?Microsoft has bought LinkedIn for $26 billion, despite LinkedIn losing 8.4 million in the first quarter of 2016.

Ross Greenwood is on LinkedIn, however he is not sure what it is for.

Speaking on his Money News program, Ross asked the audience what LinkedIn is all about and why he needs it.

Katherine from Mascot has 14 years experience of IT training and explained some of the key benefits of LinkedIn.

Katherine broke it down into three key areas which LinkedIn focuses on, recruiters, companies that do internal recruitment and advertisements.

‘LinkedIn is the most important database that you can have,’ she said.

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