By Ed Han
Facebook is the undisputed 800 pound gorilla in social media. With over 1.5 billion users as of the end of 2015, it is so ubiquitous that several television commercials, including one
long-running campaign, feature it prominently.
Of the four sites typically considered the major social media sites, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn are vying for second place behind the giant. It is only natural that each are taking cues from Facebook as they seek to continue growing the expansion of their user bases.
3 Main Benefits of LinkedIn Status Updates
A LinkedIn public profile -- the profile visible to anyone -- can tell a viewer your experience, list your skills, and announce your professional effectiveness through Recommendations.
Updates provide additional essential elements in your online visibility.
Updates will:
1. Demonstrate That You Are Reachable on LinkedIn
The one thing your Profile cannot do is show how often you are actually on LinkedIn.
That's crucial information for recruiters in a hurry.
If a recruiter wants to contact a LinkedIn user about a position, he or she has no idea whether or not the candidate's going to see the message, to say nothing of when.
For a recruiter, there are often many possible candidates for a client requirement on which they are working and the
responsive prospects are the ones more likely to be considered.
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