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Getty Images/CNET No matter where you hang out online, social media is riddled with scammers looking for targets to swindle or con you out of your cash.  But on LinkedIn, it can be especially tricky to weed out wrongdoers because they can be disguised as career opportunities.  I've had more than a few fake job recruiters contact me -- some through LinkedIn, and some, I suspect, by finding me on LinkedIn and then reaching out to me over email. These days, scammers are using AI to write convincing and highly detailed business propositions. Sometimes, they're very persuasive. But you can keep yourself safer if you look for the red flags. My encounter with scammers on LinkedIn  I recently had a "job recruiter" contact me, asking if I'd be interested in working on an aerospace writing project. That was a little suspicious as I have no experience writing about aerospace. Secondly, the job recruiter had three followers. Surely a recruiter, even if it was her first day on the job, would have a little more of a presence on LinkedIn. But if you don't know what to look for, you might get fooled.   My next experience was when a "book

LinkedIn report: Most Indian professionals plan to switch jobs in 2026, but feel unprepared due to AI, competition, and skills gaps. New Delhi, Jan 8 (PTI) A significant percentage of Indian professionals are looking for a new role in 2026, but many feel lost in an AI-driven hiring process amid rising competition, uncertainty about role fit and skills gaps, according to a LinkedIn report. As per the new research from LinkedIn, 84 per cent of professionals feel unprepared to find a new job, amid the rise of AI in the hiring process, rapidly shifting skill requirements for today's jobs, and an increasingly competitive, but selective, job market. According to LinkedIn data, applicants per open role in India have more than doubled since early 2022, intensifying competition and leaving many feeling unprepared. Moreover, nearly 74 per cent of Indian recruiters said it has become harder over the last year to find qualified talent. "AI is now a foundational part of how careers are built and how talent is evaluated across India's job market. What professionals need most is a clear understanding of how their skills translate into opportunity and how hiring decisions are actually made. "When used with purpose, AI tools

Credit: Zulfugar Karimov/Pexels In a professional discipline where more than half of new recruits come from beyond Whitehall, having access to 44 million potential candidates is key, according to departmental representative Ian Murray A LinkedIn subscription cost of more than £13,000 a month is an important investment to provide the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology with access to potential candidates in a field where more than half of roles are given to applicants from outside government, a minister has claimed. DSIT is one of a number of Whitehall organisations to make use of paid services offered by the career networking website – including some departments that have signed six- or even seven-figure deals to work directly with LinkedIn on recruitment efforts. Related content Cabinet Office signs £22m deal for new government jobs tool to ‘resolve biggest recruitment challenges’ Pay cited as top cause for failed government recruitments of digital roles Pay and reward leader sought for tech profession to help departments ‘reduce reliance on consultants’ The tech department spends a comparatively modest £159,000 on subscription services offered via the platform, according to digital government minister Ian Murray. A further £1.22m is spent by DSIT on “other subscriptions” – that

It’s midweek madness in the first work week of the year! If your week has already been pretty boring, then you could use some fun, and I’ve got your back with another round of LinkedIn Games answers. If you’ve never tried these games, you’ll find them here. The first time you do these puzzles, you’ll get a tutorial level separate from the daily puzzle. With that in mind, here are all the LinkedIn Games solutions for January 7, 2026. And if you’d like to try some of our web games, you can visit FW Gaming! LinkedIn Mini Sudoku Solution for January 7, 2026 (#149) The daily Mini Sudoku | Image Credit: LinkedIn/FandomWire The Mini Sudoku is the newest game in this lineup, and its difficulty remains consistently the same every day. Here are the solutions for today: Row 1: 6, 2, 4, 5, 1, 3 Row 2: 5, 3, 1, 2, 6, 4 Row 3: 2, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 Row 4: 4, 5, 6, 3, 2, 1 Row 5: 3, 6, 2, 1, 4, 5 Row 6: 1, 4, 5, 6, 3, 2 LinkedIn Zip Solution for January 7, 2026 (#296) The daily Zip puzzle. | Image Credit:

