LinkedIn launches ‘Career Explorer’ tool to help professionals pivot their careers

LinkedIn launches ‘Career Explorer’ tool to help professionals pivot their careers

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LinkedIn launches ‘Career Explorer’ tool to help professionals pivot their careers

KOLKATA: Professional network LinkedIn today launched new tools and resources to help unemployed professionals get back to work. These new additions come at a time when hiring in India continues to recover at a 12% year-on-year growth rate in August 2020, as per LinkedIn’s labour market data, but competition for jobs is 30% higher than last year.

As the world faces a global unemployment crisis with 140 million people out of work, LinkedIn is helping professionals identify new careers and how to get there, with insights on in-demand jobs and fastest growing skills, and making it easier for professionals to find people that are hiring.

LinkedIn’s new ‘Career Explorer’ tool helps job-seekers find new jobs by mapping their skills to open roles, and the new #Hiring frame helps hiring managers share that they are hiring right from their profiles, enabling job-seekers to see open job opportunities directly in their feed. To help members prepare for the new up and coming technology roles, LinkedIn has also attached new ‘Skills Assessments’ based on top trending skills so members can showcase their proficiency.

“Today, the job market is furiously competitive and LinkedIn data shows that competition for jobs has spiked 30% since last year. In this global unemployment crisis, we are committed to helping job-seekers with the right insights and tools such as Career Explorer to find new careers based on their skills, and continue advancing professionally,” said Ashutosh Gupta, India country manager, LinkedIn.

According to LinkedIn’s Workforce Confidence Index findings, about 62% Indian professionals are willing to pivot their careers to navigate these testing times. The new Career Explorer tool helps professionals identify new career paths where most required skills overlap with their current roles. The tool also highlights any additional skills that may be required to make the transition, along with the right LinkedIn Learning courses to build these skills. The new feature also connects professional to other LinkedIn members for advice and support as they navigate the transition.