Posts Tagged ‘LinkedIn’
Introducing the LinkedIn job applications button
July 26th, 2011
LinkedIn announced a new function yesterday, the embeddable “Apply with LinkedIn” button/plugin. The idea is that the button can be embedded on the job listings pages of company websites, which easily allows you to submit your LinkedIn CV.
The official blog posts reads “Our goal with Apply with LinkedIn is to help every professional put their best foot forward, anywhere across the web, when they take that leap to apply for a new position, a dream job. We are going to make it easy for you to submit your profile for any job application on the web with one simple click”.
Some of the first companies to use the “Apply with LinkedIn” button include Netflix, TripIt, Photobucket
June 14th, 2011
Straight out of LinkedIn Labs, the experimental arm of LinkedIn, comes the LinkedIn version of the classic Tetris game called Dropin.
Matthew Shoup, the site’s technical marketing manager, said he created the app to celebrate Tetris’ 27th birthday, because he “wanted to showcase how easy it is to implement the LinkedIn Platform Javascript API. DropIn takes the classic Tetris experience to a professional level.
“Rotate and stack your LinkedIn connections’ faces, while discovering the fresh content they’re sharing online.”
How to play
Authorise the app to access your LinkedIn profile. Control the shapes with the keyboard. Use the arrow keys to move /rotate the shapes or press the space bar to dump the tile to the bottom. The right sidebar will display the shape that is next in queue.
Enjoy.
Apps-olutely marvellous moves on LinkedIn
November 4th, 2008
Nine applications, one space - ding dong! Seems that LinkedIn has hit upon another potentially lucrative ad-related revenue stream with the launch of its applications platform.
The first apps on the platform are pretty robust and add value to your profile. They might even encourage you to spend more time around your own LinkedIn page. As productivity tools, they are useful not crucial. The company is encouraging third-party developers and has also added its own platform launch app to help set the standard – Company Buzz. With this app you can tap into twitter to find comments and follow trends on a company, which I’m finding relevant and useful for PR research into our clients and other companies in our space.
Three of the third-party apps help you present yourself and work in progress online: GoogleDocs to embed presentations, SlideShare – which is wickedly good in delivering research resources from people in my network, and WordPress on LinkedIn you can use to promote your blog and latest posts.
My favourite sharing app is Reading List by Amazon, a mine of great book leads from trusted colleagues and other valued sources.
I’ve not had a chance to fully test the collaborative tools – Box (managing files online) and Huddle (shared online work areas) but kind of assume they would be useful if LinkedIn was my main work space, which it’s not at the moment. Great tools, and I might be encouraged to spend more time around my profile with them there. And MyTravel from TripIt is outside my needs - I no longer globe trot and don’t need to know if anyone in my network is going to be in Hellhole, Arizona next week.