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Why LinkedIn’s ‘stay-at-home mom’ title is only the most basic step to recognizing caretakers

On a national scale, childcare workers rank in one of the lowest percentiles in annual earnings.

Why LinkedIn’s ‘stay-at-home mom’ title is only the most basic step to recognizing caretakers

We’re defining success wrong, and it’s hurting our happiness

LinkedIn’s head of Mindfulness and Compassion explains three ways you are defining success wrong and what you can do to help yourself stay on track.

We’re defining success wrong, and it’s hurting our happiness

LinkedIn wants to make your professional profile more expressive with these features

LinkedIn is offering video Cover Stories and other new tools to make member profiles more interactive.

Why a personalized LinkedIn background is what your profile is missing

These image ideas will thoughtfully highlight your profile without coming off as shamelessly self-promotional.

LinkedIn down: Users greeted with weird error messages during outages

The Microsoft-owned social network suffered apparent server issues.

LinkedIn down: Users greeted with weird error messages during outages

This is what Black professionals say they need most to succeed at work

LinkedIn’s vice president of Global Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging hopes that insights from the company’s most recent diversity, inclusion, and belonging survey on the Black professional experience will spark necessary change in all workplaces.

This is what Black professionals say they need most to succeed at work

5 ways to reach out to recruiters that feel refreshing

Here are a few nongimmicky approaches to piquing a hiring manager’s attention.

5 ways to reach out to recruiters that feel refreshing

How to keep your professional network active during the pandemic

It can be tougher to network during COVID-19. But there are some fresh ways to build (and maintain) a broader base of “who you know.”

How to keep your professional network active during the pandemic

These 15 jobs are on the rise, according to LinkedIn

Some career categories exhibited especially robust hiring rates between April and October 2020.

These 15 jobs are on the rise, according to LinkedIn

3 new ways to engage your professional community virtually on LinkedIn

LinkedIn’s director of product explains how to do this if you’re job hunting, pursuing business leads, seeking career guidance, learning more about an industry, or simply building and maintaining relationships.

3 new ways to engage your professional community virtually on LinkedIn

This is how women are fighting back against harassment on LinkedIn

Like most social media platforms, LinkedIn has misogyny problem among some of its users. Here’s what women are doing to hold the professional networking site accountable.

This is how women are fighting back against harassment on LinkedIn

These are the new job skills professionals need right now, according to LinkedIn

LinkedIn Learning’s head of Global Content Strategy examines which courses are in demand for professionals who want to keep pace with the changing future of work.

These are the new job skills professionals need right now, according to LinkedIn

Your comprehensive guide to job searching during the pandemic

Looking for a new job during an economic downturn is hard. These five tips can help increase your chances of landing something good.

Your comprehensive guide to job searching during the pandemic

Make these 4 LinkedIn profile updates now to get more job offers

Just one of these strategies used on a LinkedIn profile made them discovered up to 27 times more in searches by recruiters.

Microsoft sees impressive growth despite epidemic, but LinkedIn lays off nearly 1,000

Microsoft is a big company. Some parts got a boost from the pandemic, while other parts suffered from it.

Microsoft sees impressive growth despite epidemic, but LinkedIn lays off nearly 1,000

5 things that kill your chances of getting a job interview

In today’s tough job market, make sure you’re not accidentally hampering your chances of getting an interview.

5 things that kill your chances of getting a job interview

These two factors help build racial justice and belonging in the workplace

A leader of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at LinkedIn says, “Change doesn’t happen in moments of strength, it happens in moments of vulnerability, and businesses can and must play a leading role in addressing racial equity and driving meaningful progress.”

These two factors help build racial justice and belonging in the workplace

Unemployed? Sign up for a free headshot and look better on LinkedIn

Headshot Booker is providing free headshots to 10,000 unemployed people in all 50 states on Wednesday. More than 200 photographers are donating their time.

Name pronunciation matters! LinkedIn’s new audio feature helps you get it right the first time

This week, LinkedIn launches a new audio feature that lets you record the precise pronunciation of your name, and then anyone can listen to it.

Name pronunciation matters! LinkedIn’s new audio feature helps you get it right the first time

Microsoft says you will need these skills after COVID, and it wants to help you get certified

The software giant is using LinkedIn data and learning to support and advance the careers of 25 million people around the world.

Microsoft says you will need these skills after COVID, and it wants to help you get certified

Impact

This wild-looking house is made out of dirt by a giant 3D printer

This L.A. mall could be reinvented as housing and worker-owned co-ops

This new tech mines old batteries to find critical ingredients for electric vehicles

News

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What are ‘ghost guns,’ and why is Joe Biden talking so much about them?

Everything to know about Avelo Airlines, the new post-pandemic budget carrier

Co.Design

GE is developing a COVID-19 detector that can fit inside an iPhone

“There are 360 degrees. Why stick to one?”: The real legacy of architect Zaha Hadid

Explore your city’s invisible history with this free AR app

Work Life

3 science-backed strategies to help you communicate with more empathy

How the pandemic’s lack of connection affected our ability to think positively

How to support a coworker experiencing bias and prejudice