LinkedIn has launched a Tinder-style mentor service in SF

LinkedIn has launched a Tinder-style mentor service in SF

Career driven users of LinkedIn will soon have a new tool to help further their aspirations, in the form of a mentoring scheme. 

The 'Tinder for mentors' service will match experienced professionals with people who are looking for work and development in specific areas.

A trial of the scheme is currently being run in San Francisco and Australia, but it could soon be rolled out across the globe.

Career driven users of LinkedIn will soon have a new tool to help further their aspirations, in the form of a mentoring scheme. The Tinder-style service (pictured) will match experienced professionals with people who are looking for work and development in specific areas

HOW IT WORKS 

LinkedIn previously ran a small scale test of the service last month, according to Fast Company.

It added a new private section called 'your dashboard' to profiles of trial users. 

This contained a 'career advice' tab, where users can sign up to become a mentor or to receive assistance. 

This brings up a screen th at allows you to enter information about your region, business sector and educational background. 

A further screen gives you the option to refine you preferences by type of advice you are seeking or able to give, including entrepreneurship, job search and career growth. 

LinkedIn then uses a matching algorithm to make recommendations and you can swipe to see all of the matches.

Once users match, they will then be able to message each other and either will be able to end the interaction if they choose to do so. 

The Microsoft-owned social network, which currently has more than 500 million users worldwide has hand picked a list of potential mentors in the new trial areas, according to reports in Tech Crunch.

Users who indicate they are interested in the service will be able to view this list and select the professional who best matches their career needs.

Mentors will be able to select options about the type of people they are willing to assist, from people in their network and those who attended the same school, to users in the local area and beyond. 

If the trial run proves a success, the option could become available to LinkedIn users everywhere. 

The service will be free to use, with mentors volunteering their time.

And from LinkedIn's perspective, it could help to boost the number of people who use the site.

Speaking to Tech Crunch Hari Srinivasan, head of identity products at LinkedIn, said: 'We have done research and found that among the senior ranks of our user base, nine out of ten people have said they want to give back.

'P aying it forward is a powerful force.

'All of them received help on the way up and now want to find a way to give that help back to others.' 

LinkedIn previously ran a small scale test of the service last month, according to Fast Company, which forms the basis for the new scheme.

A new private section called 'your dashboard' has been added to profiles of trial users.

LinkedIn has added a new private section called 'your dashboard' to profiles of trial users (bottom left).  Users who sign up to become a mentor or to receive assistance can select from a number of preference options (right)

This contains a 'career advice' tab, where users can sign up to become a mentor or to receive assistance. 

This brings up a screen that allows you to enter information about your region, business sector and educational background. 

A further screen gives you the option to refine you preferences by type of advice you are seeking or able to give, including entrepreneurship, job search and career growth. 

LinkedIn then uses a matching algorithm to make recommendations and you can swipe to see all of the matches.

Once users match, they will then be able to message each other and either will be able to end the interaction if they choose to do so.

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