実名社会

Most people use LinkedIn to “get to someone” in order to make a sale, form a partnership, or get a job.

  • The average number of LinkedIn connections for people who work at Google is forty-seven.
  • The average number for Harvard Business School grads is fifty-eight, so you could skip the MBA, work at Google, and probably get most of the connections you need. Later, you can hire Harvard MBAs to prepare your income taxes.
  • People with more than twenty connections are thirty-four times more likely to be approached with a job opportunity than people with less than five.
  • All 500 of the Fortune 500 are represented in LinkedIn. In fact, 499 of them are represented by director-level and above employees.

Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn - How to Change the World

日本じゃ匿名の是非が問われたりしているが、向こうじゃもう実名がDefaultで、しかもネットが実生活にリンクしとる。