That support is much higher among members of Gen Z and millennials, while 54% of boomers said they'd rather work hybrid than in-person. Gallup's Hybrid Work Indicator found that 52% of US employees in remote-capable jobs are in hybrid roles.

Persons: —, Felicia, Gen, they'd Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Google, Gallup, Bankrate, McKinsey, Bureau of Labor Statistics Locations: America

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