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Peter Johnston’s Polywork has closed a Series A round that attracted investment from big names in Silicon Valley. Business-focused social network Polywork, founded by Peter Johnston who is originally from Carrickfergus, has closed a $13m Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz (A16z). Joining A16z was a star-studded list of investors including Stripe founders John and Patrick Collison, Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, Product Hunt founder Ryan Hoover and GitHub CEO Nat Friedman. Existing investors Goldcrest Capital and Caffeinated Capital returned, and Bungalow Capital and 20VC were among the other participants. Founded in 2020, part of Polywork’s draw is its founder; Johnston is a Google alum who set up freelancer-management software outfit Kalo (previously known as Lystable) in 2015. The start-up graduated from Techstars in the UK, attracted repeated investment from Valar Ventures, and built a client base that included Google, Airbnb and The Economist. During the pandemic, however, Kalo struggled and Johnston made the decision to shutter it. Polywork launched in beta in April of this year and held a $3.5m seed round in May. Observers and early users have described it as a blend of LinkedIn and Twitter, and Johnston has made clear his desire…

LinkedIn’s report earlier this year has listed 2021’s most sought-after jobs in Southeast Asia, with many of them being located in Thailand. For citizens of the aforementioned Asian country, this is a highly relevant piece of news, especially after a long period of career uncertainty due to the coronavirus pandemic. What’s more, many people choose to move to Singapore and Thailand to advance in their respective careers. So, this is also important for anyone who plans on changing their place of residence. The various jobs on the rise in 2021 which will continue to be in demand beyond this year include digital analysts or marketers, technology-related roles, or employment possibilities in e-commerce or finance. Therefore, there isn’t a lack of variety when it comes to new career prospects that are in high demand right now. This means that people looking to advance in their careers can choose from many suitable options. The same goes for individuals who are only at the beginning of their career path. If you are interested in Thailand’s most in-demand jobs from this year on, you are in the right place! Technology-driven roles With technology being embedded in almost every aspect of people’s lives, it comes…

A U.S. judge has ruled that LinkedIn must still face a lawsuit brought by advertisers that the Microsoft Corp.-owned company had inflated viewership metrics used to charge for its ad fees, Reuters reportsreports, citing court filings.U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen, however, dismissed fraud-based claims and an unfair competition claim in the lawsuitJudge allows advertisers pursue claims based on the theory that bot traffic, errant clicks and fraudulent clicks inflated the metrics they relied on when buying LinkedIn adsMicrosoft and lawyers for the platiffs did not immediately respond to Reuters’s requests for commentNOTE: LinkedIn Faces ...

CARY, N.C., Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- medical leverageTM is proud to be marking nearly two decades of leadership within the medical communications community. Throughout its history, medical leverage has led its clients with insight, strategy, and a commitment to excellence. Realizing its vision of elevating healthcare communication through education, the president of the company, Dave Oury, has been selected to be a member of the PharmaVoice 100 list, a nomination-only community of influential leaders in the life science industry.Dave was vetted and selected by a review committee based on his passion and influence during his entrepreneurial career. Criteria for acceptance include nomination from his peers, a track record of successfully inspiring others and igniting change, as well as personal and professional achievements and honors."These inspirational leaders, who represent a wide range of industry sectors and functional areas, are having an extraordinary and positive impact on their colleagues, their companies, and the life-sciences ecosystem," said PharmaVoice.As an accepted member of the PharmaVoice 100 list, Dave will be honored in print media and live celebration. QUOTE FROM "On behalf of everyone who works at medical leverage, I am honored and excited to have been invited to be a member of such…

In LinkedIn's recent pursuit to inspire more users to join the platform, it keeps creating better opportunities to let creativity shine. LinkedIn has been making changes to its tools by upgrading them and expanding the opportunity for growth through the LinkedIn learning region. The company recently acquired a video making platform that specializes in 'how-to' videos named Jumprope.Jumprope is a popular video making platform, that let creators upload videos with the help of a wide range of tools and videos as well as still images. Along with the preset formulas and overlays, creators are able to finalize quality tutorials in no time. The decision to combine a video-making platform in the regular job-seeking platform makes it seem like LinkedIn is trying to get more of the 'Domestika' and 'Patreon' vibes, seeing how the two platforms are perhaps the best platforms in terms of learning work.Jumprope promises to exclusively work on the LinkedIn tools to better fit them with the video-creating app. The purpose is to create tools that are solely LinkedIn's however have the vast variability that Jumprope tools propose.According to the CEO of Jumprope, learning can be a pretty tedious process, but an everlasting process nevertheless. He claims that…

