The Washington Post, August 9, 2013, Friday

The Washington Post

August 9, 2013, Friday

The Washington Post (full article)

LinkedIn connects big data, human resources

By throwing more and more at users, of course, LinkedIn risks undermining the very thing that’s made it the go-to site for recruiters: a mass of high-quality candidates, sorted and evaluated and offered up.

“I think there’s a chance of people getting tired of it and checking out of it,” said Chris Collins, director of Cornell University’s Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies.