Having been one of the earliest adopters of LinkedIn back in 2004 when it first came out, it's been fascinating to watch the never-ending array of changes the site has made over the past 20 years -- some of which have been brilliant, some perplexing, and others just plain, well, weird. Along these lines, I've been tracking a number of minor-to-major LinkedIn changes in recent months that I thought might be good to bundle up [...]
It was almost 10 years ago that I wrote my last article focused on the subject of whether LinkedIn Premium subcriptions are worth the investment, or not, for the average job hunter -- so I figure it's high time to revisit this question, again, given how often it comes up! Surprisingly, in reading back through that earlier article, very little has changed in terms of this topic and virtually all of my earlier recommendations still [...]
While casual users of LinkedIn might not notice the adjustment, at some point over the past 1-2 weeks LinkedIn appears to have made a change to their platform that I've actually been expecting to see made for the past 10+ years or so. At long last, they seem to have revised the built-in "industry list" used to drive company and people searches on the site with a much more modern, nuanced set of choices to [...]
As the quarantine period rolls on, I'm sure many of us have found ourselves increasingly challenged to occupy our time in interesting and productive ways -- and even though we'd all rather return to the "normal" state of affairs, I've been inspired to see many people using their extra bandwidth to get themselves in great shape, eat better, learn new skills, or indulge in some home improvement projects they've been putting off. There are only [...]