LinkedIn is the go-to hiring platform for countless businesses, freelancers, and talent scouts, yet its accessibility still leaves a lot to be desired. Fortunately, a new feature LinkedIn is testing may make the process of finding exactly what they need much easier (namely potential leads of yours).<\/p>\n
LinkedIn\u2019s interface has long resembled a modular r\u00e9sum\u00e9, including space for things like work experience, references, and testimonials from clients. While there isn\u2019t anything overtly wrong with a traditional r\u00e9sum\u00e9, it does leave a few things to be desired \u2014 namely, that one must extrapolate meaning from a long list of often cryptic job listings and arbitrary, self-determined skills.<\/p>\n
The solution to this potentially frustrating problem lies in LinkedIn\u2019s new \u201cServices Provided\u201d section, which would feasibly allow LinkedIn users to list jobs or responsibilities for which their past experiences qualify them. Ideally, this would also let users postulate on their own experiences to form custom categories of services to fit specific job postings or fields.<\/p>\n
Of course, regulating a user\u2019s truthfulness and creativity when listing their services will be difficult, but no more so than gauging a potential hire\u2019s \u201cSkills\u201d section during an actual interview. If anything, having the \u201cServices Provided\u201d section may even dissuade some users from cheating their own r\u00e9sum\u00e9s in favor of fleshing out their existing skills on their profiles.<\/p>\n
Not only does the \u201cServices Provided\u201d section make sense in the context of evaluating an applicant for a job, it also would round out the \u201cFind a Service Provider\u201d feature that LinkedIn has testing in the past\u2014a connection discovered by Jane Manchun Wong<\/a>. In theory, one could search for a service by name (or keyword) and delineate a search radius to find the best-qualified workers in their area, all the while refraining from combing through multiple different almost-qualified accounts.<\/p>\n LinkedIn is testing "Services" field in profile, which will pair well with<\/p>\n "Find a Service Provider": https:\/\/t.co\/u1S7XESx4j<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/cCkE4Ud8C5<\/a><\/p>\n — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) April 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n