My selection is based on both strength and the quality of interactions happening in those groups - particularly ,the degree of involvement of the members in group discussions and/or news postings.
CEO/ CIO/COE/COO/CFO/Head/VP/ Director/President Level - Senior Leadership Group
Profile : This group is for all passive job seekers who do not wish to go through
the regular rut of going through a bunch of recruiters to finally get
the job they want. This group would be a one stop shop for senior
candidates to get in touch with the right employers without making it
public.
Created: April 25, 2008
Type: Corporate Group
Members: 7,740
Consultants Network
Profile : A group that unites all strategy, marketing, finance, business and IT
consultants & freelancers. With over 80,000 global members the
largest consultancy community on LinkedIn.
(consulting, management, business, interim, freelance, advisory, consultant, recruitment, network, professionals, advisor)
Created: October 31, 2007
Type: Networking Group
Members: 81,463
Project Management Link - www.pmlink.org
Profile : PM Link is a group for the Program Manager, Portfolio Managers and
Project Managers looking for best practices, methodology, tools, Green
Project Management, PMO, PMI, APM, MSP, P3O, PPM, Prince2, Agile &
Scrum, certifications, e-learning (PMP Prep & PDU Classes), Forum,
Articles, Whitepapers, PM Blog & PM Jobs.
PM Link, "the link between Project and Management".
Created: September 28, 2007
Type: Professional Group
Access: This group is open to everyone
Members: 31,310
Project Manager Networking Group
Profile : As the leading social network and largest group for Project Managers on
Linkedin, the PPMNG unites all disciplines, industries, and locations.
The broad aim of the group is to increase the visibility and vitality
of the Project Management career.
Created: October 17, 2007
Type: Professional Group
Members: 60,519
eMarketing Association Network
Profile : Largest and most active Marketing Group with 140,000+ members. Managed
by the eMarketing Association, don't miss our annual conference in
Atlanta, October 28 - 29, details at eMarketingAssociation.com. - Open
to all professionals interested in Internet Marketing.
Created: November 12, 200
Type: Networking Group
Members: 140,721
Executive Suite
Profile : Welcome to the Executive Suite where you can connect with over 100,000
US-based executive and recruiter members. Your email address will be
used to send you our free, biweekly career trend newsletter, Executive
Insider, and other relevant information.
Created: September 19, 2007
Type: Professional Group
Members: 149,201
H.R. Professionals
Profile : Group members are HR Professionals from wide array of industries at
various levels (Students to HR experts) spanning different experience
levels (entry level to HR Heads) & spread across different
geographies and professionals who are SAP certified, Corporate HR &
professionals in HR Consulting as recruiters and researchers handling
Talent Acquisition.
Created: January 25, 2008
Type: Professional Group
Members: 22,290
Future Trends
Profile : Connect with fellow trend hunters, corporate visionaries and future
thinkers representing a diverse cross section of industries including
Marketing, Brand/Product Management, Consumer Insights, Strategic
Planning, Product Development, Innovation, Forecasting, Future
Strategy, and Trend Tracking.
Created: July 17, 2008
Type: Networking Group
Members: 13,556
User Experience
Profile : This is a group for User Experience Design professionals to expand our
network of people and ideas. This group serves as a common platform
,which brings all User Experience Professionals, Information Architect,
Graphic designers, User interface designers, Human factor researcher in
one roof.
Created: March 17, 2008
Type: Professional Group
Members: 18,654
Human Resources Professionals Worldwide
Profile : Networking group for corporate HR professionals worldwide. Members
include primarily corporate HR Analysts, HR Managers, HR Executives,
etc. Our goal is buidling a stronger HR online community.
Created: March 3, 2008
Type: Professional Group
Members: 14,362
Leadership And Networking
Profile : "Leadership And Networking" is an Intellectual and Creative Networking
Endeavor for Collaborative Development of Intrinsic and Extrinsic
Leadership Qualities by sharing Knowledge and Information.Members may
post Advt related to Sr Level Openings, Forthcoming Seminars &
Business Opportunities only
Created: December 25, 2008
Type: Networking Group
Members: 598
India HR Forum
Profile : HR professionals in India working in Training, Learning &
Development, Strategic HR, Human Resource, Compensation & Benefits,
Staffing, Hiring, Talent Acquisition, Recruitment, Organizational
Effectiveness, Employee Development & Employee Labor Relations
Verticals are welcome to join this Group.
