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Half of Dutch professionals join LinkedIn: 2 Million Members

LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, today announced two million members in the Netherlands, putting the total of Dutch professionals now on the site at more than 50%. The Netherlands is the network’s most engaged market worldwide including more than 32.000 Dutch LinkedIn Groups. By joining groups, Dutch professionals are participating in interesting discussions, gaining insights and sharing knowledge with other LinkedIn members both at home and worldwide.

LinkedIn’s Amsterdam office is its first European office outside the UK and was opened in January 2010. Eugenie van Wiechen, country manager LinkedIn Netherlands commented: “We Dutch really get networking. A combination of non-hierarchical culture, strong international business links and high levels of internet penetration has made the Netherlands a strong European market for LinkedIn. At the opening of the Amsterdam office we said we would focus on bringing additional value to Dutch users. Seven months later we are making great progress. We’ve rolled out a live training program for users who are keen to get the most out of LinkedIn and are in constant contact with our members to seek their feedback on how to further improve our platform and services.”

Half of Dutch professionals join LinkedIn: 2 Million Members

Video: What is LinkedIn?

LinkedIn has its own video where in plain English the concept behing online professional networking, and LinkedIn in particular, is explained. In 2 minutes you’ll get a good overview:

This ‘What is LinkedIn?‘ video is also available in other languages: Video: What is LinkedIn?

Books, a free white paper, TRU event and other great resources with special offers

There a few great initiatives and resources that might be worth your attention. And being a reader of this blog, I have some special offers for you!

1) TRU AMSTERDAM 23-24 June 2010
Hurry up before you loose out on one of the most talked about Unconferences with some great international recruitment experts. Next event will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Costs? Only 25 Euros for two days!

Check out http://cli.gs/TRUamsterdam for more info.

2) 25 FREE COPIES of the white paper on ‘recruiting via social media’ to give away!
HRMinfo.net, a Belgian knowledge provider and community for HR professionals, released a white paper at the end of April about recruiting via social media. In this publication recruiting via social media is examined from a strategic perspective and in conjunction with other recruitment methods. The publication also focuses on demonstrable ROI and best practices.

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Infographic: State of LinkedIn

I recently presented some statistics and trends 2010 about LinkedIn, based on directly measured visitor stats. Another way of getting a better understanding of the demographics of the LinkedIn user is the LinkedIn Direct Ads section.

In the infographic below an overview is given of some interesting numbers about member participation per country, industry type, company size and job role in LinkedIn. Please note that Gender and Age stats are not accurate due to the fact that these are not mandatory fields on LinkedIn.com (most of the people don’t complete this info so this data is calculated).

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Infographic: State of LinkedIn