LinkedIn has application to help students seek jobs

LinkedIn has released a LinkedIn application that is tailored specifically students for college graduates soon-to-be in search of work. Available for iOS and Android, the application will use data from the database of over 400 million professionals on LinkedIn and helps students to find jobs that are more suitable for them with their principal, companies that have the intention to recruit from their school and career of recent students with similar grades.

Explaining in a blog how the application works, LinkedIn says the app helps students cope with their school career transition by providing a kind of guide to exploring personal work, providing recommendations related work as based on data actual career of other successful professionals.

Along with the recommendations work, the application also provides cured articles for the benefit of students.

The application is available only in the United States for now.

Late last year, LinkedIn launched a similar project for students across India - LinkedIn placements. It was developed locally by more than 40 employees and LinkedIn students eligible to apply for jobs from anywhere and at any time and stay informed.