Knowledge & Growth brings together the intangible motivators centred on becoming better informed and more capable.
This subgroup includes Gaining Industry Knowledge and Up-skilling & Learning. The distinction is useful: one is about understanding what is happening; the other is about improving what you can do.
Gaining Industry Knowledge
If this is your Primary Reason, LinkedIn® can act as a professional information source. Following the right people, companies and subjects can help you keep up with developments, terminology, ideas and industry discussion.
Read: Gaining Industry Knowledge on LinkedIn®
Up-skilling & Learning
Up-skilling is more active. Your LinkedIn® use is serving your professional development by helping you find learning material, new techniques, people to learn from and opportunities to practise or demonstrate new skills.