‘A refreshing place’ | HR on Bluesky: Why are people pros flocking to social media's hottest new platform?

Step aside, LinkedIn.

Your days of professional humble brags, crying CEO videos, and cringe-inducing sales pitches barely masked as inspirational quotes are numbered. There’s a new sheriff in town that goes by the name of Bluesky and it’s proving to be a hit with HR professionals.

Ok, ditching the tried and trusted social media platform right away would be too quick on the draw (last cowboy metaphor, I promise). LinkedIn will remain the platform of choice for networking, business-related news, and recruitment for the foreseeable future, so hold your horses (sorry) on deleting your account right away.

Besides, if Bluesky is to usurp any social media platform, it’s been widely touted as a replacement for X, the artist formerly known as Twitter. Apparently AI slop, toxic feuds, and endless bot replies just aren’t that fun, anymore. Who’d have thought?