These are the stories that mattered most to professionals this year: http://blog.linkedin.com/2013/12/05/best-of-2013-the-stories-that-mattered-most-to-professionals-this-year/

1. Top news, stories, and ideas to prepare you for what’s ahead.

2. “A wise person knows that there
is something to be learned
from everyone.”
– Unknown

3. Did you know?
Top 3 industries following
Influencers are:
Marketing & Advertising,
Information Technology
& Services and
Financial Services.2
450
business
thought leaders
from Richard Branson to Meg Whitman
are part of LinkedIn's Influencer
program.1
30 Yankee
Stadiums
could hold all of the publishers
using the LinkedIn Share
button.1
Source: 1. LinkedIn Q3 2013 Earnings Report. 2. LinkedIn Influencer 2.0 blog post July 2013.

4. The 3 Questions People Always Forget to
Ask in an Interview
James Caan
Serial Entrepreneur and Investor in
People with Passion
1,060,332
3,711
1,282
Read More >

5. On GPAs and Brainteasers: New Insights
From Google On Recruiting and Hiring
Adam Bryant
Corner Office Columnist at The New
York Times
957,636
5,194
1,472
Read More >

6. The Most Important Interview Question
of All Time
Lou Adler
CEO The Adler Group
1,034,558
6,484
1,880
Read More >

7. Five Things You Must Not Do in an Interview
and Five Things You Must
Lou Adler
CEO The Adler Group
550,144
3,388
655
Read More >

8. What Interviewers Wish They Could Tell
Every Job Candidate
Jeff Haden
Ghostwriter, Speaker, Inc. Magazine
Columnist
1,203,369
4,025
630
Read More >

9. Who Has 1 Billion Users and Is About To
Overtake Facebook?
Steve Tappin
CEO Xinfu, Host of BBC CEO Guru &
Founder, WorldOfCEOs.com
664,112
2,131
600
Read More >

10. Don't Go to Grad School
Penelope Trunk
Founder and CEO at Quistic
510,754
1,296
1,992
Read More >

11. The 1 Thing You Must Do In Every Job
Interview
Dave Kerpen
CEO, Likeable Local, NY Times BestSelling Author & Keynote Speaker
624,568
3,295
1,229
Read More >

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