Created: September 24, 2007
Type: Networking Group
Members: 14,999
HR & Talent Management Executive
Profile : The HR & Talent Management Network is a global group of human
resources executives that exchange research and best practices in the
field of HR & talent management (HRMS / HRIS, payroll, recruiting,
performance, succession, learning, organizational development,
compensation, benefits).
Created: May 2, 2008
Type: Networking Group
Members: 11,731
YOUNG INDIAN ENTREPRENEURS
Profile : A platform for enthusiastic young INDIAN entrepreneurs.
Hope this will help the people to share their ideas and views .
Created: December 3, 2007
Type: Networking Group
Members: 10,302
Innovation People Expert Innovators Creative Network
Profile : Innovate with innovative and creative professionals and innovation
experts from around the globe. Join thousands of members to learn and
share best practices and advice from one of the largest Linked
Innovation Groups organized by Gerald "Solutionman" Haman, founder of
SolutionPeople.com.
Created: September 27, 2007
Type: Networking Group
Members: 8,076
Innovative Recruitment Forum
Profile : Innovation-thinking out of box is the next big thing going to drive
business, this is a community where members can exchange their valuable
and innovative ideas in the recruiting/sourcing Domain. If you would
like to post a Job, please do it in Job tag. In case of any issues,
please drop me an email at siddarth.tyagi@evalueserve.com.
Created: January 18, 2008
Type: Other...
Members: 9,927
Leadership Think Tank
Profile : Leadership ThinkTank is a Community committed to collaborate for the
improvement of leadership concepts and practices. Our world has entered
a new era of relationship between leaders and followers, which very
clearly, calls for new leaders and a new brand of Leadership in
Business and Industry.
Created: October 29, 2007
Type: Networking Group
Members: 12,235
Linked 2 Leadership
Profile : Linked 2 Leadership is The Leadership Collaboratory™ dedicated to
leadership development, organizational health, and personal &
professional growth. Our mission is to provide a safe place to learn,
grow, and help build other leaders.
Created: March 25, 2008
Type: Professional Group
Members: 9,324
Web 2.0
Profile : Web 2.0 group is a network of professionals involved in the 2nd
generation of web-based communities & hosted services such as
social-networking sites, wikis and folksonomies, which aim to
facilitate collaboration and sharing between users. Term & logo
rights to O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference 2004
Created: October 8, 2007
Type: Professional Group
Members: 11,450
Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
Profile : If you are a manager, corporate recruiter, headhunter, trainer, HR
service provider or consultant, join Linked:HR now! Linked:HR is the
largest HR Group on LinkedIn and the most active when it comes to Group
"Discussions".
Created: September 19, 2007
Type: Networking Group
Members: 161,925
Media & Entertainment Professionals
Profile : This group is for next generation media and entertainment entreprenuers
and professionals interested in or working on the evolution of
Publishing, TV, Film/Video, Internet and mobile content. This group is
run by Grapevine Star Entertainment Inc.
Created: May 7, 2008
Type: Networking Group
Members: 18,381
Mobile Content
Profile : This group is for anyone involved in the mobile content industry -
whether you're a publisher, rights owner, aggregator, software/hardware
developer or anyone else in our little ecosystem then join up!
Created: February 29, 2008
Type: Networking Group
Members: 12,991
Online Advertising Professionals
Profile : Online Advertising Professionals forum for discussing ideas, exchanging information.
Created: November 30, 2007
Type: Professional Group
Members: 41,171
Telecom Professionals
Profile : Gathering all telecom professionals in one group to share experience, opportunities and ideas
Created: September 24, 2007
Type: Professional Group
Members: 74,413
Social Media Marketing
Profile : This is the LARGEST and most active social media marketing group on
LinkedIn.com. It is intended for interactive advertising and marketing
professionals who are actively engaged in social media and
community-oriented websites around the world.
Created: March 6, 2008
Type: Professional Group
Members: 30,702
Above shortlisting is based on my own experience and the feedback received from hundred of linkedin connections.If you wish to include few more in the list, pl mention in the comment box.
Author : Abhijit Kar
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