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Sarah McGrath shared thisAs a self-proclaimed Spotify super-user (ask me how many hours of music/podcasts I listened to in 2025), I now have an entirely separate appreciation for the company as someone who spends a huge part of their day-to-day thinking about how to tell stories with data. It was a great surprise to log in to my account this week and discover a curated playlist of my top songs of all time — plus a disco ball icon update for the app and a hub of associated reporting on their 20th anniversary (https://lnkd.in/eETurfXE). When it comes to data storytelling, Spotify gets an A+ in my book! Curious what other examples come to mind of companies who get it right?
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Sarah McGrath reposted thisSarah McGrath reposted thisIf your company still runs like it did 10 years ago, you’ve got a problem. Back then, the rules were simple: Show up. Get the degree. Climb the ladder. Stay put. That version of work has changed. Today, it's all about dynamic, non-linear career paths shaped by skills and adaptability. And it plays out in the data, too: 💡 ~60% of applications now go to remote or hybrid roles 💡 Only 41% of professionals say a degree is necessary 💡 Workers today will hold 2x more jobs over their careers compared to a decade ago After 10 years of analyzing Top Companies, it’s clear that employers are adapting: hiring for experience and capabilities over credentials alone, investing in internal mobility and rethinking employees’ skills and flexibility for the long haul. So what makes a Top Company in 2026? The ones that aren’t holding on to how work used to be — but building for how professionals want to work now. Check out our full list of Top Companies: https://lnkd.in/USTopCompanies26. #LinkedInTopCompaniesWhat 10 years of Top Companies tells us about workWhat 10 years of Top Companies tells us about work
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Sarah McGrath reposted thisSarah McGrath reposted thisThe 2026 LinkedIn Top Companies list is out. This officially marks the 10th anniversary of our annual data-backed ranking of the 50 best workplaces to grow your career in the U.S. No matter where you are in your professional journey, this list is a resource to identify the companies setting their employees up for long-term career success. Check out who made the cut and seamlessly explore open roles, who you’re connected to at each company and more. See who made this year’s list and join the conversation below: What matters most to you when it comes to career growth today — and how has that shifted over the past decade? #LinkedInTopCompaniesLinkedIn Top Companies 2026: The 50 best employers to grow your career in the U.S.LinkedIn Top Companies 2026: The 50 best employers to grow your career in the U.S.
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Sarah McGrath reposted thisSarah McGrath reposted this'26 is looking like a tough job market: Steady but stagnant is probably the best way to put it. There are opportunities and growth, but it's uneven, with only certain sectors and roles growing. I was on the Today Show this morning unveiling our annual Jobs on the Rise list, which is designed to help everyone understand where the market is going — in good times and bad. Here’s what job seekers should know this year: 1️⃣ The AI boom is extending beyond technical roles. Artificial Intelligence Engineers rank #1 on nearly every global list. Go deeper into JoTR and you start seeing how AI is growing roles in strategy, opps, real estate and planning: from hands-on roles like Datacenter Technicians and Prompt Engineers, to leadership titles like Directors of Artificial Intelligence and AI Strategists. We’re also seeing AI move deeper into fields like finance and hiring – a signal that AI skills are quickly becoming foundational. 2️⃣ More people are betting on themselves. For the first time, Founders and Entrepreneurs appear on our list, with “founder” titles up 69% in the U.S. over the last year (and nearly 3x since 2022). In a stagnant market, more professionals are choosing to build instead of wait. 3️⃣ Growth-driving roles stay resilient. Sales and revenue jobs show up on half of the lists, from Advertising Sales Specialists to Chief Sales Officers. When companies are under pressure, roles tied directly to growth and ROI continue to matter. The big takeaway: Opportunity hasn’t disappeared, but it’s shifting fast. The people best positioned for what’s next are staying curious, building new skills and open to change. Check out the full list here: https://lnkd.in/dt8cdskk #JobsOnTheRise
