With over 660 million members, LinkedIn has access to the global workforce and related data like no other platform in history. The platform and its evolution have been a game-changer for both job seekers and talent acquisition professionals.

In this episode, Daniel Maurath, I/O psychologist, and Senior People Analytics Consultant at LinkedIn discusses LinkedIn’s core mission to “Create Economic Opportunity for all members of the global workforce” and how the data provided by members is core to the evolution of the platform. Maurath also speaks to the significant role data plays in identifying trends that provide LinkedIn with the insight needed to evolve their product offerings.

Daniel relates that the top 3 trends trends identified through member surveys and data include:
Low unemployment is resulting in a sellers market
Rapid skill changes are requiring reskilling at an increasing rate
Emergence of the “purpose economy” (where work is all about passion and purpose) resulting in a need for companies to change their approach.

We also discuss the launch of (and plans for) LinkedIn’s Skills Assessments in September 2019. This new offering provides individuals with an opportunity to showcase their skills to employers. This is LinkedIn’s first step in credentialing, but they have also highlighted this as an area of future growth - so stay tuned.

LinkedIn’s never ending quest to reduce the friction between job seekers and employers is core to this episode. Maurath provides listeners with a look inside the behemoth’s current and future efforts to invest in data, analysis and the people who understand both, and the impact this combination will have on the future of work.

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Daniel’s LinkedIn Profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmaurath/
I/O Psychologist
Skills Assessment Launched - https://blog.linkedin.com/2019/september/17/announcing-skill-assessments-to-help-you-showcase-your-skills




How he went to work for LI?
Formerly Talent Insights, which became People Analytics
Data is one area (reporting, dashboarding)
Research area (bigger projects that drive major changes to the platform)
HR, Benefits, Compensation
Formerly worked with the Product Team to make better

LinkedIn
660 Million Members

Reed Hoffman Quote:
“Data only exists within the framework of a vision you’re building to, a hypothesis of where you’re moving to.”