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[[FOR INTERNAL REVIEW]] Karin Kimbrough - When Employment Data Meets Social Media
The official labor market data tells you how many people have jobs. LinkedIn’s data tells you how urgently they’re looking for new ones, how they’re moving between industries and occupations, and where the signals are breaking down.
Topics covered:
Why job mobility is one of the best single indicators of labor market health
Why remote work didn’t just change where people worked but segmented the labor market into thinner, less fluid pools
How AI application slop is jamming recruiter inboxes and pushing hiring back toward personal networks
Why women’s LinkedIn engagement dropped sharply during…
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