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Finding a Career Track in LinkedIn Profiles

August 1, 2015 /

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The interrelated search engines https://www.linkedin.com/edu/ allow anyone to essentially reverse-engineer career paths of LinkedIn members by navigating the connections between their majors, schools and careers. While only as accurate as the profiles, the results are nonetheless addictive if you’re interested in what people ended up doing with their English literature degree or where they worked before landing a great job at Google. Dive deep into profiles for details about members’ lives, their skill sets, and how they are connected to other companies and people.

By JEFFREY J. SELINGO

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/education/edlife/finding-direction-in-linkedin-profiles.html?hpw&rref=education&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well

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