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June 22, 2011 05:00 pm GMT

LinkedIn: Men Are More Savvy Networkers Than Women

LinkedIn has taken another deep dive on its user data, comparing women and men's networking skills on the 100 million-plus member professional network. The verdict: LinkedIn says that that men are overall more savvy networkers than women, but men and women behave differently in online professional networking. To evaluate LinkedIn "networking savviness" index, the Analytics Team diced data of current industry, current company, and professional connections for members in the US. While users don't have to designate whether they are a male or female on their LinkedIn profile, the networked had to guess a person's gender using their first name and matching this against a database of baby names.

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