Social Networking Site, LinkedIn
Today it is rare to meet a person who does not have an account in any of the social networking sites like Face book, Orkut, hi5 etc. Most of these sites are open to people who is 13 years and older. People join these sites to meet new friends and to maintain a relationship with friends. But there is another famous social networking site for job hunters, which is called LinkedIn. It is a business related social networking site founded by Reid Hoffman in 2003. Currently LinkedIn has 115.8 million users worldwide. [1]
LinkedIn allows users to search for companies that they are Interested In and to gather Information like the percentages of the title and positions are held In that company. Users can add their Resume In their created profile. This will allow Recruiters to find the right match for their client companies. Employers can list jobs and find the promising candidate for their company. Users can send Invitation to friends and families to join this website. LinkedIn can be also accessible via mobile. [1]
This week LinkedIn is bringing out the new updated mobile apps for iphone, Android and HTML5. Joff Redfern the head of mobile products at LinkedIn Included In his statement the new apps are faster and designed for users to get a quicker access to the news and Information about their contacts and the companies the users are following. Features like, latest news updates from linked in will be in the update stream with the new job changes update from friends from your contact list. [2]
Another interesting upcoming application LinkedIn recently bought is the CardMunch, which the team is working on to bring in. This will allow users to scan the business card and save it into the people contacts in the phone. I personally think it is an Interesting application because it will save space in the wallet. With the HTML5 apps users who gets emails on the phone has a better, easy to read mobile version of the site. LinkedIn recently launched “apply with LinkedIn” so people who is putting application for a job can use their LinkedIn profile in the job application. [2]
With all these upgrades I think everyone should have an account in a business related social networking site like this. People, who currently has a job and looking for a better opportunity with a top company, New Graduates and also People who are laid off from work with experience from different companies can definitely benefit from this site.
Work Cited
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn
2. http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2011/08/16/linkedin-revamps-iphone-android-apps-launches-html5-app/
