it's about linkedin. today marks the first day that linkedin employees can sell their stock since the company went public. that's a lot of wealth creation. shares fell about 6% today. >>> just when you thought the hype was gone, it's back. check it out. >> i need coffee. >> the early bird specials. >> not today. ♪ its black friday, black friday ♪ >> that's the new kohl's black friday commercial. critics wonder if the store made a mistake by friday since the song's claim to fame is how annoying it is. others say it's a pretty clever move. do you like it? >> annoying works sometimes. >>> let's bring in jeff ranieri. this is thanksgiving week. how are we looking, jeff? >> we do have a storm to talk about. have you seen the target ones today? >> is it annoying? >> it's funny. i'm just saying look out for it, but she's back again, that's all i'm going to say. 61 out here in oakland. we did have dry weather, also some sun and a little cloud cover. winds fairly light, northwest at 3 miles per hour, but we'll be

linkedin is your resume.r network engine to socialize with employers who are looking for employees. when you look at linkedin, you set it up as a resume. it can talk about your job history, what you've done in the past, your education. it is a fantastic tool and i encourage all applicants to use it. >> let's take a look at the actual job market itself. you're seeing some hiring. your staffing company. where are folks hiring now a days? >> information technology is number one. that's a demand that there is not enough supply. life sciences and healthcare are second. engineering is a close third. >> the break, we were talking a little bit about starting salaries for information technology. lay that on us. >> information technology basically, $70,000, $80,000 a year coming out of the gate from college. if i had a son going to college, i would encourage him to go into information technology or life sciences arena. >> the salaries tend to top out around what range? >> anywhere from the mid $150s. >> wow. >> there a

. >> reporter: enter two of the bay area biggest names in tech, google and linkedin.hey are pouring new resource sites for veterans. google is using its search technology and a va-backed website to help find veterans job openings. and linkedin has developed a microsite just for veterans complete with job search tips. the company is even offering a free one year subscription to its job seeker site for all veterans. the veterans council of santa clara county says any new way to link veterans with jobs is a huge benefit. >> a lot of fellas are sitting by the wayside especially ones with families. it's no longer that the majority of the fellas in the service are single or so. >> reporter: and mark garcia agrees. >> i think it's a fantastic thing they are doing for the vets. >> reporter: the job resources provided by the both google and linkedin went live on this veterans day. and they are now up and running for all veterans to use. reporting from san jose, i'm mark sayre, cbs 5. >>> for links to those job sites as well as the government site, go to cbssf.com. >>> the pres

linkedin thinks the few tower of business phones is the iphone which is a fairly new concept.t used to be blackberry was the enterprise. forget it. it's iphone. >> one day, long ago, kids, not everyone had phones. >> wow. >>> 6:26. coming up on today in the bay, is the new bay bridge tower safe? a state oversight committee wants to know. >>> san francisco police take down occupiers tents. the main camp still remains. a live report coming up next. >>> it's cold out there. grab a jacket but leave the umbrella at home at least for today. clear start over san jose. when we wake up this time tomorrow, mostly cloudy. your bay area forecast coming up. >>> the commute is kicking in. the south bayew nas a new accident. the san jose ripple effect. i'll show it to you coming up. >> reporter: i'm bob redell: the latest on occupy sf coming up. >> reporter: demonstrators at uc berkeley reoccupy cal. the tents are here and so are the demonstrators, even though the university said no tents and no camping, well, they're here. i'm christie smith. i'll show you what's coming up in a live report.

the person's entire resume and social network all downloaded from linkedin as well.ning a business card turns into pages and pages of information. >> you get the entire history way beyond what's on that card. i think that's the starting point of reinventing the business card by really starting to tell you the person behind the card, the who, the what, the where of that person. >> the app is called card munch. it's available for free but only on iphone. that is interesting. the company says it does plan to roll this thing out to other phones. linkedin clearly thinks the future of business phones belongs to apple, not the blackberry. >> interesting in so many different ways. thank you. >> cool. >> very cool. the time is 5:24. still to come on today in the bay, a woman targeting young kids at their schools to get their gold jewelry. >> reporter: san jose police stumble upon a very elaborate pot growing operation in this family friendly neighborhood. good morning, i'm marla tellez. i'll explain why the homeowner says he had no idea. >>> a cold start will make way to the

