LinkedIn recently announced several updates to its site, including a new tool called 'Stories.'- Much like Facebook or Instagram, LinkedIn stories lets users post updates that only live on the site for about 24 hours.
- Even though the tool feels more casual, you should avoid posting anything that you wouldn't want your boss to see, or oversharing about your personal life.
If you've been on LinkedIn recently, you may have noticed several new updates. The website has a new design, and updated search and messenger functions, among other things.
But one of the most notable features is the addition of "$4" — a tool that lets you, much like Instagram or Snapchat, post minute-by-minute updates about your life.
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Adding stories to the $4 social network makes sense. It allows the everyday person to post casual updates about their career life and gives career coaches and experts a platform to share spontaneous advice and stories for job seekers.
But even though the tool mimics the more relaxed experience of other social media outlets, in particular Instagram, you shouldn't treat it the same way.
In the $4, LinkedIn said users should post experiences from the work day, questions for your network, insights on timely breaking news, and tips on how to use a certain tool or develop a new skill. It's safe to assume you should avoid posting updates about what you ate for breakfast that day, or a family vacation.
Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and the author of "$4," $4 that LinkedIn should never be used to trash-talk your boss or a previous employer. It also isn't a place to post personal photos and status updates about your life.
"Consider this as a living résumé or a living business card," she said. "If you were in an networking event and you were handing out your business card, it wouldn't be a photo from your family album."
For the most part, this advice should be common sense. But we've all come across someone who overshares on their LinkedIn profile. While no one can tell you exactly how to post on your profile, you probably shouldn't be posting anything you wouldn't be comfortable with your boss reading.
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Stories should, above all, start a conversation, LinkedIn said. And at a time when millions of Americans are unemployed and looking for