In response to economic challenges and a notable revenue slowdown, LinkedIn, the professional social network owned by Microsoft, has embarked on a significant transformation.

De-linking 668 employees: LinkedIn trims workforce as part of its 'restructure & streamline' strategy

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn on Monday (Oct 16) said that it is eliminating more than 650 employees in second round off layoffs, joining the list of other US tech firms that have reduced their workforce as demand for hiring plummets.

LinkedIn lays off more than 650 employees in another round over bleak outlook

LinkedIn is tapping into AI to make it easier for firms to find job candidates. LinkedIn says that it will add artificial intelligence features to its core businesses. The new AI features will allow recruiters to find job candidates by asking questions in their regional language.

LinkedIn social network adds AI features to its core businesses

Gain green skills to remain job-ready in the 21st century that's what LinkedIn's Global Green Skills Report 2023 tells us. What are green skills? The United Nations defines green skills as technical knowledge and abilities that "enable the effective use of green technologies and processes in professional settings"

'Green Skills' are key to remain job ready in 21st century

Many Facebook users hesitate to share work-related updates or posts on their Facebook accounts because they prefer to keep their professional and personal lives separate. Facebook now has a solution for these users can now create up to four alternative Facebook profiles associated with their verified account. In other words, Facebook users no longer need to create separate accounts for professional and personal reasons they can simply have up to four different profiles based on their varied interests under the same main account.

Facebook users can now create up to 4 alternate profiles

In an effort to compete with business websites like LinkedIn, Billionaire Elon Musk-owned 'X' has added a new hiring tool, which allows verified businesses to post job listings on their profiles.

Elon Musk to facilitate hiring on X, saying: ‘LinkedIn cringe level is so high’

The world's richest billionaire Elon Musk's microblogging platform X (formerly known as Twitter) has introduced a new "job-hiring" feature that offers an opportunity to verified organisations to post job vacancies on their profiles.

Elon Musk's X introduces 'new job hiring feature' for verified organisations, calls LinkedIn cringe

Microsoft-owned job-networking site LinkedIn is betting that the way employers hire candidates and the way candidates find jobs would radically change in the future.

LinkedIn bets on skills over educational degrees in future: Report

Scams originating on LinkedIn are getting more dangerous and common, research by NordLayer finds. More than half of US-based businesses (52 per cent) have already experienced at least one scam on LinkedIn in 2023, as per the report.

LinkedIn scams are getting more dangerous with big companies being targeted- Here are some safety tips

LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned professional networking platform, on Wednesday announced layoffs in its sales, operations, and support departments. But apart from full-time employees losing their jobs, media reports indicate that offer letters previously extended to new hires were also rescinded.

LinkedIn layoffs: Woman says her job offer was rescinded before she could join

The online recruitment-offering site LinkedIn on Monday announced it would be terminating the jobs of 716 employees as well as phasing out its China-focused job application.

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn to sack over 700 employees, phase out its Chinese app

Job hunt platform, LinkedIn is axing about 4% of its workforce. It translates to 700 workers being laid off globally. The company also says it will shut its China focused app. For more, watch the video.

LinkedIn axes 700 positions globally

As mass layoffs continue across sectors globally, Linkedin has emerged as a space for people to vent and share their experiences.

LinkedIn gains popularity amid mass layoffs

The online recruitment-offering site, LinkedIn, is now facing layoffs, cutting down the number of employees working in the recruitment team. The cloud of Layoffs 2023 is now hovering on the heads of the employees working at LinkedIn.

Job-providing platform, LinkedIn, sacks employees from its recruitment team

LinkedIn is a wonderful and rather unique platform for prospective employees to show their skills to employers. Taking such an approach a notch above, a woman named Karly Pavlinac Blackburn printed her resume on a cake and sent it to Nike.

US woman prints her resume on cake and gets it delivered to Nike for a job

Legal, cultural, and social discourse in the eyes of sex workers is marked by "prurience, titillation, anger, and contempt." Our cultural imagination is deeply ingrained with stories about sex work being bad and sex workers being treated as disposable victims.

A woman adds 'sex work' as professional experience on LinkedIn. This is her reason

US woman wrote 'sex work' as her professional experience on LinkedIn. The lady named Arielle Egozi, has more than 9,000 followers on LinkedIn and has gained appreciation from social media users to break the myths around sex work.

US woman adds 'sex work' as professional experience on Linkedin

While there are many websites and consultants who could help you build a good resume, let’s take a cue from Bill Gates! On Friday, Bill Gates shared his first resume on his LinkedIn account and it’s nothing short of inspiring.

Bill Gates shares his 48-year-old resume on Linkedin, someone calls it 'piece of archaeology'

Amazon will be shutting down its Kindle e-book store in China by June 2023, the company announced, putting an end to its nine-year venture in the market. It has already asked its retail suppliers to stop selling the device.

Amazon to pull the plug on Kindle in China amid growing coemption, harsh data privacy rules

Professional networking platform LinkedIn has reached an agreement over gender-pay discrimination allegation. The pay discrimination complain was brought in by the US Labor department investigators.

LinkedIn agrees to pay $1.8 million to women over gender-bias payment

A recent survey shows a lack of flexible work policies driving women to quit their jobs. Survey says a hybrid work model proving to be exhausting for most employees.

The Burnout generation: Are Hybrid work models leading to burnout?

Nearly seven years after its launch Microsoft is pulling the plug on LinkedIn in China and will replace it with a stripped-down version of the platform that would focus only on jobs.

Microsoft pulls the plug on LinkedIn in China, to replace it with a stripped-down version

Microsoft on Thursday said it will shut down career-oriented social network LinkedIn in China, citing a "challenging operating environment" as Beijing tightens control over tech firms.

Microsoft shuttering LinkedIn in China as rules tighten

China is infamous for censoring any anti-government material and several social media platforms have also faced the effect of it. Adding to the list is corporate-themed social media platform LinkedIn.

LinkedIn censors profiles of journalists in China

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