- On the LinkedIn network, every user can obtain endorsements from colleagues and their business associates for the skills and capabilities that they’ve demonstrated. These are tallied and featured in the user’s profile and are used to graphically represent the user’s professional expertise.
- LinkedIn users can also secure written recommendations from co-workers and managers to enrich their profiles. Microsoft, Rowan says, could couple these with a user’s endorsements to build talent management solutions that chart employee behaviors, skills and aptitudes. For example, department heads and project leaders would be able to correlate education credentials and work experience with success rates on different types of projects to identify the best candidates for a given position.
