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When I told my wife I was probably ready to retire from the CIA, she said, “You need to get on LinkedIn.” My response: “What’s LinkedIn?” Like many in the intelligence community, I had no social media profile. For nearly three decades, I’d worked in a world where digital visibility was something to be avoided, not cultivated. But when retirement came, my wife insisted. And, so—awkwardly, belatedly—I set up a LinkedIn profile, trying to explain a career most assumed was thrilling but irrelevant, useful only if I stayed tethered to the national security bureaucracy. Over the past couple of years, I’ve found myself on the receiving end of such inquiries via LinkedIn. Since I began teaching in January, those messages have included the occasional outreach from students at other universities, asking the same questions my students were asking that semester: How do I apply to the CIA? Can you tell me about a career in the intelligence community? Did the Russians ever try to recruit you? But in late May, I noticed a shift. The volume crept up. So did the diversity of backgrounds and the urgency in tone. These weren’t just college seniors looking for guidance. They now included

LinkedIn announced on July 8, 2025 the launch of its Member Post Analytics application programming interface (API), marking the first time creators can plug LinkedIn performance metrics directly into third-party tools they already use to manage and track content. The new API provides access to key performance metrics including follower growth, post impressions and video views through external platforms. According to LinkedIn director of creator products Sam Corrao Clanon, the API is now available to creators using 11 third-party tools and platforms, with more integrations planned in the coming year. The current vendor list includes Hootsuite, Buffer, Sprinklr, Metricool, Oktopost, Zoho, mLabs, Social Pilot, Later, Publer and Vista Social. Third-party vendors do not have to pay LinkedIn for access to the new API, with a free approval form available on LinkedIn's website. "What this will do on the creator side, and specifically with regard to their relationship with advertisers, is give a more complete picture of what their reach looks like across platforms, from whatever tool they use," Clanon said. Subscribe the PPC Land newsletter  ✉️ for similar stories like this one. Receive the news every day in your inbox. Free of ads. 10 USD per year. Subscribe Summary Who:

Shawn Lennon, a former Defense Logistics Agency official, has been appointed as assistant deputy chief financial officer at the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller.  Department-Wide Experience In a LinkedIn announcement last week, OUSDC said the previous experience that Lennon brings to his new role includes the Department of Defense-wide development and implementation of financial policies for compliance with federal accounting rules. He served in the DLA as deputy CFO and director of financial improvement and audit remediation for over three years, according to Lennon’s LinkedIn profile.  During his DLA tenure, Lennon led in the adoption of innovative approaches to solve the complexities of financial management, OUSDC noted. The office expects that his executive leadership will be vital as its comptroller team pursues the accomplishment of a clean audit opinion by 2028.  Before his DLA stint, Lennon had served for 10 months as deputy director for revolving funds at the OUSDC/CFO, with a prior 10-month work also as senior budget analyst at the Office of the Secretary of Defense. US Army Civilian Work Lennon began his career in government service in 2006 as a budget analyst and later as financial management analyst in the U.S. Army, where he

Ask any headhunter when is the best time to search for a job in Singapore and they will probably zoom in on one window: February to April. It’s a period during which companies would have finalised budgets and new roles for the year, and coincides with when many executives might have just tendered after their year-end bonuses. But low season isn’t the only reason why the job market doesn’t seem so hot. Something else is happening. We’re in a low-hiring, low-quitting environment. Singapore saw its decade-long lowest average monthly resignation rate at 1.2 per cent in the first quarter, and another low average monthly recruitment rate of 1.8 per cent. That trend line started last year as job hopping reached new lows in 2024. Why are people being so conservative about switching jobs? They probably know that the economy isn’t in its best shape. Economists have already slashed Singapore’s 2025 growth projections to a paltry 1.7 per cent. The Economist was incredibly pessimistic in declaring that “today’s graduates are screwed” as a larger number of universities produce more graduates than the market can absorb. Meanwhile, tech firms are cutting jobs, engineering looks more lucrative in China, public sector roles seem

