Linkedin Blog

Ed. Note: From today LinkedIn is now available in Italian, the sixth language version of the site in addition to English, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese. Existing members can access the Italian version of LinkedIn here while new members can sign up here. Here are a few words from Kevin Eyres, who manages our European operations.

Siamo consapevoli che è di fondamentale importanza stringere relazioni nell’ambito professionale. Nel condurre affari, è sempre stato istintivo voler avere relazioni professionali con persone che conosci e di cui ti fidi. Questo è un concetto internazionale essenziale per il business e l’Italia non fa eccezione a questa regola. Oggi, con il lancio della versione italiana di LinkedIn, diventa ancora più semplice per i professionisti italiani gestire online le relazioni professionali e migliorare così la collaborazione tra professionisti.

Ed. note: Starting today, LinkedIn is available in Portuguese in addition to English, French, German and Spanish. Existing members can access the new LinkedIn experience in Portuguese here, while new members can sign up for it here. Here’s a welcome post from Arvind Rajan, Vice President, International at LinkedIn.

Desde o início, o LinkedIn tem sido uma rede global, com a metade dos nossos usuários provenientes dos Estados Unidos e a outra metade de outras partes do mundo. Nós tomamos várias medidas para melhor servir as necessidades dos nossos usuários ao redor do mundo, incluindo o lançamento do LinkedIn em inglês, francês, alemão e espanhol. Hoje, tenho o prazer de anunciar uma outra medida crítica para irmos em direção ao nosso objetivo de conectar os profissionais do mundo todo – O LinkedIn agora está disponível em português.

In this economic environment it’s tough to find a job. But LinkedIn can help. Today we’re excited to announce a major upgrade for job seekers on LinkedIn: the Job Seeker Premium Account.

We spoke with hundreds of job seekers to understand their needs and designed a package of features to help them stand out from the crowd, reach out to hiring decision makers, and manage their job search more effectively. The new Job Seeker Premium Account enables job seekers to:

Ed. note: This is a guest post from Guy Kawasaki, co-founder at AllTop, syndicated from his web column on American Express’ OPEN Forum blog. Feel free to leave a comment, share a favorite small business tip or ask Guy a question in the comments section.

When I first blogged about ten ways to use LinkedIn, the site had 8.5 million total users worldwide. I’m told that now there are over twelve million small-business people on LinkedIn, which is roughly 20 percent of its total user base.

Many of these small-business people are using the site in ways you’d commonly imagine: finding leads, growing their business globally, or finding the right vendors. My buddies at LinkedIn recently provided me a list of ten additional ways small businesses can use LinkedIn: