Artificial intelligence (AI) is redefining the world of work, especially how we work, and it’s top-of-mind for everyone from employers and job seekers to marketers and sellers. According to our Global Talent Trends report, released today, job posts mentioning AI or Generative AI (GAI) have more than doubled (2.2x) globally in the last two years…
Making the leap from music to LinkedIn Engineering with REACH My journey to LinkedIn and passion for coding came from an entirely different background than programming. After studying math and music in college, I performed as a professional violinist touring around the world and composing music for television and film for 15 years. During the…
There’s a lot of buzz right now about a new generation of tools, driven by AI or generative AI, that will make life better for everyone. Including recruiters. But we want to remind recruiters that there are already some great tools, also driven by AI, that can help them do their jobs faster and more…
Upskilling creates a path for everyone Retailers also view upskilling as critical to ensuring that people from all backgrounds have a chance to secure higher-paying jobs, the retail executives said at the conference. As part of an effort to develop nontraditional talent pipelines, Walmart has created learning opportunities for people looking to change industries or…
A recent article from the Harvard Business Review gets straight to the point: Your interview process is likely missing something. . . critical. “While much has been said in favor and against the value of interviews themselves,” writes HBR, “the typical Q&A job interview process fails to assess one of the most important, if not…
Ezekiel is one of more than 150,000 Amazon employees in 14 countries who have participated in Amazon Career Choice, an education and skills training program that helps workers move into new career opportunities at Amazon or at other companies. Launched in 2012, Career Choice is targeted to hourly workers (and in the U.S. workers are…
Con el lanzamiento en México, la verificación de CLEAR ahora cubre todo América del Norte Ciudad de México, 26 de septiembre de 2023.- LinkedIn, la red profesional más grande del mundo, y CLEAR (NYSE: YOU), la empresa de identidad segura, anunciaron hoy que están ampliando nuevamente la seguridad y la confianza digital al permitir que…
Talent leaders and practitioners, it’s time to mark your calendars. LinkedIn’s Talent Connect Show, an online broadcast experience that will bring the global talent community together, is fast approaching, with the opening moments coming just over a week from today. No matter where you are in the world, there’s an opportunity to tune in the…
“Keeping pace with AI adoption,” Terri says, “will require employees to upskill and reskill continually — and HR will enable much of this learning. However, employees are often resistant to change, and some may be apprehensive about artificial intelligence. So, be authentic and transparent and make sure that the learning includes use cases that are relatable,…
In a recent survey, consulting firm McKinsey & Company found that disengagement and attrition could cost a medium-size S&P 500 company up to a whopping $355 million per year in lost productivity. So what should leaders be doing to address this problem? McKinsey suggests grouping employees into what they call a “satisfaction spectrum,” which includes…
Before accounting for GAI, the previous rate of change suggested that by 2030, job skill sets would shift by 60%, compared to 2015. But when LinkedIn’s Economic Graph Research Institute accounts for emerging GAI technologies, they now predict job skill sets will shift by 65% by 2030 — a modest but significant increase that showcases…
From intern to engineer—life at LinkedIn My career with LinkedIn began with a college internship, where I got to dive into all things engineering. Even as a summer intern, I absorbed so much about frontend and backend engineering during my time here. When I considered joining LinkedIn full-time after graduation, I thought back to the…
Most job searches yield a single hire but may have identified other highly qualified candidates who would have been a great fit for that role. These runners-up are often referred to as Silver Medalists, the candidates who came in second place. Silver Medalists have already demonstrated the skills, qualifications, and potential to perform well —…
Anyone in the thick of the hiring process will tell you that waiting, in the words of Tom Petty, is the hardest part. The pathways between candidate screening and signed offer letter are often long and windy, strewn with hurdles that can stretch days into weeks into months. This slow roll to filling roles can…