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1. "I'm a film and TV makeup artist, and our union scale rate is roughly $65/hour for the first eight hours. We get time and a half until 12 hours, then double time after 12 hours on higher budget productions. I work a lot of double-time hours. We have quarterly union dues and all of that, and have to work 400 hours every six months to qualify for our medical insurance. I'm in Los Angeles." —amytaylor1968 2. "I was a mailman for 30 years. The last year of my job, I was making $55,000/year. I've been retired for 12 years and my yearly income is $23,000." —huggable 3. "I earned a B.A. and M.Ed. to become a teacher, but quit after eight years. I've now been a legal assistant for about three years, and I just completed an online paralegal certification and am job hunting. I currently make $60,000/year and will make more when I jump to a paralegal gig. I'm $50,000 in debt for degrees I earned to do something I loved, but left because I could barely keep my head above water. I knew it wouldn't get better and it wasn't worth the stress. I love being a…

LinkedIn Hires CNN Veteran Courtney Coupe as Head of Programming Click here to read the full article.LinkedIn is doubling down on original content.The Microsoft-owned social platform has hired Courtney Coupe as its first ever head of programming. Coupe “will work to build the strategy, development and production of all original video and audio content,” per the company, and will report to LinkedIn editor-in-chief Dan Roth.She joins LinkedIn from CNN, where she most recently worked as senior VP of content strategy and operations for CNN Digital. A CNN veteran, Coupe had worked in multiple roles at the company over the years, including at its short-form video brand Great Big Story, and at CNN+. She also oversaw development and production for CNN Audio, the cable news channel’s podcast unit. She worked at Bloomberg and ABC News before joining CNN.LinkedIn has made original programming a top priority for its editorial efforts in recent years.While the platform See full article at The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News » ABC News CNN Microsoft IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news…

One of the most frequent questions I get asked is, “I have a LinkedIn profile, now what?” Having a profile is not enough to highlight your professional self. You need to actively engage (beyond liking a post) to help position yourself as an expert and leader in the field. You might be thinking, “Am I an expert?” or “I don’t have a formal leadership title or manager role, so I am not a leader.” This is not true: You can be an expert and a leader in your field, regardless of time in role or your formal role and responsibilities.  Maggie Becker is senior advisor, sales training for Dell Technologies and is based out of Auburn. Find her on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/maggiebecker. Being an expert and leader is about positioning yourself to be active and engaged in conversations on topics of interest aligning with your career passions. When recruiters are evaluating candidates, or when someone is determining who to reach out to for an informational conversation, those who are engaged and facilitating conversations, are the ones who stand out the best. Use the strategies below on how to move from passive to active and engaged on LinkedIn. Maximize your profile.…

Over the past couple years, LinkedIn has been trying to encourage content that will keep users engaged on the site (Image Source: Reuters) Lora KelleyAbout three years ago, Joel Lalgee started posting on LinkedIn. He works in recruiting, so naturally, he spent a lot of time on the site, where people list their work experience and job seekers look for their next gig. But he didn’t just write about work. He wrote about his personal life: the mental health challenges he faced as a teenager, and his life since. “Being able to share my story, I saw it as a way to connect with people and show you’re not alone,” he said.Something else happened, too. “Six months in, I started seeing a big increase in engagement, followers, inbound business leads,” said Lalgee, 35. He now has more than 140,000 followers on LinkedIn, up from the 9,000 he had before he started posting.“The way you can go viral is to be really vulnerable,” he said, adding, “Old school LinkedIn was definitely not like this.”LinkedIn, which was started in 2003, was first known primarily as a place to share résumés and connect with co-workers. It later added a newsfeed and introduced ways…

LinkedIn Co-founder Reid Hoffman revealed that he was worried when he first learned about his friend Tesla CEO Elon Musk's plan to buy Twitter. In a podcast interview, Hoffman said, "I read the tweet and I think I had the reaction of most people, it was like, 'Oh my God, another huge problem'. He's already dealing with a large number." short by Ridham Gambhir / 03:27 pm on 18 Sep

ABIDJAN – Residents of the Yopougon, the most populous district in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital Abidjan, took to the streets on Saturday to clean clogged storm drains and pick up rubbish strewn on the streets to mark World Cleanup Day.Urged by Let’s Do It Ivory Coast civil society organisation, hundreds of young volunteers and residents armed with brooms, rakes and wheelbarrows, walked the streets to clear them of mountains of garbage.Abidjan, a city of over 4 million with nearly 2 million in Yopougon, is struggling to manage household waste due to population growth and rapid urban expansion. It is estimated that nearly 300 kg (660 lbs) of garbage is produced per capita in Abidjan annually.

