I view LinkedIn solely as an online resume site. I believe a better route for LinkedIn would be to compete with Monster.com or CareerBuilder and build a social

I view LinkedIn solely as an online resume site. I believe a better route for LinkedIn would be to compete with Monster.com or CareerBuilder and build a social networking job site. With all the "resumes" currently stored on LinkedIn it is probably one of, if not the largest, holders of personal job/work experience in the world. A business idea would be to create a mashup of sorts pulling information from users profiles and matching them with potential career opportunities on a job board site. LinkedIn could then charge a premium for providing the user and/or the company with a list of potential job opportunities and/or potential candidates. Taking it one step further would be to incorporate some form of background check/education verification into the platform for the companies. A user could select whether they are open to receive job postings or be included in job searches by companies. They could also select which types of companies they want to be included in. I am sure that LinkedIn could develop some sort of algorithm to provide benefit to the job seeking users while at the same time reducing potential spam in the users inbox. Taking the idea one step further would be to charge a fee for resume assistance in helping users build their profiles to highlight current and past experiences. Many times I know (myself included) that users just list the company name/job title and do not include what they did at the company.