Publications and groups of former employees of the tech sector are multiplying on the platform.
The tech world 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 former employees invest in LinkedIn, which is the big winner of the situation.
+10% downloads of LinkedIn’s application 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 tech for the platform.
And for good reason the groups are multiplying on this subject. For example, a LinkedIn group of employees fired by Facebook has over 200 members. Same ilk on Twitter: Many former employees have turned to LinkedIn, rather than 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 tech companies who are hiring and used LinkedIn to facilitate sign-ups, reports CNN Business. Other former employees of the social network have set up a system to connect those looking for a job in tech with recruitment professionals to help them write their CV or target their job searches. They promoted their tool on LinkedIn.
Darnell Gilet, a former Twitter employee, told CNN that about 28 recruiters and professionals have agreed to participate in this system and that he himself has spoken with several 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.
