Younger Profile Pic Is One Secret Of Getting A Job Offer On LinkedIn, Says Study

Older job seekers on LinkedIn receive fewer job offers than youngsters, reveals a novel study published in the journal Hogrefe.  Representational Image: 3 idiots/Boman IraniAlso Read: LinkedIn Data Breach Exposed Private Data Of Over 700 Million UsersResearchers recruited two groups of US-based LinkedIn users — a group that had older participants and a group that had younger participants. The younger group (which had 110 participants) had an average age of 28 years whereas the second group had 88 people with an average age of 55 years.Half of the participants had a bachelor’s degree, a quarter had a master’s degree and a quarter had a high-school degree. The individuals belong to a variety of sectors including IT, finance, healthcare and even retail.For each of the participants, the researchers recorded how many LinkedIn contacts they had, along with their skills and recommendations. They also looked at images uploaded by the users as their profile images and how old they were when the image was taken.Researchers, comparing the two groups, couldn’t find major differences in their impression management skills and both prominently listed their work experiences and technical skills. They also saw that surprisingly, the older group had more polished, well-filled profiles compared to…
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