[jordanb]

Might LinkedIn's business be counter-cyclical?

People are going to be 'networking' most intensely when they don't have a job or are worried about their current job. If there are fewer people looking for a job and those people get pulled out of the market more quickly, there's less money to be made from them.

[dirtyaura]

LinkedIn is not likely to make money out of job seekers. Their fastest growing income stream is LinkedIn Corporation Solutions. I'd assume that headhunting is harder during good times, thus I think they are more cyclical than counter-cyclical.

[pbreit]

No. It's a-cyclical...even better.