How crowd-sourced pay estimates will alter hiring

LinkedIn users applying for jobs on its platform will get an estimated salary on every job notice, thanks to the social media platform’s newly launched Salary Insights tool, driven by crowd-sourced information from its members and employers.

The feature is set to impact Kenya’s job market directly, with the Job Market Report by Trends and Insights for Africa (Tifa) and jobs site BrighterMonday showing that 65 per cent of Kenyan jobseekers now search for jobs online. Of these, 60 per cent use online job platforms, while 23 per cent use LinkedIn.