99 students from seven public high schools, including mission, ifa, third marshall, washington, linkedin to their first-ever youth summit on friday, october 28 to. i want to thank president mendoza for supporting the use -- the youth. i would like to share with you how we got started area i came to the united states two years ago. when i first came here, i did not speak a lot of english. i had to translate for my parents and i got disconnected from this new life. i did not know where to turn to for help. after i served on the u.s. commission -- on the youth commission, i realize there were a lot of education and political opportunities in san francisco. i hope that i can connect these opportunities to other immigrant youth. i formed the committee with a student advisory council member, with commissioners, and we decided -- we hope to use this summit to connect with these opportunities with the use and raise awareness of our needs with city officials, you guys and the board of supervisors and the mayor, we are going to also present to them we also hope to gather data through interaction w

nearly double of that linkedin. 36% attribute their job to twitter. and 31% say they used all three. >> if people don't know you're searching for a job, how can they help you? >> reporter: an author who wrote me 2.0 encourages people to tweet about their job search and suggest turning to linkedin for free interview research on those interviewing you and to use your connection for an introduction before making a cold call about a job. but brennan warns avoid contacting high level executives. >> you might want to work at microsoft but don't friend bill gates. he is not the one who will get you a job. >> reporter: advice jessica took to heart hoping her next tweet will land her next job. a survey found nearly all hiring managers and recruiters use social media to research job candidates. it could keep from you landing one if you're not using it. julie watts, cbs 5. >>> keeping an eye on the sky because things are changing. >> i have to tell you as we kick-start this rainy season, it's very difficult. computer models are never solid in total agreement wit

twitter and linkedin coming in at about 50%.job recruiters don't like what they see, that could be bad news for you. this one number here, that really hammer that is point home right here. 69% of all employers surveyed said they have actually rejected a candidate for a job because of what they've posted online. meantime, a quarter of respondents said they've never rejected someone because of what they posted. meantime, 5% said they don't use social networking sites at all to screen their employees. right here, this 69%, the most important reasons include lying about your qualifications or posting inappropriate comments or photos. thankfully it's not all about fear. on the bright side, an almost equal number of recruiters, about 68%, said they did hire because of things they saw online, positive personality, truth in job applications and showing off personal creativity. it's not all bad for job seekers, but definitely the potential for damage as you can see is clearly there. >> ramy, another interesting trend behind this. getting

. >> worried about competition from linkedin. it is richly. kim is smart no. >> cool facts.e selling pumping and products. i am liking. >> to coflax. the stock is up 40 percent . buy invidia. video games and they are hot and 16 times the earnings and revenue is up. >> kim, you like this? >> that is a problem. fomany are playing video games i think monster opinion comis better. >> what about monster, dennis. >> to recommend a job finding service when jobs are worse than ever. it is not the right place. >> tough sell. and that

lots of selling of linkedin stock today. it was the first day employees could unload some of their shares since the company went public. that is a lot of potential buying power unleashed. linkedin shares falling by about 3%, and speaking of spending money. two big silicon valley deals went down today. san jose's ebay bought recommendation websites hunch for $80 million. foster city-based gilad sciences spent nearly 11 billion to buy pharm assets which targets hepatitis. there's a new target of viruses. here's why your phone is vulnerable and what you can do about it. >> this is a story about our phones. they are computers that really fit into our hands, pockets or purses. they are powerful, convenient and like all computers they are susceptible to viruses. >> the threat across the platforms, but we don't think about what when we think of our phones. >> reporter: mcafee released a study claiming mobile viruses and hacks are at an all-time hey with android power phones targeted the most. because while we love our portable e-ma