Job supply in India is increasing and hiring trends are showing encouraging signs. According to the Labour Market Update for June 2021 by LinkedIn, hiring in the country is around 42 per cent above pre-Covid levels. The report highlights that there was a hiring squeeze in April 2021 amid the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic in the country. However, hiring has been recovering at a steady pace. In June 2021, while it was 42 per cent higher, in May 2021 it was 35 percent higher as compared to pre-Covid levels of 2019. The report mentions the recovery in hiring is due to a release of pent-up hiring as companies had been cautious towards hiring in 2020 due to the COVID19 pandemic. At the same time, a lot of aggressiveness has also been observed among applicants. Another increasing trend is also being witnessed in applications per applicant. As compared to last year applications per applicant has increased to 1.2 times. LinkedIn data suggests that applicants are actively seeking jobs. Another important aspect which the report highlighted was about professionals who are more likely to get opportunities. According to report, professionals who upskill will find themselves with job opportunities from a wider…

My piece last month about the fierce competition to attract and retain professionals working in the field of ESG — environmental, social and governance metrics and strategy — elicited a rousing response, more so than most other pieces we’ve published on GreenBiz. The responses came in the form of direct emails, Twitter comments and a dozen or so LinkedIn posts referencing the article. Together, they yielded more than 1,000 reactions and comments — many complimentary, some decidedly not, most of them quite passionate. Clearly, when you write about people’s livelihoods and careers, nearly everyone has an opinion. Or two. One particular set of comments was spurred by a LinkedIn post about my article by Mike Barry. Barry spent more than 14 years leading sustainability at Marks & Spencer, the U.K.-based multinational retailer, where he is credited with creating the company’s Plan A ("because there is no Plan B") initiative back in 2007. He is a strategic adviser to companies and nonprofits — and, from what I’ve seen, a social media maven. The bulk of his commenters were from across the pond, bringing a non-U.S. perspective to the conversation. Clearly, when you write about people’s livelihoods and careers, nearly everyone has…

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Arvinder Gujral, managing director of Twitter Southeast Asia and senior director of business development of APAC will be leaving his role after eight years with the company. In a personal LinkedIn update, Gujral thanked the team for the “incredible ride” and “lifelong friendships”. Gujral took on the managing director role in 2017 and according to his LinkedIn, helped SEA to grow to become a top 10 revenue and audience market in the world in Twitter in four years. Twitter has confirmed his departure from the company and said it is “actively looking for his replacement”. “We thank Gujral for his contributions to Twitter and remain highly committed to Southeast Asia. We have strong teams in place to engage and support our customers, advertisers and partners in the Southeast Asian markets which are part of our Asia Pacific business. Overall, we continue to hire and invest in Asia Pacific to serve the public conversation across this high-growth region,” the statement read. In a 2018 interview with MARKETING-INTERACTIVE, Gujral said that when he took on the role of managing director of SEA, he realised that many marketers in the region were stuck in the 2016 perception of Twitter. Many thought Twitter had…

Demand for recruiters is soaring in the UK, according to new data from LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network. In June 2021, there were nine times more recruiter jobs posted compared to June 2020, and over two times more than the 2019 average. Demand is also increasing across Europe, particularly in Italy and Spain where there are 8x more recruiter jobs being advertised compared to last year. Globally, the demand for recruiters fell sharply between February and April of 2020 when the first wave of the pandemic hit. As 2020 progressed and economies started to reopen, recruiter roles increased as businesses looked to hire more staff, before surpassing pre-pandemic levels in the UK in January 2021. People transitioning careers into recruitment roles in the UK mainly come from sales, human resources and business development functions. When looking for a new job today, recruiters globally are more likely to care about job security and company mission. While work-life balance, compensation, and company culture are still the most important factors for recruiters when considering a new job opportunity, LinkedIn has seen a shift in preferences over the past year. Job security jumped 21% as a priority for recruiters when job hunting, followed…