The LinkedIn Killer?

My friend Joe Suh launched a new application yesterday which allows you to automatically import your LinkedIn resume directly into your profile. While it is a basic application, it is one of the components that could help drive users away from LinkedIn and toward Facebook. The real killer application will enable the differentiation of professional from social profiles (as I mentioned two days ago). While this application doesn’t go all the way it is a great step in the right direction. You are able to either upload your resume or have your work history captured from your LinkedIn profile. Additionally, recommendations are transferred into your profile as well. This is a simple application that combined with a larger application would contribute to the demise of LinkedIn. If you want to transfer over your LinkedIn profile and recommendations go grab the Resume application.

So what is this killer application that I speak of (and perhaps the golden app that I spoke of yesterday)? It is an application the allows you to store all of your social relationships, photos, and personal details. As my professional and social networks collide I need to be reserved in what is displayed on my existing profile. With the development of an application where I can select users that can view my personal profile (in this hypothetical application), I could transition 100% over to Facebook. I will be able to maintain stronger bonds with professional contacts and my social contacts can still see the unfiltered version of me. What do you think?

 



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4 Comments »

  1. Joe has done exactly what I wanted to do. Well done Joe, and good luck against the Jobster app – I think your app will offer so much more, because it doesn't want to take people away from their beloved Facebook.

    Comment by N.Cauldwell — July 27, 2007 @ 4:43 am

  2. Joe has done exactly what I wanted to do. Well done Joe, and good luck against the Jobster app – I think your app will offer so much more, because it doesn't want to take people away from their beloved Facebook.

    Comment by N.Cauldwell — July 27, 2007 @ 5:43 am

  3. [...] Nick O’Neill at AllFacebook.com writes about a new Facebook app that puts a resume on your profile – and you can import directly from you LinkedIn account – which is nice.  Except that I won’t be using it. [...]

    Pingback by Resume app for Facebook : Web Strategy Thoughts — July 27, 2007 @ 9:41 am

  4. [...] Nick O’Neill at AllFacebook.com writes about a new Facebook app that puts a resume on your profile – and you can import directly from you LinkedIn account – which is nice. Except that I won’t be using it. [...]

    Pingback by Resume app for Facebook : Colin’s Blog by Colin Carmichael — January 16, 2008 @ 3:58 pm

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