Within a week or two, Cornish noted a 415% increase in her 'profile impressions.' January 6, 2026 Posted January 6, 2026 A woman looks puzzled while staring at something on her laptop screen. (Representative Cover Image Source: Getty Images | Photo by Creative Images Lab) Gender based discrimination in workplaces is a story as old as time. However, the degree to which the bias runs through, even at this age, is not something many are ready to stomach. After facing multiple rejections and a lack of reach on LinkedIn, a woman named Megan Cornish decided to swap her gender to check her impressions, and the results stunned her. The story shared by @washingtonpost on December 30 outlines the female LinkedIn user's experience of invisible gender stereotypes and algorithmic bias. Mental health professional Megan Cornish was often confused as to why her reach on LinkedIn was never high. Determined to take action, the LinkedIn user decided to conduct a test: she swapped her gender and made her profile appear more masculine, according to The Washington Post. The results left her stunned. Within a week, her LinkedIn impressions multiplied. The mental health professional used the help of ChatGPT to frame her profile as

With more than 13 years at LinkedIn, Anand has held leadership positions spanning sales, talent solutions, learning and employee engagement.

Monday, January 5, 2026 | By Prabhu Mallikarjunan For years, India’s IT sector was the undisputed engine of the country’s talent market, at one point commanding a staggering 85% dominance of all active job openings. Campus recruitment and coder bootcamps helped in riding an endless growth cycle. But as we step into the new year, the ‘builder’ energy celebrated just months ago is meeting a harsh statistical reality. The latest Xpheno Active Tech Jobs Outlook report reveals that India’s tech hiring has caught a cold it simply cannot shake off. As January 2026 begins, demand for active tech talent has plummeted by 24% year-on-year . What was once a peak of 2,62,000 active roles in early 2022 has now withered to just 1,03,000— a steep 60% drop from its golden era .  While the industry has recently buzzed with phrases like ‘vibe coding’ and AI orchestration, boardrooms are focused on a more sobering trajectory. IT services, the traditional engine of employment, remain stagnant at 41,000 active openings.  This is not a sudden freeze. It’s a prolonged chill. As Xpheno co-founder Kamal Karanth bluntly puts it, the Indian tech sector caught a cold in late 2022 and has since struggled to

Melbourne’s long-established outdoor Shakespeare specialists usually offer a comedy and a drama each summer. This season, perhaps acknowledging the dark times we’re living in, it’s all laughs – or at least that’s the intention. Unfortunately the undergraduate humour of Shakespeare’s Best Bits wears thin after a while, despite the cast’s energy, comic commitment and timing. In this mash-up written and directed by Australian Shakespeare Company’s founder and Artistic Director, Glenn Elston, they play the amateur thespians of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Scott Jackson, Peter Houghton and Hugh Sexton in Shakespeare’s Best Bits. Photo © Ben Fon These “rude mechanicals” have yet to choose their play for the Athenian king’s wedding. With help from the audience, Bottom (Peter Houghton), Starveling (Hugh Sexton), Snug (Maddie Somers), Flute (Alex Cooper) and Snout (Scott Jackson) persuade their leader, Peter Quince (Jackson McGovern), that they should consider options other than his original work, Pyramus and Thisbe. They quickly workshop several plays by Shakespeare, starting with Macbeth. Alongside Punch and Judy-style puppet witches that pop above the rudimentary set, the cast romps around in tartan, including Houghton wearing little more than a novelty apron and McGovern in drag as Lady Macbeth; drag is a constant in

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Costamare Inc. has announced the declaration of quarterly cash dividends on its preferred and common shares. The company declared dividends on its preferred stock as follows: Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (NYSE: CMRE PR B):USD 0.476563 per share Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (NYSE: CMRE PR C):USD 0.531250 per share Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (NYSE: CMRE PR D):USD 0.546875 per share The dividends on the Series B, Series C and Series D preferred shares cover the period from 15 October 2025 to 14 January 2026 and will be paid on 15 January 2026 to shareholders of record as of 14 January 2026. In addition, Costamare declared a quarterly dividend of USD 0.115 per share on its common stock for the quarter ended 31 December 2025. The common stock dividend will be paid on 5 February 2026 to shareholders of record as of 20 January 2026. Costamare noted that the declaration of dividends remains subject to the discretion of its Board of Directors and depends on a range of factors, including the company’s earnings, financial condition, cash requirements and availability, access to debt and equity financing, restrictive covenants under existing and future debt arrangements