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Nicholas Gordon

LinkedIn shuts service in China, lays off employees

A man walks past a sign for Microsoft's Beijing office in 2021. (Credit: Noel Celis—AFP via Getty Images)

LinkedIn is suspending its job application service in China, the last remaining vestige of what was once one of the few successful foreign digital platforms in the country.

On Monday, the Microsoft-owned social media company announced that it would be suspending its InCareer job application service starting Aug. 9. “InCareer faced fierce competition and a challenging macroeconomic climate, which ultimately led us to the decision of discontinuing the service,” the company wrote on Monday. 

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