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What's the difference between LinkedIn and LinkedIn Learning?

LinkedIn allows you to search for jobs, build a professional network, join like-minded or career groups, and reconnect with others (i.e., past co-workers, subject matter experts in your field, current co-workers, etc.). LinkedIn Learning an online educational platform to help you develop business, technology-related, and creative skills through expert-led courses and videos.

You do not have to have a LinkedIn account to use LinkedIn Learning through UAB.

However, there are advantages to having an account and linking the two — personalize learning suggestions, suggestions about what others in your field are watching, etc.

By Patricia Merchant | Modified on: Thu, 19 Nov, 2020 at 2:03 PM
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