Job Seekers: Do This Before LinkedIn’s Next Update

Edited and published with permission from Bridget Weide Brooks. In September 2016, LinkedIn announced a redesign of its desktop (non-app) user interface. The announcement noted, “This is the largest redesign since LinkedIn’s inception.” The design update is expected to bring the desktop experience closer to what users of the LinkedIn mobile app are used to…

8 Most Important Updates for You to Know on LinkedIn – March 2016

It’s hard to believe 6 months have passed since my last What’s New on LinkedIn update in October 2015. There are a bunch of updates I want you to know about. They may have passed across your inbox, and you might have taken note, or you might not have paid attention. This summary should be all…

The Upside of Change: No More Automatic Group Member Connections on LinkedIn

On October 1, 2014, LinkedIn unceremoniously eliminated a widely relied-upon function: the ability to connect with anyone with whom you share a group, without needing to know their email address. Before October, if you wanted to connect with someone on LinkedIn with whom you shared a group, you would see a dropdown that looked like…