LinkedIn has recently launched a special group for accountants that is already attracting a growing group of accountants.
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“Accounting was one of three groups chosen for this initial phase because it's an industry that has significant presence on LinkedIn and also aligns well with our editors' knowledge base,” said LinkedIn spokesperson Erin Fors. The other two industries are commercial real estate and entertainment.
“In looking at the industries not represented across the over 1 million user-created groups on LinkedIn, we noticed there was a sizable number of members who self-identified in the accounting, real estate, and entertainment industries so those are the three industries that were selected for this initial test,” said Fors. “Currently there are just over 490K professionals in the accounting group.”
LinkedIn is indeed used by an increasing number of accountants. In an
Fors added that it’s too soon to say which other industries LinkedIn will focus on next, but the company is encouraged by the responses it has seen so far from the initial groups it has created.