👋🏼 Introduce yourself and meet the Community! 👋🏼

Hi Everyone! 

My name is Brad and I am Program Manager at LinkedIn.  I currently live in the Bay Area but relocating to Austin, TX in the next few weeks (so excited).  

My goal is to help answer questions, provide support, and learn from all the members here.

🖐🏼 Hey Talent Community! I’m Andy, I lead our Talent Solutions Community team and am so thrilled to see this come to life. I’m based in Rhode Island (that tiny little state on the east coast of the US). 

My goal is for this community to drive as much value for you and your teams as possible. Looking forward to crossing paths in here!

👋🏼 Hi everyone! 
I’m Julian, I head up the community program across our business lines here at LinkedIn. We’ve been hard at work building and iterating on this experience and hope you enjoy it! I am located in San Francisco. 

⭐️ My goal is to ensure a seamless and easy launch experience for all of you, welcome [in]!

👋🏼 Hi there! I am Tom Hall, a Training Manager helping you unlock the value of Talent Solution products through our live webinars.

🌏 I am currently based near our NYC Headquarters

💻 I currently support our Learning, Engagement, and LinkedIn.com product trainings

⭐️ My goal is to continue helping admins develop their L&D strategies with LinkedIn Learning and help learners reach their goals with knowing the amazing features we have on the platform. I am also an avid learner, so I am always taking notes or a course 😉

👋🏻 Hello! I’m Miranda and I’m a Program Manager in the Customer Learning team here at LinkedIn. I’m located in Surrey, UK. I’ve been using Talent Solutions products for over a decade, going back to my days in talent acquisition. My goal is to support this amazing community as we all learn from each other!  

👋🏼 Hi everyone! I’m Eglantine, aka Eggy, and I’m a Talent Development Consultant at Bell Canada (a telecom and media company with over 50,000 team members) managing the enterprise learning portfolio

🌏 I’m located in the Greater Toronto area, but dream of oceans daily!

💻 I’ve been a LinkedIn Learning admin for the past year, but a learner/user for 4 years

⭐️ I am looking to connect with those in the L&D space to learn and grow my toolkit of resources while understanding what some best practices are from the community here, especially those that have been using the tool at their organizations for a while. 

Hello everyone, my name is Saurabh Srivastava and I'm based in Gurugram, India. I currently work at Ciena as a Talent Research and Sourcing professional.

I'm passionate about talent sourcing and talent acquisition, and I'm always looking to connect with other professionals in the industry. Networking and collaborating with others in the field is essential to staying up-to-date on the latest trends and best practices, as well as finding new opportunities for growth and development.

I'm excited to be here and look forward to connecting with all of you. Thank you!

👋🏼 Hi everyone!  My name is Amy and I’m in the Talent Research/Talent Intelligence space at ServiceNow, an enterprise workflow automation company. 

🌏 I live in the Bay Area (USA)

💻 I’ve used LinkedIn Recruiter since 2010 and LinkedIn Talent Insights since its launch

⭐️ I’m looking forward to learning from this community and engaging with new people!

Hi Eggy @Eglantine  - So happy you are here! I, too, dream of oceans daily 🌊 I am lucky enough to live within blocks of a bay and a waterway, and within miles from the beach. It does my soul good, and can make any rough day better!

Thanks for introducing yourself - you get a ⭐️ for being the first Founding Member to say hello, outside of my amazing colleagues and team members who got an early start 🤗

I’m looking forward to building community with you!

Hello everyone, my name is Saurabh Srivastava and I'm based in Gurugram, India. I currently work at Ciena as a Talent Research and Sourcing professional.

I'm passionate about talent sourcing and talent acquisition, and I'm always looking to connect with other professionals in the industry. Networking and collaborating with others in the field is essential to staying up-to-date on the latest trends and best practices, as well as finding new opportunities for growth and development.

I'm excited to be here and look forward to connecting with all of you. Thank you!

 

Hello @SaurabhHR!! Thanks so much for joining and introducing yourself! We’ve met some great sourcing folks over the last couple of weeks. Looking forward to connecting you all to each other!

Yay! Great to “see” you again @amychiu! Can’t wait to get your feedback and explore some of the ideas we chatted about!

Hello - I’m Melissa Cassel and I work for Vanguard (finance industry). 

🌏 I am located outside Philadelphia, PA

💻 I am the product owner at Vanguard for LinkedIn Learning.  I  

⭐️ I hope to connect and share with and learn from others on how they are using the tools.  

Looking forward to connecting!

@Melissa Cassel!! So happy you are here! I’m looking forward to connecting some great L&D Founding Members!

👋🏼 Hello everyone! I’m Anne (AJ or Anneski) and I am a Talent & Capability consultant at Treasury Wines Estates in Australia.  (We make & sell great wine across the globe).

🌏 I am based in the Barossa wine region of South Australia.

💻 I am a Linked In Learning administrator at TWE.

⭐️Really excited to connect with other lovers of learnings and discover how they leverage LinkedIn Learning in their organisations.  

