Expanding career opportunities through LinkedIn

Brendon is our Director of Corporate Sales and has helped build our sales team since early 2006. In his spare time, he can be found either at the driving range in Shoreline (Mountain View) or fly fishing in Northern California.

I'm sure you've been reading most of our recent blog posts on LinkedIn's escalating usage numbers - we've moved past 13 million professional users and are now moving quickly towards the 14 million mark. What many of you may not know is that LinkedIn also caters towards corporate solutions for the enterprise. Interestingly, not only do we have executives from every one of the Fortune 500 companies on LinkedIn, but most of those companies also have a corporate account with LinkedIn, including some companies you may have heard of: Microsoft, EMC, Salesforce.com, Kaiser Permanente, Target, etc... Check out a few of our company pages here.

The fundamental value of LinkedIn is allowing aspiring professionals access to unlimited career opportunities across these large growth organizations. Similarly we also help companies, both Fortune 500 companies as well as startups, find the perfect candidate in a passive way. A passive job seeker is usually the person that is reserved at the top of a hiring manager's wish list. They are usually employed, seasoned, accomplished professionally, and typically look for jobs through referrals and recommendations. These are not professionals that you'd typically find on a job board hoping for a new opportunity to pop up. LinkedIn bridges the gap between great companies looking to add top-tier talent, and people only available to the perfect opportunity at their dream company.

As Director of Sales, it's definitely been a fun ride so far, and I'd love to hear from you about the great opportunities you've found through LinkedIn. Just leave me a comment at the end of the post.