Prepare to have these questions answered. To put it bluntly, LinkedIn is perfectly positioned to offer an industry-leading professional development product.Ĭan a company that’s so focused on maintaining the world’s biggest professional network ALSO deliver a product that can compete with the world's best online learning platforms?Īre they spreading themselves a little thin here? Can they really compete with other big players in the ever-growing online learning space? On top of this, LinkedIn’s 2015 acquisition of – at the time one of the world’s leading online learning platforms – gave them access to a wealth of excellent seed content. 35 million people have been hired by a person making contact with them via LinkedIn.To date, 122 million people have had job interviews thanks to contacts made on the platform.87% of recruiters surveyed in a Recruiter Nation study said that they actively use LinkedIn to find candidates with in-demand skills.

There are some astonishing stats to back up LinkedIn’s reputation as a platform that creates new careers: It’s sitting on a wealth of expertise and data that can be mined to deliver life-changing educational content.Īnd this isn’t me simply reciting LinkedIn’s marketing material. The company is synonymous with all things career-related.

I’ll be honest, I can’t think of an online platform that’s better suited to helping people develop their professional skills than LinkedIn.

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