LinkedIn 8.6
If you’re serious about moving up in your career, then you’ll probably need to keep close tabs on your LinkedIn profile and the activity surrounding it.
Made by pros
LinkedIn looks amazingly polished and downright artistic. Its welcome screen is made of a collection of tips featuring fancy business-centric backgrounds, followed by the option to sign in or sign up.
All the steps are easily understood thanks to the cursive interface that takes the user through the motions at their own pace. Once logged in, the official LinkedIn UI appears with options to edit your profile, add connections, tweak settings, and even read LinkedIn Pulse.
LinkedIn’s app is designed to help you showcase your story for more work opportunities. You can edit your profile within the app, by using a simple guided editing experience. It’s possible to see who viewed you on the network, so that’s always useful to know who’s interested in you and what you do as a professional. In fact, you can view these individuals straight from the Notifications Center if you have already upgraded to iOS 8.
The UI could use a little more work in some areas, but overall it’s looks very elegant and professional.
Find your dream job or let it find you
With the LinkedIn app you can find your dream job, or it can fall from the sky. LinkedIn will recommend jobs based on your qualifications, and it will let you instantly apply for a position, or save the description for later viewing.
There are no ads in the app, but it will prompt you to review it from time to time. Also, the barebones LinkedIn app can be upgraded to various types of Premium subscriptions, some as expensive as $249.99 / €229.99. The iPad version expands to fill every pixel of the tablet’s screen, offering a spaced out experience.
Bottom line, the iOS app serves its purpose. You can instantly apply for jobs, or get notified of people who are interested in collaborating with you based on your expertise. There’s an inbox for messages, and the whole network is as social as any other. Only this one isn’t just fun and games.
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Bottom Line
Design / UI9
LinkedIn looks very elegant and professional, and focuses your attention on jobs and people that might land you an opportunity to expand your career. Everything in LinkedIn looks very polished, with a few exceptions. |
Function9
Has every tool you need to let you find your dream job |
Security8
You have to give up some privacy to use LinkedIn, but it’s nothing you wouldn’t expect from a social network, is it. |
Battery9
No issues in this area. LinkedIn runs smooth on most iDevices and is not a CPU hog. |
Price9
It’s free but it’s not without encouragements to upgrade. |
Compatibility9
iOS 7 and up, which ensures that almost everyone with an iDevice today can join in. |
Build your personal brand and a network of people that can help you advance in your career
Specifications
- price:
- Free with IAP
- current version:
- 8.6
- reviewed version:
- 8.4
- developer:
- LinkedIn Corporation
- category:
- SOCIAL NETWORKING
- os version req.:
- 7.0
- age rating:
- 4+
- in-app purchases:
- Yes. Range from $29.99 to $249.99
- hits:
- 898