Mining and Analyzing LinkedIn Data

LinkedIn is a social network focused on professional experience in order to generate connections and relationships between professionals from different areas. Professionals can provide profissional skills and search for jobs by connecting with people around the world. For example, if you would like to work with Data Science you can connect with companies and people who work in this field, increasing your chances of getting a job. On the other hand, companies are able to search for candidates according to the curriculum and skills provided by users. In 2017, LinkedIn established itself as the largest business platform and an important strategic tool for both professionals and companies.

It is important that professionals know how to use the data of this social network in their favor. LinkedIn provides some datasets related to your profile, in which it is possible to apply Data Science and Analysis techniques to extract important and interesting insights about our network of connections. We can answer questions like this: What are the main positions of the people who are connected to us? Which companies are sending invitations to our profile? What is the location of our contacts? Is our LinkedIn network made up of people and companies related to our job? Are the companies I want to work for sending invitations to my profile? These and other questions can be answered during this course, so you can analyze if your network is in line with what you want professionally. Below you can see the main topics that will be implemented step by step: