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The job market in 2023 is undergoing a revolution with the emergence of LinkedIn. With millions of users and the ability to connect with potential employers and business partners, the social network has over 500 million users across 200 countries and territories. 80% of these users strongly believe that professional networks are a key factor in their career success. This platform brings together professionals from all over the world. While some actively utilize its features and achieve great results, others only use a small portion of the platform's tools or may not even be aware of it. In this article, we will explore the main features of LinkedIn and explain why it's a new trend for 2023.

Strong ties

One of the key benefits of LinkedIn is that it allows users to build a strong network that can help them advance their career or business. By connecting with others in their industry, users can tap into a wealth of knowledge and expertise, gain access to new job opportunities or clients, and stay ahead of the curve when it comes to the latest trends and developments.

Strong personal brand

Another important aspect of LinkedIn is its emphasis on creating a strong personal brand. By posting regular updates, publishing articles and blogs, and sharing insights and opinions on industry-related topics, users can showcase their expertise and establish themselves as thought leaders in their field. This can be a powerful way to attract the attention of potential employers or clients, and can help users stand out in a crowded job market.

Clients on LinkedIn

With LinkedIn, you can find clients and start new business relationships. By connecting with companies and people in your industry, you can learn about new opportunities and projects that may be of interest to you. You can get this not only within the network, but also at conferences and events that your colleagues and acquaintances announce here. There are also a lot of investors who may be interested in your project.

LinkedIn and O1 Visa

LinkedIn can also help you get a US creative visa. If you work in a very specialized field and are looking to move to the US, LinkedIn might be the perfect place to do so. What's more, LinkedIn can help you find a lawyer or other professional to help you prepare the necessary paperwork. To obtain an O1 visa to the US, you must prove that you are an expert in a particular creative field. If you have an active LinkedIn profile, you can prove your professional expertise and convince the consul that you are a unique candidate for a US visa. The main thing - a competent profile.

Influencers

Finally, don't forget to promote your blog to attract new readers. Post links to your articles on your LinkedIn profile, add them to your email and social media signature. Another good way to promote your blog is to post your article on a LinkedIn group so that more people can see it, resulting in more advertisers and publicity. Blogging on LinkedIn is a great way to share your professional knowledge and become a recognizable expert in your field.

In conclusion, LinkedIn is the new trend of 2023, and professionals who take advantage of this platform early on will be well-positioned to succeed in the years to come. With its emphasis on networking, personal branding, and thought leadership, LinkedIn offers an incredibly powerful tool for anyone looking to advance their career or business in the digital age. For the past few years, I have been promoting LinkedIn to other people, which has already shown amazing results.

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March 27, 2023

In February 2023, the Canadian Federal Government decided to ban TikTok from all federal government-managed devices. The federal governments chief security officer determined that TikTok poses an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security. Several provincial and city governments across Canada have followed suit.

In Manitoba, Consumer Protection and Government Services Minister James Teitsma announced a ban on the use of TikTok on all government-issued mobile devices effective March 6. The ban is a precautionary measure, and there is no evidence that the app has compromised Manitoba government information.

To date, no Manitoba university or major community college has implemented a TikTok ban on organization-managed devices.Governments deal with different issues that require different security measures than universities and colleges. However, the University of Manitoba will continue to monitor the situation.

Currently, the university does not restrict which apps can and cannot be used. Instead, we encourage everyone tostay aware of the privacy riskswhen using social media platforms such as TikTok, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Every member of the UM community is responsible for protecting their personal information and helping to ensure everyones privacy.

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Recent TikTok bans highlight the importance of social media security - UM Today

Recently, I was asked to share some of the things I did to start and grow a successful company that is now celebrating its 20th year in business. Without hesitation, I said that the ability to network and make in-person connections in the local community may be the single most important contributing factor to our success.

When we started the business in 2003, I sought the advice of others. A mentor of mine gave me two pieces of advice to help jumpstart my entrepreneurial efforts join the Chamber of Commerce and volunteer with a non-profit or civic group. I did both, and Im glad that I did. If your business or non-profit organization supports, serves, hires, solicits, or sells locally, then its essential that you know whos in the community, and that they know who you are.

Networking allows you to meet like-minded people, identify those who can help you, find people you can help, and is one of the best ways to maintain a connection to whats what and whos who in the local community. Because of its size and sense of community, Fayette County is a great place to network and make connections.

Social media really didnt exist as we know it in 2003, so most of my networking was, and continues to be, in person. I think the ability to stay connected via social media is a great way to maintain relationships once established. On the other hand, theres nothing like making connections and friends in person.