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Updated: Sunday, July 6, 2025, 14:01 Kunal Shah's net worth is once again a hot topic as a viral LinkedIn post by Adarsh Samalopanan, a Senior Consultant at Deloitte, questions the financial performance of Shah's ventures-Freecharge and CRED. Known for founding two of India's most high-profile fintech startups, Shah's entrepreneurial journey is being reevaluated amid criticism about long-standing losses and lack of profitability. In the now-trending post, Samalopanan points out that Freecharge, launched by Shah in 2010, generated ₹35 crore in revenue by 2015 but ended up with losses worth ₹269 crore due to cashback-heavy strategies. Despite being acquired by Snapdeal for ₹2,800 crore in 2015, Freecharge was later sold to Axis Bank for just ₹370 crore in 2017-sparking concerns about overvaluation and sustainability. CRED's Losses and Shah's Response Attention has now shifted to CRED, Shah's current venture launched in 2018. According to the post, CRED has posted ₹4,493 crore in revenue but incurred net losses of ₹5,215 crore over seven years. Samalopanan's critique questions why Kunal Shah continues to receive praise despite zero profitability across all financial years. In a rare move, Kunal Shah acknowledged the criticism, commenting:"Absolutely correct. We should be celebrating thousands of entrepreneurs who have

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Karen Knudsen MBA PhD ,Chief Executive Officer at Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy , posted on LinkedIn : “July is Sarcoma Awareness Month, and time to highlight the importance of developing curative therapies for this set of rare cancers. Did you know? “Sarcomas” represent a family of ~100 different subtypes of cancer that start in connective tissues (e.g. bone, muscle, cartilage, tendons and blood vessels, etc). These cancers often affect children/teens/young adults, and are difficult to diagnose and treat. But that’s starting to change. Immunotherapy is beginning to show traction in some subtypes, and the science is finally catching up to the need. Here at PICI (Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy) we are supporting work in this important area, focused on uncovering new immune targets and treatment approaches for patients whom historically had too few options. Detection starts with understanding! More information on sarcomas here. ” More posts featuring Karen Knudsen.

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC tried to insert a clause into the Gaza: Doctors Under Attack contract preventing the doc’s producer and others from being “disparaging” of the corporation or suggesting the final version that appeared on Channel 4 was “authorised or approved by the BBC.” Deadline has seen a copy of the amended clause, which Gaza: Doctors Under Attack producer Ben de Pear said on LinkedIn yesterday he refused to sign, describing it as a “double gagging clause.” The doc was commissioned by the BBC but ended up with Channel 4 this week after the BBC said “broadcasting this material risked creating a perception of partiality.” The amendment states the producer, Basement Films, which is run by de Pear, will “ensure any statements issued or authorised by third party licensees of any version of the Programme are not disparaging of the BBC.” Watch on Deadline There should also be no statements from the producer or third party licensees such as Channel 4 that “imply that any version of the Programme was authorised or approved by the BBC, or would not be broadcast or published by the BBC,” it adds. The clause, which was an amendment to the general terms of the

If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter.  A few weeks ago, I shared a 26-minute video conversation from LinkedIn’s Conversations with CHROs series, where  Teuila Hanson,  Chief People Officer at LinkedIn, spoke with  Nickle LaMoreaux,  CHRO at IBM, about evolving HR priorities and the future of work. As a supplement to that discussion, a recent CHRO report shows how progressive HR leaders are addressing the three T’s—Talent, Technology, and Transformation. At the heart of the report is a clear message: CHROs must be architects of the future workforce—shaping not just people practices but business transformation. The report features case studies from Boston Consulting Group, IBM, Allianz, Wood, and LinkedIn, each illustrating how CHROs are “leading from the front”—stepping outside convention, moving quickly, and embracing the possibility of failure—in areas such as AI adoption, performance management, employee well-being, and career development. One example: LinkedIn made one-on-one coaching a company-wide benefit and supplements it with interactive AI tools. These simulations enable employees to role-play challenging workplace scenarios, receive personalized feedback, and access tailored learning recommendations. This approach combines scalability and personalization with a safe practice environment and data-informed learning. As HR teams evaluate use cases for AI in HR that can add stakeholder value