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Tinder is entering your social life…

Just read up about Tinder now experimenting with a feature that allows users to ‘socialize’ with like-minded people. After swiping right, you can expand your network to connect to a couple of others like you, and together, you can plan an evening (or night, as Tinder put it), go to a concert, watch a movie, or ‘Netflix and chill’ (yeah, that’s mine, but you were thinking about it too…)

It’s…

Microsoft, LinkedIn, and all that…

Microsoft bought LinkedIn for US$26.2 billion. The basic question everyone is asking: Why?

One possible answer: to spruce up enterprise social services. After its Yammer acquisition, LinkedIn adds to its enterprise social services ecosystem.

One more thought: acqui-hiring? LinkedIn has data; Microsoft has the software capability to mine it. LinkedIn was not getting anywhere with its wobbling…

A nostalgic red carpet welcome for myself

Been a while since I’ve been here. You know it’s been a while when there’s a learning curve to WordPress!

Welcoming myself after a not-so-brief hiatus. Good to be back.

What’s new? Nothing much. What’s changed? My writing style, probably. Haven’t got the time to write detailed, creative posts. Trying to pivot to telegram-style writing. Brief. Concise. Straightforward. To the point. *Enough full…

A ‘Yaadgaar’ Yadgir on Mumbai-Bangalore-Mumbai Udyan Express – 2

Our train journey to Bangalore a couple of years ago was filled with random photography sessions at random halts the train seemed to take. At one of the stations, however, the journey completely changed.

The constant chug-chug of the train had gotten into our system and melancholy was kicking in. To avoid that, you have to do something to keep your mind off it. And as is usual on such long train…

A ‘Yaadgaar’ Yadgir on Mumbai-Bangalore-Mumbai Udyan Express – 1

Train journeys in India are amusing at some level. If you are not especially used to travelling by train, the idea of a train travel is a little appealing. Perhaps it is the experience of the train or the novelty of something long forgotten that lures you in. Or perhaps it is just the feeling of experiencing something new or different that engulfs you. Whatever the driver is, it certainly arouses…

LinkedIn Part 6: How can LinkedIn’s data help?

Having seen how LinkedIn serves as a marketplace for labour, connecting both the supply and demand of labour, we now look at how the data that LinkedIn contains can ignite different areas of research and decision-making. In this final post on the series on LinkedIn, which began here, we cover the applications of LinkedIn’s data to its fulfilment of economic ambitions. The Economist, in its…

LinkedIn Part 5: Where the supply and demand of labour meet

Inspired by how LinkedIn has grown from a start-up in a one-bedroom apartment to a multi-billion dollar company about to change the game (so to speak) in the recruitment industry, we saw how its Talent Solutions business, its primary revenue stream, is responsible for most of the recruitment carried out across several global organisations and how it falters in some areas where it has not yet…

LinkedIn Part 4: The other side of Talent Solutions

Talent Solutions, LinkedIn’s primary revenue stream, is the perfect solution for recruiters. It offers them a much wider applicant pool, which they can source, classify and accumulate themselves using in-house HR teams. It also makes LinkedIn profiles available for use by recruiters wanting to fill an internal posting and is beneficial to analyse the competition in terms of demand and popularity.

LinkedIn Part 3: The appeal and uses of Talent Solutions

The previous part of the series covered LinkedIn’s offerings and the way they have shaped up its finances. Premium Subscriptions and Marketing Solutions make up 20 percent each of LinkedIn’s finances. Its most significant contribution comes from its Talent Solutionsbusiness, which is used primarily by recruiters to manage the entire gamut of services including sourcing, classification and…

LinkedIn Part 2: What it offers and how its offerings shape up its finances

In the previous part of this series covering LinkedIn, we saw how the professional network took shape, how it has become what it is now, and how it aspires to be the global driver for a changing workforce. LinkedIn has grown from a one-bedroom apartment to a multi-billion dollar company, encompassing the vast global labour force and bringing in newer solutions to embark on its path to improve the…

LinkedIn Part 1: A peek into the roots, foundations and evolution

This is the first part of a series of posts about LinkedIn, which I have initiated here. The purpose of this series is to bring forth an understanding and perspective towards LinkedIn and create a base to engender opinion that will benefit all.

Related: How LinkedIn is changing the world’s labour economics – An Introduction

LinkedIn, the world’s largest online professional network, has redefined…

How LinkedIn is changing the world’s labour economics – An Introduction

Technological platforms have always fascinated me. All internet-based ventures (Google, Facebook and the like) have been the focus of my learning and education. Aroused by this curiosity to learn more, I read an article by The Economist – Workers of the world, log in.

It is a long piece that takes LinkedIn’s platform as a basis to expand on how it plans to achieve its grander objectives. Jeff…

The world’s coming to India. Are you?

Sixty years ago, India threw off the chains of the British Empire and became a free nation. And now the world’s largest democracy is rushing headlong into the future. As the brief heyday of the West draws to a close, one of the greatest players in history is rising again. India has seen the ebb and flow of huge events since the beginning of history. Its tale is one of incredible drama and the…

Do you prefer “prefer to” to “prefer over”?

News reading is fun, especially when someone is as nerdy and hungry as me. I love reading and I love knowing. It keeps me abreast of the world around me. Reading is a joy. But not when it is penned down in incorrect English.

I read several newspapers, magazines, blogs, websites and journals online. My favourite, as you might have gleaned from the string of posts in the recent past, is The…