Ive been told that I seem to know everyone, and its true that I enjoy meeting new people. What follows is a laundry list of tips Ive accumulated over the years that may help you network and make connections:

That last point is the most important one have fun. The purpose of networking is to meet people, not make sales or get donations. If you meet enough people, relationships will naturally form, and thats the way it should work. I know that some of you are introverted and dont necessarily enjoy large groups of people. Thats perfectly fine; be authentic and meet people in a manner thats more suited to you.

Id like to give a shout-out to my friend Colin Martin, who has served as President and CEO of the Fayette Chamber for the past four and a half years. Hes an incredible networker, and our community is a better place because of his leadership and efforts to help people make connections. Unfortunately, Colin is leaving the Chamber at the end of this month to be closer to his family in Columbus, GA. Thanks for all youve done for our community, Colin.

[Joe Domaleski, a Fayette County resident for 25 years, is the owner of Country Fried Creative an award-winning digital marketing agency located in Peachtree City. His company was the Fayette Chambers 2021 Small Business of the Year. Joe is a husband, father of three grown children, and proud Army veteran. He has an MBA from Georgia State University and enjoys sharing his perspectives drawing from thirty years of business leadership experience. ]

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In the offices of Magellan Logistics in outer Melbourne, workers spend their days helping people import and export goods all over the world.

But late last year, the company started getting calls every day from people about shipping containers they had bought.

The thing is, Magellan Logistics has never sold shipping containers.

"We are in a lovely office with lots of desks and people working away, phones, computers, all of that," Melissa Wraith said.

"We don't have a container yard, we don't handle freight, we don't handle containers."

It soon became obvious scammers were posing as the company, and running multiple Facebook pages under variations of Magellan Logistics's name.

The scammers were offering shipping containers to eager buyers.

Magellan employees reported the pages to Facebook, but even when they were taken down, they would pop back up again the next day.

"I've lost track of the number of times I've reported these pages. Whenever I go to look at them, I report them again," Ms Wraith said.

Social media is delivering a healthy return for scammers in Australia.

According to the ACCC's Scamwatch, it is a much better way to make money than scamming on the phone, email or text messaging.

In the past year, Australians have been fleeced more than $21.5 million from scams running on social networking sites.

It has prompted the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to call for urgent government action which could potentially lead to a world-first digital platforms ombudsman.

"Consumers and small businesses find it almost impossible to have their disputes resolved with digital platforms when problems arise," chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said.

While the ACCC works with social media companies to take content down, the commission has no power to force the company to act.

Now, Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) Cynthia Gebert has told the government she wants the gig as the country's and the world's first digital platforms ombudsman, helping people with problems like dealing with scams and being locked out of their accounts.

The aim is for the new ombudsman to officiate in disputes between platforms and usersand, based on the prevalence of smartphone use, there are plenty of areas it could help.

"We have the expertise to help consumers and the digital platforms find resolution with complaints and highlight systemic improvements that can create meaningful change," Ms Gebert said.

In her current role, Ms Gebert helps thousands of people deal with disputes with telcos and internet providers, but she is unable to assist if people are having trouble with social media companies and messaging apps.

"At this point, there's a limited amount that we could do and this is really the opportunity to improve consumer protections and build trust and confidence," she told the ABC.

"We'd generally be referring you to a local, state-based consumer affairs organisation.

"If we refer you to the ACCC, that'd be useful data for them, but they're not going to be stepping in on an individual level to get complaints resolved.

"Customers just feel like they're hitting a brick wall."

While the ACCC would like to see an independent umpire appointed, it worries the job is too big for the telecommunications ombudsman on top of her current role unless resources are significantly boosted.

"We recommended the role should be undertaken by a new digital platform ombuds to be appropriately resourced to deal with a high volume of complaints and disputes and with the technical expertise to meaningfully assist," Ms Cass-Gottelieb said.

Professor Derek Wilding, co-director of the Centre for Media Transition at the University of Technology Sydney, has conducted research about the need for a new dispute-handling scheme.

"In our research, we didn't come across any similar scheme that provides an obvious point of comparison.

"We didn't find any in other jurisdictions an ombudsman of this kind," he said.

"We all know Australia has led the way in developing other interventions to deal with problems arising from digital platforms."

Professor Wilding pointed to other important Australian world-firsts, like the establishment of an e-Safety commissionerand the Online Safety Act.

"[The e-Safety Commissioner] deals with aspects like image-based abuse and child exploitation material in the online environment."