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Sarah McGrath shared thisLast week, we launched our ninth-annual (and my second-annual 🙂) Top Startups list campaign, and it's one of my favorite projects each year. What other company ranking could have an AI search engine (Perplexity) and healthier mac and cheese (GOODLES) on the same list?! Like with all our lists, the ranking is based entirely on our own LinkedIn data evaluating different elements of growth and demand. You can check out the full U.S. list here: https://lnkd.in/USTopStartups25. Something that stuck out to me from digging into the data this year was the specificity of the solutions these companies are pioneering. Especially today, when access to information, tools and technology is at an all-time high, it was a reminder that a focused approach to a specific problem or process is sometimes the most successful. Thank you to the team that makes these campaigns possible — and makes them fun, too 🎉 Juliette (Faraut) Bell Ashley (Peterson) Botarelli Siobhan Morrin Alejandra Budar Melissa Torres Katherine O'HaraLinkedIn Top Startups 2025: The 50 U.S. companies on the riseLinkedIn Top Startups 2025: The 50 U.S. companies on the rise
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Sarah McGrath reposted thisSarah McGrath reposted thisThis college dorm food favorite just landed on LinkedIn’s 2025 Top Startups list. GOODLES secured its spot by doing what great startups do best: finding opportunity in the obvious. Its founders took the nostalgic staple of boxed mac and cheese and rebuilt it for today’s wellness generation — more protein, more fiber and buzzy branding. That spirit of innovation is what defines this year’s list of Top Startups. Our data-backed methodology surfaces the emerging companies that are growing quickly and attracting top talent, all while proving that rapid scale doesn’t always require total reinvention. From RYZE's superfood coffee to David protein bars, these founders’ ingenuity allowed them to spot what’s timeless and engineer it for how we live now. Weigh in below: What opportunities for innovation do you see in your own industry? Check out the full list of LinkedIn’s Top Startups here: https://lnkd.in/USTopStartups25.How a bowl of mac & cheese landed on our Top Startups listHow a bowl of mac & cheese landed on our Top Startups list
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Sarah McGrath shared thisComing off an exciting week of launching our first-ever college ranking — surfacing the U.S. colleges that best set their graduates up for long-term career success. This list is the result of months of thoughtful work with Caroline Liongosari, Sharat Raghavan, Ashley (Peterson) Botarelli, Juliette Faraut, Gianna Prudente, McKinley Strother on how to best measure alumni outcomes with our own LinkedIn data. 🎓 You can see the full U.S. list here: https://lnkd.in/TopColleges25. As part of the campaign, we asked people to share their best advice for college students, so here’s mine: Shoot your shot. The summer before my senior year at Northwestern University Medill School, I spent some time doing any college student’s dream summer activity: parsing through my school’s alumni database and cold emailing people who I thought had interesting jobs. One of those emails went to Juliette Faraut — and about a year after our informal coffee chat, a role opened on her team that ended up becoming mine. I could have never imagined that firing off those emails would lead me to Linkedin News and to all of the interesting, motivated people I feel lucky to work with every day. But that's the best part: I had nothing to lose and everything to gain from just one email. The worst you can get is a no 🙂LinkedIn Top Colleges 2025: The 50 best colleges for long-term career success in the U.S.LinkedIn Top Colleges 2025: The 50 best colleges for long-term career success in the U.S.
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Sarah McGrath posted thisWhat matters most to you when it comes to career growth? The answer to that question is different for every professional (in fact, you can see some of my teammates' answers in this video: https://lnkd.in/ghGqrfNG!). For some, it might be internal mobility and a clear path to promotions; for others, ample opportunities to learn new skills might be the top priority. Our annual list of Top Companies uses LinkedIn data to tell that story for members, ranking the best workplaces for long-term career growth based on eight elements of career progression. It's our biggest launch of the year, and I love seeing the excitement from featured companies and their employees about their recognition. Alphabet Inc., Amazon and Wells Fargo took the top three spots in the U.S. ranking this year. I encourage you to check out the full list to see what other employers made the cut, as well as the skills they're prioritizing, open jobs at each company and more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/USTopCompanies25.
