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Updated on: Aug 2023

Survey & Report

AI surge India is in the top countries for AI talent, LinkedIn Report

Aug 24, 2023

Microsoft announces new free AI skills initiative training course

Microsoft announced a new AI Skills Initiative to help people and communities around the world learn...

Training

Jun 30, 2023

-year-old CEO is banned from LinkedIn heres the reason

Eric Zhu, years old is a Co-Founder of Aviato and an investor with Bachmanity Capital. Despite th...

Industry

Jun 17, 2023

-year-old CEO is banned from LinkedIn heres the reason

Bengaluru landlord invests nearly lakhs tenants startup

A Bengaluru tenant Pawan Gupta, the co-founder and CEO of a matrimony app called Betterhalf AI took ...

Industry

Jun 3, 2023

Bengaluru landlord invests nearly lakhs tenants startup

Layoffs

2 lakh techies lost their jobs in 2023; more likely to happen soon

The year 2023 has become the worst year for tech employees. In the current year, nearly 2 lakh tech employees from Big Tech firms to startups have been sacked to date globally. The major layoffs in May are as below:- Apparently, major tech companies are laying off employees exponentially due to economic uncertainties. The move […]

May 23, 2023

Layoffs

A woman secured a job at LinkedIn but was laid off before joining

Recently, LinkedIn, the world’s largest social media platform for professionals, announced cutting 716 positions and shutting down its jobs app in mainland China, the California-based company. Reportedly, the company has also discontinued Business Leadership Program. According to the profile on LinkedIn, One of the impacted freshers Lea Schuhmacher who has previously worked at LinkedIn as an […]

May 10, 2023

Layoffs

LinkedIn to cut 716 jobs and shut its China app

LinkedIn, the world’s largest social media platform for professionals, is cutting 716 positions and shutting down its jobs app in mainland China, the California-based company announced. The decision was made amid shifts in customer behavior and slower revenue growth, CEO Ryan Roslansky said Monday in a letter to employees. “As we guide LinkedIn through this rapidly changing landscape, […]

May 9, 2023

Industry

LinkedIn Top 25 best workplaces to grow your career in India

The professional social media platform LinkedIn has shared a list of the top 25 workplaces in India that are the best workplaces to grow a career. The list is backed by unique LinkedIn data measuring different elements of career progression. However, the list reveals companies like Tata Consultancy Services, HDFC Bank, and Games24x7 that are helping their employees build […]

Apr 19, 2023

Industry

Overcoming job search struggles in Tech Industry: Engr experience

Muhammad Farhan a former Software Development at Zomato shared his experience on overcoming job search struggles in the tech industry job during the layoff wave. Muhammad Farhan shared a LinkedIn Post on overcoming his job search struggle, he had been on a job search since July 2022. Also Watch, What is Meaning of Career in 2023: […]

Mar 28, 2023

Industry

Man cleared Google interview but failed Tenant interview

A man named Ripu Daman Bhadoria took to LinkedIn and shared how he cleared a Google interview but failed a tenant interview in Bengaluru. Ripu Daman Bhadoria LinkedIn Post said, “𝖨 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗍𝗁𝖾 Google 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝖺𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗂𝗇 𝖡𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗋𝖾. 𝖧𝖾𝗋𝖾’𝗌 𝗆𝗒 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗐𝗌 “ “𝖫𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋 (𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟤), 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖨 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗈𝖼𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 […]

Mar 27, 2023

Industry

A woman re-applies to her own job on LinkedIn as it offered higher salary

A post by a woman named Kimberly Nguyen from New York City is going viral. She applied for the same job again after she realized that her company listed a significantly higher salary for the same role on LinkedIn. Kimberly Nguyen, a 25-year-old woman who is a user experience (UX) writer, shared a series of tweets regarding […]

Mar 14, 2023

Layoffs

LinkedIn sacks employees in recruitment department: Report

According to reports, a business and employment-focused social media platform, LinkedIn will sack employees in the recruitment department. However, LinkedIn has not commented on the exact number of employees affected by the layoffs. Recently in January, Global tech giant Microsoft announced that it would sack about 5 percent or 10,000 of its workforce amid a […]

Feb 14, 2023

Industry

Unacademy builds LinkedIn competitor NextLevel, 40 people fired

In another round of layoffs, an Indian educational technology company, Unacademy will let go of around 40 people. NextLevel, which was launched last month as a product that would ‘disrupt LinkedIn’ and make resumes irrelevant. Unacademy has laid off more than 1,200 employees since the start of 2021. The company has halved its team […]

Jan 11, 2023

Jobs

CA finalist calls out jobs scam: ‘Goldman Sachs recruiting’

Most recently, a CA Finalist has pointed out a job scam on LinkedIn. Ritika Rawat, CA Finalist, recently shared a post saying, “LinkedIn Job Scam!! Yes, you read it right. This is not some clickbait headline.” “Is the story true? Yes, it is. I experienced it. On 17th Nov 2022, I posted on LinkedIn that I’m looking for […]

Dec 26, 2022

Training

Microsoft and LinkedIn engage 7.3 million learners in India

Microsoft and LinkedIn announced the next step in the Skills for Jobs program, providing free access to 350 courses and six new Career Essentials Certificates for six of the most in-demand jobs in the digital economy. Microsoft and LinkedIn will also be offering 50,000 LinkedIn Learning scholarships to help people get ahead in their skilling […]

Dec 9, 2022

Industry

Linkedin bot war removes 50% of ‘Apple staff’ accounts

The world’s largest professional network company, LinkedIn has renewed its attempt to remove fake accounts from the platform. These accounts used profile descriptions and images that were edited or forged and taken from actual employees. These accounts were fake and were due to bot problems. Post the checks it was so widespread that large firms […]

Oct 22, 2022