LinkedIn: ~60% of hires find someone to interview within a week
LinkedIn states that nearly 60% of businesses using LinkedIn Hiring Pro find a candidate to interview within one week.
Snapshot · The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
China Decode: Hong Kong's AI Crackdown, Lululemon’s Marketing Backlash, and World Cup Fever
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Jun 23, 2026
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Sponsor Break: LinkedIn Hiring Pro & SoFi Student Loans
At 18:46 · chapter starts 18:20
LinkedIn Hiring Pro is presented as a tool for small business owners to streamline hiring, from job post to AI-powered initial interviews, with the claim that nearly 60% of users find someone to interview within a week. SoFi follows with a pitch for private student loans covering up to 100% of school-certified costs — tuition, housing, food — at competitive rates with zero fees. Both ads are standard paid integrations.
2.7M small businesses use LinkedIn to hire
LinkedIn reports that 2.7 million small businesses currently use its platform for hiring.
50M+ views on Weibo for Lululemon backlash
The Lululemon Great Wall yoga campaign triggered a nationalist backlash that topped 50 million views on Weibo after a drum in promotional imagery was perceived as Japanese.
Lululemon's Great Wall Disaster: A Japanese Drum at the Wrong Moment
Lululemon staged an ambitious yoga event on the Great Wall to celebrate Chinese culture. It backfired when a drum in the imagery was identified by netizens as a Japanese wadaiko. The brand apologized — but the episode is just the latest in a long string of Western brand disasters in China.
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