👋🏼 Hi everyone - I’m Angelo, and I am the Global Talent Enablement Lead for Rockwell Automation.  My focus is overseeing our Recruiting Technologies (RecTech) and training our TA team and Hiring Managers on how to use the RecTech for recruiting talent.

🌏 I live in Sacramento, California. 

💻 I’ve been using LinkedIn Recruiter and LI Talent Insights for quite some time.  (Can’t remember how long for LI Recruiter, and about 3-4 years for LI Talent Insights.)

⭐️My goal is to learn innovative and effective ways to use the LinkedIn Products to build a strong employer brand, recruit and source talent, gain insightful talent intelligence reports, and build active and engaging social communities. 

Nice to meet you all! 

Good Morning from Aus!

👋🏼 I’m Kristie, I work in the Higher Education sector (University of the Sunshine Coast) as the Talent Acquisition Manager

🌏 I’m in Melbourne, Australia (someone send the sun! ⛈)

💻 I am using LinkedIn recruiter and Talent Insights. We have been with LI on this package for about 8 months, however have used recruiter for going on 4 years now.

⭐️ I’m here for the industry trends, networking and tips and tricks on how to use the products more efficiently. We are working on our EVP and employer brand, in addition to talent pipe lining and niche skillsets.

Keen to see where this community can take us!

Greetings Anne or AJ @Anneski! 🍷 - which do you prefer? So happy to have you here! 

Hi Angelo @ROKSourcing - great to ‘see’ you again! What a cool employer branding video! We could have an entire section of the Community dedicated to tips, tricks and ideas for effective employer branding! 🤔 💡

Good morning to you Kristie @khusk! Thanks for starting your day by joining the Community! ☕️ Sending virtual sunshine! 🌞 Thanks for sharing the content you are most interested in! Feedback like this is what will help us build a meaningful Community for all.

👋🏼 Hi I’m Hilary.  I am an Organisation Development and Change manager for Fonterra (a dairy co-operative.  We make and sell dairy goodness across the globe. My role focus on our Global Markets

🌏 I’m based in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), Aotearoa New Zealand 

💻 I support LinkedIn Learning in my business areas

⭐️I want to build a broader global community and share tips on how to get better engagement of tools such as LinkedIn Learning.  

👋🏼 Hi there folks! I’m Alysha, I head up the Talent, Mobility and HR Shared Services functions at Incitec Pivot 

🌏 Based in Brisbane/Meanjin, Australia 

💻 My team and I use LinkedIn Recruiter and Talent Insights. TI is a fairly recent addition (~just over 12 months and we are still learning how to make best use of this tool) 

⭐️ I’m often a bit dazzled by ‘shiny objects’ (aka trends, opportunities, what is everyone else doing) so I’m delighted to have one place to pick up on industry trends, tips and tricks, plus connecting with others in this space.  

👋🏼 Hi everyone, I’m Fiona and I’m the Leadership & Learning Manager at Stockland, a property development company.

🌏 I’m based in Melbourne, Australia.

💻 We launched LinkedIn Learning across our enterprise six months ago and are thrilled with the take up so far.

⭐️ I am hoping to get the latest insights, trends and product enhancements for LiL. And keen to learn from other community members about how you’re using and optimising LiL, as well as share our journey.

👋🏼 G’day all - I’m Steve, I’m the Oceania Lead for Sourcing at EY - I find passive candidates who aren’t actively looking for roles.

🌏 I’m located in Melbourne, Australia

💻 I’ve been using LinkedIn for over a decade - I’m currently using Recruiter & Talent Insights. I LOVE a good Boolean search, and we also have our local & regional teams upskilling on LI Learning.

⭐️ Hoping to be able to discuss changes in the market, suggest some LI improvements (Insights reporting that’s MoM as well as YoY, pleeeease!) and enjoy the feeling of being behind the velvet rope of a nightclub where everyone is weirdly passionate about finding top talent.

👋🏼 Hello fellow community members! - I’m Matt. I am a Learning Development Advisor at London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC). We manufacture the infamous London “Black Cab”. I am responsible for the coordination, sourcing, and delivery of L&D activities, along with ensuring the development of staff and maintenance of L&D systems and processes. I am also responsible for all things LinkedIn.

🌏 I am located in Ansty, Coventry, UK

💻 I have personally been using LinkedIn for a few years and we introduced LinkedIn Learning last March here at LEVC to allow our employees to take ownership of their learning and learn in the flow of their work. I have recently been using the resource to accompany a new Leadership Development programme that has been recently rolled out. Its been a huge success so far and I can't wait to continue to increase engagement.

⭐️Im so excited to be part of this community. I cant wait to meet and learn from other community members, learn about current trends, and how you are all utlising LinkedIn. 

Hello all, 

My name is Mohamed Elmor and I am a pharmacist with experience as a Training Development in the pharmaceutical industry. I live in KSA. I hope to connect with other professionals in my industry and learn and share insights and best practices. 

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