LinkedIn has over 100 million users, and a market cap today of over 7 Billion USD. If the market is prepared to give LinkedIn that sort of valuation for what is essentially data that should be in your HRMS, then it tells me that your people data is a lot more valuable than you probably imagine it is. Time to think about employee master data quality….
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July 15, 2011 at 9:35 am
That’s an interesting idea! HR is always looking for reasons for its existance. Guardian of the data?!
December 19, 2011 at 8:15 pm
Very interesting! Will pass this thought along to my co-workers at Helping You Hire. http://staffing-solutions.biz/
January 10, 2012 at 8:08 pm
As a Recruiter http://bit.ly/vl32iM I provide many Staffing Services for my clients. I have found that LinkedIn is ideal for finding candidates online. I find numerous candidates for each of my open positions on LinkedIn. In my opinion it is one of the most valuable tools a recruiter can use.