LinkedIn Adds New Tools to Help Job Seekers, Including New Career Path insights and Skill Assessments

LinkedIn, the social networking site that was designed for professionals to connect and network with one and other has become a household name amongst professionals. Users can both apply for jobs as well as post hirings as well as the various other functionalities that other social media sites boast, such as Facebook or Twitter. With LinkedIn Premium, you have access to a bunch of tools that will help you land your next career choice.

Just this week, the professional social network reported that it's now up to 722 million members, and that it's been seeing record levels of engagement throughout the last few months.

As explained by LinkedIn:

"Sometimes there isn’t a clear path forward. Our new Career Explorer tool can uncover careers you could transition into and might not have considered by mapping the skills you have to thousands of job titles. Explorer will highlight additional skills you may need and LinkedIn Learning courses to help you get them. Also, we’ll highlight connections who already have this job or can make an introduction."

The tool references against over 36,000 career skills, and 6,000 job titles, to provide relevant cross-matches based on profile data. So if you've been retrenched from your role as a social media manager, for example, the tool will show you a range of closely related roles you could consider, and how you might get there. 

LinkedIn's Career Explorer is now available in beta, with additional localizations and enhancements coming soon. You can check it out for yourself here. 

So even in a pandemic, LinkedIn is seeing more traffic than ever before. Hopefully these new tools will help those looking for new career opportunities find good matches.

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