Wrapping up my posts on this topic, CNET has announced that LinkedIn Jobs are now out of beta, and posting a job offer will be charged $95. This is an notch above the $75 that craigslist is charging in the Bay Area, and quite a bit below the fee of Monster and others on-line job services. Note that the web site refers to this pricing as "special introductory for 30 days" and that a 50% discount is offered on the first post. As I type this, over 50 paid job posts have been listed.
LinkedIn has also launched JobsInsider, a co-browser allowing job seekers to visualize how their LinkedIn network allow them to access a given company. In this example, I see how my network would help me reach people at Yahoo for this VP position. As the functionality increases of the co-browser increases, this might become quite useful.
This feature is IE-only for now, but I have made a plea to Eric Ly, LinkedIn's CTO, who I visited last week to get a preview of JobsInsider, to make this available on Firefox as well. As I told him, the only thing that I am missing on Firefox since switching (the very day the Yahoo toolbar became available) is the LinkedIn search.
Also: LinkedIn press release.
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