The proposal for a digital platforms ombudsman is likely to receive pushback from the industry.

Peak bodythe Communications Alliance, whose members include Facebook, Apple and TikTok, says mandatory rules could have unintended harmful consequences and self-regulation should be allowed to continue to develop so the industry can resolve the issues.

Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said in a statement the government was considering its options, following the ACCC's fifth Digital Platform Services Inquiry (DPSI) report, released last year.

"Submissions to the public consultation process are being reviewed by the Treasury and will inform the government's response to the fifth DPSI report," the minister said.

"The issue of how best to have consumer disputes considered is also one that agencies within the communications portfolio, along with industry and academia, are actively engaged in examining."

In the meantime, innocent companies remain caught in the middle between scammers and their victims.

For Magellan Logistics, the situation got so bad the company had to hold training sessions for staff who had to explain to people they had lost thousands of dollars.

"It's not what you expect in the normal course of your day to sit with people, I guess, while they go through a range of emotions, as they discover some pretty bad news," Ms Wraith said.

"Usually they were just ordinary citizens, private citizens.

"They wanted a container for a storage shed or as part of a construction project [it was] a variety of different people, not large corporates, people that can ill-afford to lose the money."

She said one of the most frustrating things for the company was the lack of response from Facebook.

"You imagine the wheels are turning in the background, but you're just not sure what's happened," Ms Wraith said.

Despite contact from both the victims and Magellan, the Facebook pages only came down earlier this week when the ABC contacted Facebook's parent company, Meta.

The company said in a statement:

"Scammers present a challenge in any online environment, and social media platforms are no exception. We're committed to safeguarding the integrity of our services, and dedicate substantial resources and technology solutions to protect our community from fake accounts and other inauthentic behaviour.

"We have a dedicated reporting channel to take in all content that the ACCC is concerned about."

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Who do you turn to when you're scammed on socials? - ABC News

K-12 schools are fighting an uphill battle to keep students safe on social media sites, where schools encounter a minefield of malicious and fraudulent accounts and cyber bullying, among other cyber threats. Some educators say the need for partnerships between schools and social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok and Facebook may play a key role in student safety efforts moving forward.

The need for such partnerships was among the key points of focus during a Wednesday webinar for the 2023 Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) conference, led by National School Public Relations Association Associate Director Mellissa Braham, Allendale School District Communications Manager Melissa Reese, Hinsdale Township High School District 86 CIO Keith Bockwoldt and Geneve Villacres, a U.S. policy spokeswoman from TikTok. The discussion, titled "Social Media and Schools: A Partnership for Safety," drew from a recent report co-written by CoSN and the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) that stressed the need for better verification processes to protect school accounts from cyber threats, as well as more cooperation between social media platforms and educators.

According to Reese, schools have become increasingly concerned with how social media is used for cyber bullying, between or against students. She noted that social media companies often aren't responsive to reports and requests from schools to remove malicious content targeting students, such as student fight videos and content from malicious accounts more generally.

Reese noted that social media allows school districts to inform families of important and timely news like inclement weather and school closings. However, she said, social media sites need more stringent verification and reporting processes for malicious accounts and impersonators, as well as for verifying official school district accounts to better communicate with students and parents.

According to the report from CoSN and NSPRA, a third or fewer school survey respondents were able to get their district accounts verified by social media platforms. The report added that 59 percent of schools have had to deal with accounts that harass and intimidate students, while 45 percent said social media platforms have refused to remove malicious accounts and posts. To help alleviate concerns, Villacres noted in the panel that TikTok has made efforts to improve their verification process and secure user data.

Bockwoldt agreed that impersonator accounts are among the top concerns for schools now, in addition to "inappropriate sites" named after schools and student cyber bullying, which comes in the form of posts and videos. He said its very difficult, if not impossible, to have many of these types of posts removed by most social media companies today.

Bockwoldt added that social media companies should cooperate more with schools moving forward to alleviate these issues, starting with giving a single point of contact for school systems that want assistance with these issues.

I would be willing to pay an additional fee each year to support this type of position or department, and imagine many other school systems would feel the same way. Having a direct contact would alleviate many of the issues we are constantly dealing with, he said. "[In addition], if the social media companies had a department dedicated to the education community, it would be amazing if they could present to students at school systems on digital citizenship and how their digital footprint stays around forever.

Brandon Paykamian is a staff writer for Government Technology. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from East Tennessee State University and years of experience as a multimedia reporter, mainly focusing on public education and higher ed.

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