LinkedIn has grown significantly over the past couple of years, but what will LinkedIn look like in the next 5 to 10 years? According to its CEO, Jeff Weiner, the company wants to digitize every job in the world and the skills needed for that job, as well as every individual and company profile. With that information, LinkedIn would be able to evaluate the gaps between the skill sets of a workforce in a given region and the jobs that are on the rise there. Weiner also gave an example of schools using that information to alter curriculum to teach skills needed for upcoming and future jobs in a given area. In the short-term, LinkedIn is looking to invest more in business intelligence to help companies benchmark themselves against competitors at their industry at large.
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