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Sarah McGrath reposted thisSarah McGrath reposted thisIt’s a tough job market out there. Competition is stiff, more than half of U.S. workers plan to look for a new gig in 2025, and AI is quickly changing how we do our jobs. To help people upskill and adapt, we just released our first Skills on the Rise list in 8 markets — looking at the fastest-growing skills that people should invest in and companies are hiring for. Top takeaways… 🤖 No surprise here, Artificial Intelligence is showing up strong. Being able to understand and work with AI is moving from a “nice to have” to a “must have” at work. This doesn’t mean you need to be a coder — it’s figuring out how to use tools like CoPilot or ChatGPT in your day to day job. 👥…yet human skills are more important than ever. Things like Conflict Mitigation, Adaptability, Public Speaking and Innovative Thinking will continue to be necessary for navigating change and working well with others. I joined our friends at The TODAY Show (https://lnkd.in/gS-S-aR2) this morning to work on #6 (Public Speaking) this morning! If you want to brush up on the skills you already have or learn new ones, we’ve unlocked free LinkedIn Learning courses for every skill on our list for the next month. Be sure you’re adding them to your LinkedIn profile and resume — and most importantly, come prepared to talk about how you put these skills into practice in your next interview. Anything on here surprise you? Let me know which ones you’re planning to level up on this year! 💡 #SkillsOnTheRise Check out the global lists below: 🇺🇸 U.S.: https://lnkd.in/SkillsontheRise25US 🇦🇺 Australia: https://lnkd.in/SkillsontheRise25AU 🇧🇷 Brazil: https://lnkd.in/SkillsontheRise25BR 🇫🇷 France: https://lnkd.in/SkillsOnTheRise25FR 🇩🇪 Germany: https://lnkd.in/SkillsontheRise25DE 🇮🇳 India: https://lnkd.in/SkillsontheRise25IN 🇪🇸 Spain: https://lnkd.in/SkillsontheRise25ES 🇬🇧 UK: https://lnkd.in/SkillsontheRise25UK
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Sarah McGrath liked thisSarah McGrath liked thisWhen the groupchat makes it to…LONDON 🇬🇧 featuring a pit stop at the LinkedIn offices to see all of our favs. Smiling ear to ear every day here, a literal dream trip come true.
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Sarah McGrath reacted on thisSarah McGrath reacted on this2 year anniversary at LinkedIn today 💙 🎉 ....I’m NOT going list my favorite projects or partner integrations launched, even though I’m really proud of it allllll. Instead, calling out FUN / core memories that made these first two years so good that when people ask “how’s work?” I genuinely say, “awesome.” These in-between (and after) work moments are why: 🎨 A Ferris Bueller’s Day Off photo in the art gallery with my faves 🍻 Parking lot beers meetup with the OG #1 BD chief, best boss/friend, and dopest teammate 🌙 Middle-of-the-road pictures in the dead of night w/ the best in Sunnyvale (so around 10pm) 🕶️ Asking if my blinking Meta glasses were distracting on a Teams call while in the middle of real real chat w/ my homies 🧀 Late-night bar hopping + pizza + nachos with the my NYC first round draft picks 📸 Photo booth moments with top notch creators, teammates, and partners 😴 Eye masks on the plane with my work bestie. Yes, I voluntarily sat middle seat so we could be next to each other. 🎾 A padel networking event w/ all-around all-star where we said we’d start playing every week and have not played since ⛴️ A $9 NY Waterway “partner boat cruise” with the one and only 👯♀️ My kids visiting the office and, aside from loving the Empire State Bldg, being most impressed by the ping pong table, free food + hot chocolate 🏀 Spending the entire offsite budget on a Knicks game because it’s criminal to have teammates fly across the world and not go to MSG. AHHHHhhhhhh go Knicks. 📹 First viral LinkedIn video with my #1 vibes co-producer 🎵 Field trip to visit very cool partners and their very cool office 🪩 Team dance parties at Joyface, a place that very much lives up to its name Grateful for the PEOPLE that made these 2 years fly. Excited for the next ✌.
