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> Somehow the fundamentals of places like linkedin, gmail, google, facebook, etc have eluded people.

LinkedIn is slightly different, as it's fundamentally framed as a job board and recruiting platform. The paying customers are recruiters, and the product is access to the prospective candidates. Hence, LinkedIn offering for free services such as employee verification, work history verificarion, employee vouching, etc.



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