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posted by martyb on Monday October 10 2016, @08:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the nobody-talks-on-the-golf-course,-right? dept.

LinkedIn has introduced a feature that could make it easier for users to look for a better job discreetly:

LinkedIn has removed an obstacle preventing some members from using the professional social network from finding their next job: The possibility of their current boss finding out. On Thursday, the company released its Open Candidates feature which now lets members privately notify recruiters that they're open for opportunities without exposing themselves to their current company.

[...] In research conducted in the past year, LinkedIn claimed that 77 percent of professional workers are open to their next opportunity. However, with social media, the fear has been that any signal made on a profile could get back to an employer, which is why the Open Candidates feature lets anyone operate stealthily. It's perfect for those who are open to change, but aren't precisely set on making a move ... yet. "This is a signal to recruiters that you want to hear from them," explained Eric Owski, LinkedIn's head of talent brand products. [...] So far, this feature has been tested in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Australia. Owski said that 40,000 people per day have opted-in for this experience, with close to 1 million candidates total, out of the 450 million on the social network.


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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 10 2016, @08:53AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 10 2016, @08:53AM (#412357)

    AC has requested a connection to you, AC! Can you confirm that you know AC? All information with be totally confidential, except that we will share it with everyone, and we have recently been bought out by Microsoft, and they are currently forcing all our employees to submit fecal samples, for what purpose they refuse to say. But it would be really cool if you joined our network, fecal sample or no, because we are a forward-looking group of visionary dreamers and people desperate to get out of this corporation without signaling our intention. Help!!!!! Discrete texts are best, they cannot track those, yet. The mostly come out at night, mostly.

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