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Sarah McGrath liked thisSarah McGrath liked thisSeeing several graduation posts reminds me that LinkedIn is uniquely intergenerational. Can't think of another app where parents welcome their kids to the platform and the kids happily accept!
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Sarah McGrath reacted on thisSarah McGrath reacted on thisI joined LinkedIn 8 years ago today! When I first walked into the office, I had no idea what awaited me: a new career trajectory, incredible colleagues, challenges, friends, personal and professional growth and so much more. To those of you who have followed me or my newsletters, I can’t thank you enough. I, truly, enjoy getting to know you and interact with you each day. Hopefully, I’ve helped some of you along the way because you’ve helped me. Now, back to work.
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Sarah McGrath liked thisSarah McGrath liked thisToday, the Trump Accounts app launches nationwide—an important step in expanding access to long-term investing for more American families. BNY is proud to be working alongside the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Robinhood and National Design Studio to create a simpler, more accessible path for families to begin building long-term financial security from day one. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ei-HyHPw
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Sarah McGrath liked thisSarah McGrath liked thisHello, LinkedIn! 👋 Back in the 1960s, I made a choice that changed my life: I left college to chase a dream of becoming the number 1 tennis player in the world. It wasn't easy, but I knew in my gut that if I were going to make a difference in this world, it was the path I had to take. Decades later, I went back to finish what I started - I have graduated from Cal State LA. My degree is in history, and that's no accident. I believe with my whole heart that knowing your history is one of the biggest keys to success. You can't see where you're going, if you don't understand where you've been. The people who came before us, like some of my heroes and sheroes (Althea Gibson, Senator Birch Bayh, Suzanne Lenglen, Coretta Scott King, and Alice Marble, just to name a few), shaped the ground we stand on today. So this is me saying hello, and also saying thank you to every teacher, mentor, family member, and friend who reminded me that learning never has an expiration date. My name is Billie Jean King, I'm 82 years old, I'm a recent college graduate, and I'm just getting started! #PressureIsAPrivilege #KnowYourHistory #keeplearning #lifelonglearner
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Sarah McGrath liked thisSarah McGrath liked thisOne of my favorite things about traveling the world is simply walking through cities. It’s one of the best ways to truly experience a place, the energy, the people, and all the little moments you’d otherwise miss. Recently, I took a walk through Central Park with Shelby Wagers from our Creator Team in NYC. Between the trees and the joggers, we talked about something I’ve been reflecting on a lot lately: why I love my job. The answer is simple. What we do at Expedia Group is about so much more than booking flights and hotels. We help people create memories they’ll carry with them forever: family reunions, first trips abroad, honeymoons, bucket-list adventures, or taking that solo trip they’ve always talked about. At the end of the day, our purpose is simple: to help people explore the world, one journey at a time. And one of the parts I value most is getting to connect with amazing people across our company and with our partners who are passionate about creating those experiences for travelers every single day. Stay tuned for more walks, more conversations, and more of the people and places that bring this to life.
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Sarah McGrath reacted on thisSarah McGrath reacted on thisI did a thing last week and had the opportunity to speak at the Latinas in Tech Summit 2026 about agents and agentic workflows. The response from la comunidad has been incredible. I’ve received so many thoughtful messages about the presentation, but especially about the slide where I compared agentic workflows to making tamales during the holidays with family 😅🫔 It was such a pleasure to help demystify technical concepts and make them feel relatable, familiar, and accessible. Spaces like these remind me how powerful storytelling can be and how much stronger our community becomes when we share our knowledge, experiences, and perspectives with one another.
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