Here’s just a sampling of the questions I get about LinkedIn on a regular basis:
“How many recommendations do I need to have?”
“Do I have to buy a Premium account?”
“What should I do if my mom endorsed me for Zoology???”
And believe me, I get it.
After all, LinkedIn is simultaneously ubiquitous (can you remember the last time you checked your inbox and didn’t have a message from them?) and opaque. Because unlike other social media sites where the whole point is obvious (Facebook -> like stuff; Pinterest -> pin stuff), LinkedIn has a lot going on and none of it is necessarily self-evident.
So, as someone whose job was to explain LinkedIn to millions of people around the world, let me break it down for you. And rather than cover every last little feature, I’m going to focus on the only four questions that actually matter to job-seekers.
Read more from Jeremy Schifeling: https://www.breakinto.tech/blog/2016/2/9/the-only-4-things-on-linkedin-that-matter
