LinkedIn surpasses 2m Australian users
Business social networking site LinkedIn has exceeded the 2m user mark in Australia, expanded its local team and opened an office in Melbourne.
The announcement:
Sydney, Australia – 14 April 2011 – LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network with more than 100 million members globally, has surpassed two million members in Australia.
LinkedIn set up its direct presence by establishing an office in Sydney in January 2010 and has recently opened an additional office in Melbourne. The company has also grown its local team to 20 staff working across sales, marketing and recruitment solutions.
that’s a good milestone, but there really should be around 8 million+ considering the size of the working population.
Yeah, but try to get them to return an email about your account.. Months on, still waiting..
fabfour you are hard to please
Does that mean most TV shows should have 21m viewers, as there are 21m Australian’s with eyes who enjoy entertainment?
1 million of them are recruiters!!!
I think it’s quite good, personally, especially relative to twitter in Australia whose uptake in theory should be higher. There will always be a % of biz ppl and perhaps more in government employment and professions where networking isn’t so important who don’t join up.
The retention/activity rate in LinkedIn seems quite good too; some stats would be interesting.
I just shoveled down a wonderful linguine made from my first name, Roma tomatoes, herbs, garlic and a drop of vino.
I am a chef and I am rarely online. I think 2m is an excellent milestone for a very good site.
I have a cousin in Media and he says that his last 3 hires have been via LinkedIN!!!!!!
A handy tool indeed.