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bookworm·Mar 31·2 replies

Now they’re finally getting some better options. On Tuesday, the Microsoft-owned professional social network is introducing several new job titles, including “stay-at-home mom,” to allow full-time parents and other caretakers to provide more accurate descriptions of their time away from the paid labor force. LinkedIn is also removing its requirement that any resume entry—for example, “stay-at-home dad”—must be linked to a specific company or employer.--Posted by CM @iynna

lauriewu·Apr 05

makes me SO HAPPY to see this news!!!!! UGH is about time!

JessieEnd·Apr 08

Amazing! I've heard only good things about the culture at LinkedIn from friends and former colleagues.p.s. Does anyone know when this goes into effect? Seems like the company requirement is still there as of this afternoon.

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