So you’re not going to tell us anything, then?

After receiving the aforementioned e-mail, I did what any slightly hyper-active marketing employee does; I jumped at the chance to learn all the new features, and get myself acquainted with the new possibilities that came with the platform.

As any reasonable person does, rather than jump head-first into it, and get myself lost in the maze of complex new opportunities, I decided to scour Google for some initial feedback, and maybe a changelog on the latest updates. Only there was nothing. No changelogs, not even a mention from LinkedIn outside of the e-mail they had sent me, and a slightly updated company page. After querying — God knows how many — search terms, I came across one single article, that sort of summarized some of the latest changes, and even then, hardly any specifics. It quickly became apparent, that I would have to do my own research. So what is new in this update? Well, here’s the list I’ve gathered so far:

The ‘Life’ section: If your company is set up with Career Pages (the paid recruiter plan on LinkedIn), you get access to the new ‘Life’ tab, an opportunity to brand your company and employees from the inside. This seems to be one of the few useful new features, but even then, it requires a lot of employee interaction to be worthwhile.

The ‘Jobs’ section: This is honestly just a beautified career page. Nothing new under the sun here, other than some aesthetics.

Inline editing and tags: That’s right, LinkedIn finally supports tagging other people and companies, uploading multiple photos to an update, and editing an existing update rather than delete and re-post it. I would almost herald these as useful changes, if they weren’t three years late to the party.

New design on admin and company page: The new design seems crisp, sleek and modern; and also slightly perplexing. I am guessing it is going to be the topic of very heated debate over the next few months.