The world of technology has been experiencing a major crisis for several months: Salesforce is laying off 10% of its workforce, Amazon is cutting 18,000 jobs, and Twitter has laid off more than half of its teams. So ex-employees invest in LinkedIn, which is the big winner in the situation.
+10% downloads of the LinkedIn app in 2022 and +22% in the number of messages mentioning “open for work” in November compared to the same period of the previous year: these figures reflect the growing interest of workers in platform technology.
And for good reason groups are multiplying on this issue. For example, a LinkedIn group of employees fired by Facebook has more than 200 members. Same thing on Twitter: Many former employees have turned to LinkedIn, instead of their old platform, to seek new opportunities.
Many former Twitter employees
Former Twitter employees, for example, created a document bringing together laid-off workers and hiring tech companies and used LinkedIn to facilitate records, reports CNN Business. Other former employees of the social network have set up a system to connect tech job seekers with recruiting professionals to help them write their CVs or guide their job searches. They promoted their tool on LinkedIn.
Darnell Gilet, a former Twitter employee, told CNN that some 28 recruiters and professionals have agreed to participate in the system and that he himself has spoken to various job seekers to give them advice.
LinkedIn posted 17% revenue growth last September, knowing that some of LinkedIn’s momentum may predate the wave of tech layoffs. The other explanation comes from the fact that Facebook and Instagram have been criticized by users for trying to look like TikTok.
Source: BFM TV
