LinkedIn names new CEO
- LinkedIn appointed Daniel Shapero as chief executive, replacing Ryan Roslansky. - Coverage says Microsoft-backed LinkedIn will push further into AI-driven recruiter tools, job matching and learning services. - The leadership change signals bigger horizontal competition in AI-enabled recruiting, pressuring niche vendors to prove vertical, finance-specific outcomes. (indianexpress.com) (news18.com)
LinkedIn has named Daniel Shapero its new chief executive, replacing Ryan Roslansky in a leadership change announced April 22. (cnbc.com) Shapero joined LinkedIn in 2008, became chief operating officer in 2021, and now takes over the company’s day-to-day business immediately. Roslansky, who had been LinkedIn chief executive since 2020, will stay at Microsoft in an expanded executive vice president role spanning LinkedIn and Office. (geekwire.com) Microsoft said Shapero will report to Roslansky, a structure that keeps LinkedIn tied closely to Microsoft’s workplace software business as the company pushes more artificial intelligence into hiring and productivity tools. LinkedIn revenue rose 11% in constant currency in Microsoft’s latest reported quarter. (cnbc.com) (microsoft.com) LinkedIn is no longer just a digital résumé site. Its biggest businesses now span recruiter software, job ads, subscriptions, advertising and LinkedIn Learning, which makes the chief executive role central to how Microsoft sells career, hiring and work products together. (money.usnews.com) (microsoft.com) The timing lines up with LinkedIn’s heavier push into generative artificial intelligence for recruiters and learners. The company has rolled out Hiring Assistant for recruiting teams and expanded artificial intelligence coaching tools inside LinkedIn Learning for premium users and workplace training. (news18.com) (forbes.com) Hiring Assistant is built to automate repetitive recruiting work such as drafting job posts, sourcing candidates and screening profiles, shifting recruiters toward interviews and hiring-manager advice. LinkedIn has said early users saved more than four hours per role, reviewed 62% fewer profiles and saw a 69% improvement in InMail acceptance rates. (influencermarketinghub.com) (hcamag.com) That puts LinkedIn into more direct competition with specialist recruiting software companies that sell applicant tracking, sourcing and interview tools to employers. Microsoft’s advantage is distribution: LinkedIn sits inside a network of more than a billion members and can connect hiring data, professional profiles and workplace software in one system. (money.usnews.com) (thetechportal.com) Roslansky said artificial intelligence will change how people work and build careers, and Shapero said he would begin by “learning and listening” in the new job. The handoff keeps LinkedIn under longtime insiders as Microsoft tries to turn the professional network into a larger artificial intelligence business for hiring, learning and office work. (gadgets360.com) (geekwire.com)
