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What market is exactly that? I still have no idea what Linkedin is all about. Edit: Yes, keep downvoting me, asking questions about LinkedIn clearly doesn't ad
by curiousgal 10y ago
What market is exactly that? I still have no idea what Linkedin is all about.
Edit: Yes, keep downvoting me, asking questions about LinkedIn clearly doesn't add to the discussion. sigh
- TheArcane 10y agoLinkedIn is Monster+Facebook on steroids.
- petercooper 10y agoRecruiting. It's huge.
- Trundle 10y agoAlso just B2B sales in general. Anything that makes getting in touch with decision makers easier is basically a money faucet.
- pi-err 10y agoAnd isn't Linkedin the only network who got people to pay subscriptions? That's extremely interesting for MS. On demographics alone, though, the deal doesn't seem to make sense.
- JetSpiegel 10y agoI read this in Trump's voice.
- petercooper 10y agoRecruiting on LinkedIn is huge. Very, very, very big. This is really a not dumb deal by Microsoft, believe me. I don't know but I've heard from hundreds of people who've told me this is a huge move. It will be amazing.
- ZanyProgrammer 10y agoIt seems like LinkedIn is more the butt of jokes now than in its heyday when everyone was advised to get on it. Heyday being 2011-ish? Or is there a large number of C-level type people who went to elite colleges and are SV VCs who use it a lot, who are just out of my social league?
- whatok 10y agoI think it being the butt of jokes could be isolated to the tech crowd. You're not going to find much value and definitely be more critical of it if you aren't hurting for employment opportunities.
- kayoone 10y agoIn my circles (software dev in europe) everyone is on LinkedIn and a LOT of recruiting goes through it. I don't like it at all, but it is the status quo for recruiting in many countries.
- saiya-jin 10y agoIT generally, yes. anything else - i have not met anybody who actually uses it. most/all have a basic, outdated profile, didn't log there for 3 years, and 0 activity. job search is done in other ways
- bonobo3000 10y agoI'm curious - what do people use now to find jobs? I'm still relying pretty heavily on LinkedIn for recruiters to contact me.
- jpindar 10y agoNo, people at all levels in engineering and manufacturing use it. It's odd for me to search for a coworker or potential employer and not find them, although some just have an empty profile.
- threeseed 10y agoLinkedIn is basically Facebook for white collar people. It has a news feed, friends, events etc. But also has a jobs section. Given how ubiquitous it is every recruiter and sales guy is on there trying to push stuff.
- bigheadpercoli 10y agoEvents is deeply broken though
- icebraining 10y agoI think Facebook is the Facebook for white collar people. I do know people who use Linkedin heavily, but it's a separate thing (personal vs professional networks).
- barrkel 10y agoFacebook for employees; not just recruiting, but sales and B2B generally.