I’ve always loved Jon Stewart’s comedy. Truly brilliant. But as a talk show host, he has an odd habit: When he interviews guests, he will often ask them two, three, or even four questions at once. “When did you finally decide to do that, and what inspired you in the first place? And did it…
Today, we took another step to making our free verification feature available to more than 700 million people on LinkedIn and our aspirational goal to have 100 million verified by 2025. We’re doing this in part through partnerships with identity companies like Persona . We’ll start rolling out Identity verification by Persona to LinkedIn members…
“Fewer bosses, fewer rules.” No, this isn’t a tagline to the latest workplace comedy coming to a theater near you. Instead, according to a recent article from The Wall Street Journal, it’s a foundation of pharmaceutical company Bayer’s new management playbook. “The plan’s grand novelty,” writes the WSJ, “is CEO Bill Anderson’s [new] worker deployment…
The most distinctive soft skill among occupations with the highest AI talent share is design thinking — a systematic approach to problem-solving that centers the user or customer. That’s especially important when building new AI tools, which need to be as intuitive and frictionless as possible for non-technical users. Operations management, also called operational excellence,…
Use your Analytics page to understand how your page viewers behave. LinkedIn Employer Brand Analytics allows you to track who has viewed your Career Page, who has clicked the “I’m interested” button, and what content your Career Page viewers are engaging with the most. You can also view how many employees you’ve hired and how…
“The year is 1994,” writes Crystal Lim-Lange, CEO of Forest Wolf, in a recent LinkedIn post. “Friends is just becoming a TV hit. You get a dial-up modem that makes an awful racket and hogs the phone line.” She adds that Amazon had just been founded, the internet was starting to become popular, and people…
As a talent professional, you’ve made a career out of championing and developing the careers of countless others. Now, we’d like to do the same for you. We know one of your most pressing challenges is making sense of AI and using it to recruit and develop the talent your organization needs to be successful…
It’s one thing to go after new talent when your company is a household name. But what happens when your organization opens in a new region or country or you start a business and have no name recognition with the surrounding community? Your employer brand is your company’s reputation with employees and candidates. It’s what…
In a recent survey of knowledge workers across five countries, digital transformation company The Adaptavist Group uncovered some eye-opening findings about an intergenerational workforce. Let’s dive in: Writing tools cause tension: Half of respondents who are 50 and over feel annoyed when younger colleagues don’t have a pen. Emojis cause bewilderment: A third of all…
Learning and development professionals are in the hot seat to help employees develop both AI and durable human skills, according to LinkedIn’s 2024 Most In-Demand Skills Report. And today, more than half of LinkedIn members hold jobs that stand to be disrupted or augmented by AI — which means a great deal of upskilling and…
When it comes to learning about generative AI, employees want a lot more than what companies are offering. According to the 2024 Workplace Learning Report, 80% of employees say they want to learn more about how to use AI in their work. But other LinkedIn research has found that only 38% of U.S. executives are…
Employee career development has emerged as a critical factor in organizational success as businesses strive to attract and retain top talent. Managers must play a pivotal role in fostering an environment where employees can thrive and grow professionally. Younger workers are particularly in need of career support — yet nearly half (47%) of Gen Z…
Recruiters have been on something of a wild ride these last few years. Talent acquisition professionals have had to staff up, scale down, upskill, reskill, shift gears, and master groundbreaking new technology (we’re talking about you, generative AI). Through it all, they’ve leaned into skills that are mainstays of the job, including sourcing and interviewing….
If you’re looking to create a culture of inclusivity at your company, one simple thing can help: Learn how to say people’s names. “While mispronouncing an employee [or coworker’s] name may appear to be innocuous,” writes MIT Sloan Management Review, “it comes at a great cost. Proper name pronunciation is an often overlooked, readily attainable,…