LinkedIn

History LinkedIn was founded by Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue, Konstantin Guericke, Eric Ly and Jean-Luc Vaillant, on May 5th, 2003. It was originally set up in December of 2002, in Reid Hoffman’s living room. At the end of the first month, they had a total of 4,500. By fall, Linkedin showed enough promise to gain an investment from Sequoia Capital, an investment company based in California which is mostly concerned with electronics. That same year, they introduced address book uploads. In 2004, they introduced groups and partnered with American Express, a multinational financial services corporation. By 2005, Linkedin had 1,500,000 registered members, and had moved offices for the fourth time in three years. In 2006, just three years after launching,…

No matter what line of work you are in, having an up-to-date and professional looking LinkedIn page is essential to networking and job hunting. LinkedIn has become the preeminent source that hiring managers refer to when looking at job candidates before and after a face-to-face interview. Providing a one-stop-shop for all the information and references a prospective employer would need is what LinkedIn does best; however, it is up to you to make sure that your profile makes the best first…

Company Overview The LinkedIn Corporation was started in 2002 in the living room of founder Reid Hoffman. Today, under CEO Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn is the world’s largest online, professional network with over 350 million members in over 200 countries and territories (Papacharissi, 2009). LinkedIn’s mission is to “connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful” (About Us, 2015). In order to achieve this, LinkedIn provides products that allow its users to create and…

Did you know that as of October 2015, LinkedIn has more than four-hundred million members in over two hundred countries? And that LinkedIn has over six time the numbers of members that their closest competition, Viadeo, a French company, have? Sometime at the end of 2002, a then 35-year-old Reid Hoffman recruited a team of old colleagues to help him create a professional business connection website. Six months later, LinkedIn was launched. It included five basic functions such as adding a user…

Facebook to enter China is MeetSocial, a Chinese company in China, has clients from business schools to recruit international students and mobile developers. The business schools spent between several thousand to more than one million dollars on Facebook advertising. MeetSocial received commissions for help selling Facebook ads to companies in China (Abkowitz, A., 2015). LinkedIn The company is an online professional network with at least 200 million members in over 200 countries. Members are…

Forecasting LinkedIn’s number of users has skyrocketed in recent years. This growth can be attributed to the general rise in social media use and masks any trends relating to the number of users. One macro-environmental factor that would be worth exploring in relation to LinkedIn would be the United States annual unemployment rate. However, no trends appeared due to the overwhelming growth of LinkedIn regardless of the current state of the economy. The past five years have experienced…

Depending on the business location, sourcing adequate personnel can be challenging. LinkedIn is an application designed to alleviate those challenges. LinkedIn has become a vital tool used by the working professional, assisting them with making connections or linking up with other working professionals to share what works and what does not work as well, as connecting them with local or online support groups or networking groups. LinkedIn has had a great impact on the Human Resource aspect of…

runner-up. This activity will help you shape your personal brand on social media utilizing LinkedIn. Page 2 You have the power to shape your brand, but it takes: 1. Vision 2. Effort 3. Time 4. Planning 5. Thoughtfulness 6. Diligence Page 3 1. Vision But where do you start? Start where you are. Take stock of your social media accounts. Decide how you want to be perceived by the world and where…

media industry records more than 1.5billion active uses in the industry from around the globe. Out of all the social networking sites Facebook and LinkedIn own a bigger percentage in the market. Anyhow the comparison of Facebook ad LinkedIn s not the same as they are used for different proposes. Facebook is used to connecting with friends and family to stay in touch and be updated, and LinkedIn is more business oriented and is used for professional networking. Anyhow, both networks have its…

lucrative and profitable industries around the world. Aimed at providing services to both public and private sectors, Accountants and accounting firms must always keep up with their clients in order to satisfy their every needs and also meet prospective clients. Compared to traditional media, LinkedIn is different because it is directly aimed at promoting professional networking and relationships. LinkedIn is not a website for advertising products or new services rather is aimed at bringing…