Bad news for workers is good news for LinkedIn

Where everyone else sees economic gloom and doom, Reid Hoffman sees opportunity.

As the freshly minted CEO of LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com (and its founder), he is shepherding a moneymaking tech company in battered Silicon Valley. And he anticipates more growth next year.

That is no small achievement. The social-networking site, which lets business professionals create online profiles to seek jobs and network, is adding members faster than ever despite its own recent layoffs and a management shake-up.

By Jon Swartz, USA TODAY

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/hotsites/2008-12-30-social-networking-linkedin-growth_N.htm

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MATR Group on LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=1520297&trk=anet_ug_grppro

(Doing a little experiment to see how groups grow on LinkedIn. Russ)