Facebook goes after LinkedIn with job posting feature

Facebook is going after another big social network. This time, it’s taking on LinkedIn with a new feature it’s testing. Facebook is letting page administrators create job postings and receive applications from candidates on its platform. This feature is earning LinkedIn most of its revenue. The social network for business, as it is known, LinkedIn users pay a monthly fee to post resumes and connect with people. It’s a venue for job hunters and recruiters to meet. If Facebook enters the picture, this might spell trouble for LinkedIn. Having job postings on Facebook pages could drive traffic for these companies and give Facebook another revenue stream. 

Source: Reuters

LinkedIn’s new tool will let you know if you’re underpaid

A useful new tool coming to LinkedIn will help you find out if you’re being properly compensated. Called LinkedIn Salary, the tool shows you salary trends in a specific field. You can refine the data by industry and years of experience. It even highlights extra compensation such as signing on bonuses and commission. If you want access to more detailed data, you will need to share your salary. LinkedIn promises that these will be kept securely and won’t be shared with recruiters. Now, if you’re a Premium LinkedIn member, you can access said data without sharing your income.

Source: The Next Web

LinkedIn says Salesforce, Amazon and Uber are most attractive companies to work for

LinkedIn's Top Attractors is a new list ranking of the most attractive places to work and these are currently led by Salesforce, Amazon and Uber which are perceived as the most desireable places for people to work.

The Top Attractors list uses exclusive LinkedIn data and examining the billions of actions of LinkedIn’s 433+ million members, to rank the top companies where people want to work now. Hit jump for the top 10 places and what makes them so attractive.

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Microsoft buys LinkedIn professional social network for $26 Billion

Microsoft just bought LinkedIn in a bombshell deal for an all-cash transaction valued at $26.2 billion inclusive of LinkedIn's net cash. LinkedIn will retain its distinct brand, culture and independence while Jeff Weiner will remain CEO of LinkedIn, reporting to Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. LinkedIn is the world's largest and most valuable professional network and continues to build a strong and growing business.

Founded in 2002, LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network on the Internet with more than 433 million members in over 200 countries and territories. It currently offers free as well as paid membership options that allows people to connect with business contacts as well as seek employment. What does Microsoft, a services and devices company, want with a social network whose growth has been somewhat quastionable of late?

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