Company: LinkedIn CEO: Ryan Roslansky  Year founded: 2003 Headquarter: Sunnyvale, California  Type: Private Annual Revenue (2021): $10.2 billion Products & Services: Help extend professional network ǀ Help grow your business | Help bring in exceptional talent | Help acquire new customers   Competitors: Indeed.com | Facebook | Monster | ZipRecruiter | Google | Reddit | Glassdoor | Jobcase | Twitter Did you know? LinkedIn is a social networking site that helps businesses hire more than 6 people every minute. LinkedIn is a popular American employment-oriented and business service operating through mobile apps and websites. Introduced in 2003, the professional networking site is typically used for career and business development and networking. It allows job seekers to find jobs and post resumes, and company employers to find talent or potential customers. The world’s number one professional networking site has over 19,000 employees in more than 30 cities across the globe. LinkedIn is a community that helps grow business, whether it means bringing in potential candidates, finding new customers, or expanding a professional network. The annual revenue of LinkedIn has surpassed $10+ billion. LinkedIn Mission Statement   “Connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful.” LinkedIn’s mission statement briefly highlights the significant…

India has also emerged as the fastest growing country for the platform in terms of engagement globally India has also emerged as the fastest growing country for the platform in terms of engagement globally In the last two years, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, about 28 million Indians joined the professional networking platform LinkedIn, a senior company official said. India has also emerged as the fastest growing country for the platform in terms of engagement globally.“At 64 million members in 2020, the LinkedIn community stands at a whopping over 92 million members in India today - a 44% growth in members since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Ashutosh Gupta, India country manager, LinkedIn, said in an interview with The Hindu.Mr. Gupta also added that the company’s revenues in India, which was the second biggest market for the company in terms of users after the U.S., also witnessed a growth of 84% from FY20 to FY22. Talking about the evolution of conversations on the platform, Mr. Gupta said when the company started, the value proposition it offered was around jobs, and that still remained the biggest value proposition why people come to LinkedIn.Multiple other dimensions had been added to that value…

Written by Sam Trendall on 16 September 2022 in News Credit: Pxfuel The Department for Work and Pensions has signed a potential £1m-plus deal with LinkedIn to help support the organisation's recruitment for up to four years. Newly published procurement information reveals that, on 26 May, the department entered into an initial two-year deal with the company behind the online networking platform. The contract covers “various LinkedIn licence subscriptions”. This will include nine licences for LinkedIn Recruiter, a hiring platform used by HR professionals or hiring managers talent to “find, connect with, and manage the people you want to be on your team”, according to LinkedIn. DWP will also have access to Talent Insight, which the tech firm claims offers organisations “over 12 billion data points on talent, companies, jobs, skills, and schools”, which translates into “real-time data including talent supply and demand, company reports, and employer branding metrics”.  Related content Digital skills gaps remain despite civil service adding 10,000 people last year Whitehall digital scene a ‘merry-go-round’ as departments scrap for skills – IfG report Salaries of government technologists in same pay band differ by as much as £40,000 The contract provides DWP with an annual tally of 201 job adverts…

If you want a new job, don’t just rely on friends or family. According to one of the most influential theories in social science, you’re more likely to nab a new position through your “weak ties,” loose acquaintances with whom you have few mutual connections. Sociologist Mark Granovetter first laid out this idea in a 1973 paper that has garnered more than 65,000 citations. But the theory, dubbed “the strength of weak ties,” after the title of Granovetter’s study, lacked causal evidence for decades. Now a sweeping study that looked at more than 20 million people on the professional social networking site LinkedIn over a five-year period finally shows that forging weak ties does indeed help people get new jobs. And it reveals which types of connections are most important for job hunters. The strength of weak ties “is really a cornerstone of social science,” says Dashun Wang, a professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, who was not involved in the new study. For the original 1973 research, Granovetter interviewed people late in their career and asked them about their experiences with job changes. Before his groundbreaking paper, many had assumed that new positions came from…