'Virtual selling, learning, networking have become more important'

 There was reasonable traction on the platform even before the pandemic, but during the pandemic, members realised that it was just not okay to think about jobs; it is very important to think about skills

Over the past decade, LinkedIn has evolved from being a professional networking platform to a social media giant that offers a place to up-skill, post opinions, read news and so on. The company currently has over 69 million users in India. Between February and August 2020 or post covid-19, LinkedIn added five million members in India — the spike, in many ways, underlined economic distress during the pandemic. Going ahead, the platform wants to keep focussing on the community and play a bigger role in the future of work, computer science and engineering Gupta, country manager, India, at LinkedIn told Mint during an interview. 

In the last six months, virtual selling, learning, networking became important, particularly during the lockdown. The platform’s relevance has jumped multifold. Our professional community is the number one priority, both from a member's perspective as well as from the government agencies’ standpoint. We recently tied up with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) so that we can help with re-skilling.