LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site, mainly used for professional networking.

Features

The purpose of the site is to allow registered users to maintain a list of contact details of people they know and trust in business. The people in the list are called Connections. Users can invite anyone (whether a site user or not) to become a connection.

This list of connections can then be used in a number of ways:

§ A contact network is built up consisting of their direct connections, the connections of each of their connections (termed second-degree connections) and also the connections of second-degree connections (termed third-degree connections). This can be used to gain an introduction to someone a person wishes to know through a mutual, trusted contact.

§ It can then be used to find jobs, people and business opportunities recommended by someone in one's contact network.

§ Employers can list jobs and search for potential candidates.

§ Job seekers can review the profile of hiring managers and discover which of their existing contacts can introduce them.

§ Users can post their own photos and view photos of others to aid in identification.

§ Users can now follow different companies and can get notification about the new joining and offers available.

§ Users can save (i.e. bookmark) jobs which they would like to apply for.

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