Top 2 Reasons LinkedIn Is Taking Over the World
| May 11, 2012 | Posted by admin under DECLARE - Network/Interview |
Top 2 Reasons LinkedIn Is Taking Over the World Erika Andersen
In my travels, I’ve discovered that LinkedIn now has 135 million members, all over the world, and that professionals are joining at an ongoing rate of 2 per second. That’s right, do the math – it comes out to around 170,000 every 24 hours.
It’s a perfectly timed phenomenon. It combines two critical elements:
•The astonishing capability of social media to create a one-to-one personal connection with virtually anyone
•The demands on most businesses – even small businesses – to operate nationally and, yes, globally
Think about it in terms of job search and hiring, one of LinkedIn’s most popular uses. Even in this era, almost 50% of people say they got their job through personal connections and networking.
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