The New LinkedIn: Pay Attention, Nurses!

LinkedIn is an important networking tool for nurses and healthcare professionals, and there are changes afoot on the LinkedIn user interface (UI) that the savvy and prudent nurse needs to be cognizant of.Some readers may be aware that LinkedIn was purchased by Microsoft in 2016, and the changes are now rolling out. If you haven ' t looked at your profile for a while, you may now be surprised when you log in. As of this writing in early March of 2017, most every user should be switched over to the new UI, so be prepared for some frustration as you adjust.Praise and ComplaintsLinkedIn experts around the world have been digging into the new profile, and there is plenty of information online (videos, podcasts, blog posts, and articles) in response to the recent changes. You ' ll find praise, complaints, and diatribes, as well as clear-eyed assessments of this new and unavoidable LinkedIn reality.Microsoft will hopefully be listening for common complaints about the new UI and making some adjustments accordingly. Be that as it may, we users basically need to deal with what ' s on our digital plate and roll with things as they are for now.There Are LossesWith every change in technology, there can be both gains and losses. Many LinkedIn users, including myself, loved that we could tag each connection within our profiles, take private notes about each connection, and make use of that information down the road. Unfortunately, this particular functionality is now only available to premi...
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