Get Your Inside Connections with BusinessWeek & SimplyHired

Most of you reading this post have probably read my most recent announcement when we announced APIs and a platform strategy for developers to integrate LinkedIn into their applications, wherever it may be on the web. My my most recent post outlined how Apec, one of the largest job sites in France, integrates LinkedIn functionality into their site. Given below are a couple more examples of similar implementations: BusinessWeek and SimplyHired (with video demos):

BusinessWeek LinkedIn API Implementation

Ever read about a company doing something interesting or important and want to talk directly to the person at the company responsible for it? Now you can. Go to Business Week. Read an article. In the Story Tools area, you’ll see a link to see your LinkedIn connections at the company mentioned in the article.

Business Week has implemented the first LinkedIn widget to show you connections at a company mentioned on the page. It’s a simple Javascript widget that integrates your LinkedIn network with the content of the business article you are reading. This is definitely the start of many more such integrations across the web that'll enable you to leverage the strength of your LinkedIn network.

Want to see how it works? Check out a video demo below.

SimplyHired - LinkedIn API Integration

Last time you looked for a job, did you ever want to know whether anyone could help you get in the door for an interview? Now you can do that on SimplyHired site, via a LinkedIn API integration. Look at a job posting and click the IN icon to see who you know at the hiring company. Then, simply reach out to them or a common connection and ask for help in getting the job. Check out a quick demo below where I walk through a similar scenario.

You’ll notice that this looks different from the Business Week integration. Simply Hired used the LinkedIn APIs to build the interface with specific names of people.

These first integrations are examples of integrations you’ll start seeing across the web on news sites, job sites, and more. For a deeper example, take a look at what Apec has done with the LinkedIn APIs in my earlier blog post here.

If you want to develop an integration on your application or website, go here

If you want to develop an application that runs on LinkedIn, go here