Linkedin Blog

This series covers the top 5 stories that our members are sharing on LinkedIn Today each week. You can check out Daniel Roth‘s column here. – Ed

It was a short week, but long on Techland drama. As startup advisor and former Yahoo’er
Dave Nakayama Tweeted: “Bartz out at Yahoo! Arrington gives ultimatum to AOL. Google bids for Hulu. More buttered popcorn, please.”

These thoughts from our CEO, Jeff Weiner, on bold solutions for the unemployment crisis were originally published in Fortune Magazine earlier today. Syndicated with permission – Ed. 

Tonight, President Obama is scheduled to unveil the government’s latest plan to address the country’s labor crisis. Unemployment is at 9.1%. However, that number only scratches the surface of the magnitude of the problem. There are over 25 million Americans unemployed, underemployed or only marginally attached to the workforce. Factor in the average size of a U.S. household and that’s as many as 20% of Americans whose lives are being dramatically impacted by this stagnation.

Yet there’s another massive labor imbalance in the country that rarely gets attention. According to the most recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are over three million job opportunities going unfilled in the U.S. right now, the highest level in three years.

This is a guest post on best practices around social networking from Nicole Williams. For similar posts check out our series on networking tips and tricks here. – Ed.

Millions of professionals donate their time volunteering that impacts the lives of others, but it turns out volunteering is as good for your career as it is to those you help. Here’s how:

Helping Others Matters – All that time you spent raising record amounts of money, the year-end event you planned to perfection all felt like real work and…it was. New research from LinkedIn shows that one out of every five hiring managers in the U.S. agree they have hired a candidate because of their volunteer work experience. Your volunteer experience counts and if you don’t include it in your profile, on your resume or when you’re negotiating for a promotion you’re not getting the credit you deserve.

After weeks of market and big tech turmoil (Apple bidding farewell to its leader, HP doing the same to its tablet), professionals across LinkedIn took a break from breaking news to focus on themselves. They had heavy questions, like “Why doesn’t anyone share what I write?” and “Why aren’t I better at sales?”