Searching on LinkedIn without any keywords will show some statistics about your current connections. I have looked at mine and here are some numbers that I find interesting – and relevant to the profile of my company, Brain Gain Recruiting. I wonder if others with large networks would have similar distribution – if you take a look, let me know.
Location:
- United States (788069)
- India (171175)
- Greater New York City Area (104945)
- United Kingdom (99636)
- Canada (60881)
- San Francisco Bay Area (58014)
- Greater Chicago Area (43605)
- Netherlands (40825)
- Greater Boston Area (40418)
- Greater Los Angeles Area (37655)
Relationship:
- 1st Connections (14102)
- 2nd Connections (3326977)
- Group Members (1536674)
Industry
- Information Technology and Services (210563)
- Marketing and Advertising (124202)
- Human Resources (97284)
- Computer Software (80838)
- Staffing and Recruiting (66489)
- Management Consulting (59882)
- Financial Services (56159)
- Telecommunications (50542)
- Pharmaceuticals (47373)
- Internet (40559)
Current Companies
- IBM (5391)
- Accenture (4418)
- Hewlett-Packard (3650)
- Microsoft (3427)
- Oracle (3207)
- Deloitte (2859)
- SAP (2768)
- Cisco Systems (2450)
- Ernst & Young (2283)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (2235)
- Capgemini (2166)
If I change the location to the US only, the list is this:
- IBM (2197)
- Microsoft (1873)
- Cisco Systems (1589)
- Bank of America (1563)
- Pfizer (1482)
- Hewlett-Packard (1434)
- Accenture (1394)
- Oracle (1361)
- JPMorgan Chase (1070)
- AT&T (1062)
- Merck (1046)
Past Company
- IBM (16959)
- Accenture (12190)
- Hewlett-Packard (10025)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (9009)
- Ernst & Young (7992)
- Microsoft (7860)
- Deloitte (7731)
- Oracle (7356)
- AT&T (6199)
- KPMG (5496)
- GE (5407)
(These lists very much reflect the type of positions Brain Gain Recruiting hires for: consulting, IT, and finances, with our clients being high up on the list.)
School
- University of Mumbai (12426)
- University of Phoenix (11876)
- Delhi University (9121)
- University of Pune (7480)
- New York University (6954)
- Penn State University (6875)
- Bangalore University (6052)
- University of California, Berkeley (6045)
- University of California, Los Angeles (5970)
- Michigan State University (5791)
- Osmania University (5704)
School, for the US only:
- University of Phoenix (11532)
- Penn State University (6675)
- New York University (6394)
- University of California, Los Angeles (5691)
- Michigan State University (5626)
- University of California, Berkeley (5545)
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick (5509)
- Boston University (5291)
- The University of Texas at Austin (5277)
- University of Michigan (5179)
- University of Maryland College Park (4960)
Profile Language
- English (1518738)
- Spanish (20647)
- French (13857)
- Others (7169)
- German (5772)
- Portuguese (1945)
- Italian (1564)