LinkedIn has surpassed one billion users, reconfirming itself, as if the 15 billion in revenue in the last fiscal year were not enough, an apt purchase for Microsoft, which in 2016 acquired the professional platform for 26.2 billion dollars. The expense has been amply repaid and the revenues promise to grow further, as well as the features of the social network. The latest addition is the addition of an assistant that provides several tools to improve your search for the ideal job by leveraging artificial intelligence. The tool is currently rolling out and available to a limited number of users.
It expands, in essence, the integration of artificial intelligence into the entire Microsoft ecosystem that has invested huge sums in OpenAI to make Office, Windows and Microsoft Bing intelligent. And it’s the turn of LinkedIn or at least the premium users of the platform. The AI features, in fact, are intended only for subscribers to a service that starts at a cost of €40.32 per month for job seekers. But some of the features are definitely interesting.
LinkedIn’s AI chatbot, which predictably leverages Microsoft Bing to get up-to-date information, is able to analyze feed posts, including comments and conversations, to identify the most relevant opportunities for the user, according to the company.
We’ve invested a lot to make sure that all of this stays within the confines of what meets our standards for responsible AI. And if you add in our AI job search models, which we’ve been using for a long time, you get a super-personalized, equity-driven experience for job seekers. – Erran Berger, Vice President of Product Engineering at LinkedIn
In addition, the assistant provides personalized suggestions for writing resumes, writing more effective messages, affinity with a certain job, preparing for interviews, and any users to contact. One of LinkedIn’s new capabilities, in fact, is to identify people who have second- or third-degree connections with a user and who work for a company they are interested in. As a result, contacting them directly might be a good idea.