and also linkedin reported its earnings for the latest quarter. it lost $1.6 million.din shares right now are down by 8.5%. as always, we'll see what happens out of europe today. any rumors one way or the other can send the market skyrocketing or falling. it's been exciting hasn't it? it's been the trend. >> too exciting i think. thank you, jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. >>> you may have noticed that the "occupy" movement is playing out different on each side of the bay. all the oakland drama seems to be paying off for san francisco's mayor. phil matier and willie brown are talking politics behind the protests. gentlemen, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. and you know, it is interesting. all the attention has been on oakland especially last night at that city council meeting. did you catch some of the vibe coming out of there? >> i did. larry reid was, you know, quite the guy trying to keep order. and it's difficult when the police chief is testifying and is getting heckled and shouted down. >> it's interesting, i sensed -- i talked to counc

and palo altans have been named the "most ed job to facebook while 40% cited help from linkedin. >>>o alto residents are the motion educated people in california according to the california watch report. nearly 8 in 10 residents 25 and older have at least a bachelor's degree. they also have the highest rates of graduate degree holders almost 50%. statewide only three of 10 have bachelor's and only 11% of people have graduates degrees. >>> hybrid cars may be safer than traditional card according to an insurance industry report released today. the highway loss data institute says that the weight of the hybrid car's battery may explain why it performs better in crashes. the report also says occupants in a hybrid car were 25% less likely to get hurt. >> might have something to do with people that drive hybrids are usually a little -- you know, they try to conserve on gas so they go slower. >> maybe more responsible? >> do you drive a hybrid? >> no. >> okay. >>> new health concerns over the full-body scanners. why some european airports are now banning them. >> and not your everyday polic

according to his linkedin side, after working with a biotech firm, he recently became a motivational speaker and life coach. here is the group that he founded. he said that he is 8 performed computer nerd. today, police say they do not have a motive as to what led travis to bring a loaded weapon to school with his family have recently noticed a change in his behavior. >> he had been acting differently over the past couple of weeks. south >>maureen: police say there is no connection between travis and protesters are holding a rally during the time of the confrontation. >>pam: a union city gang member has been convicted in the attempted murder of a police officer. he fired 10 shots at a fremont police officer, nearly killing him. the jury delivered the verdict today after four days of deliberation. this was the scene in oakland last year shortly after the crime. officer don was serving a search warrant when he was shocked. the suspect was arrested in san diego near the mexican border. he now faces 50 years-white.--50 years-like. >>pam: the city of millbrae is the third city to disband

share's of online social networking site linkedin unhooked today.re than 4.5% on heavy volume. the company is selling more stock, almost doubling the number of shares available to trade, including a big stake from an early investor, private equity firm bain capital. and that's tonight's "market focus." chicago may be known as the city that works, but since the start of the recession, roughly 200,000 jobs have vanished. mayor rahm emanuel is trying to get those lost jobs back and then some. diane eastabrook reports tonight on how emanuel is making some headway against some very strong headwinds. >> we need to make chicago the best place in america to start a business, create jobs, and gain the knowledge and skills to fill the jobs of tomorrow. >> reporter: it's been nearly six months since rahm emanuel made those remarks after being sworn is as chicago's mayor. since that time, the city's gotten commitments from a variety of companies, including motorola and ford, to bring about 8,500 new jobs to the area. emanuel's also attracted new trade shows to

let's face it, groupon has fallen below its november ipo price, and of course, linkedin, whi whilest we saw the ipo price doubling, has also in recent trading sessions seen some of those gains cut, willie, so we'll keep a close eye on this facebook story. back to you. >> hard to believe it's valued at $100 billion, according to the "wall street journal." got to ask you, too, geoff, about fitch, the credit rating agency, giving the united states a negative outlook, keeping the aaa rating, but a negative outlook for our economy. >> yeah, this is interesting, isn't it? fitch is basically saying get your budget in order and we're going to give you until 2013. what they're saying here is that super committee failure now puts pressure on the government, really, to come up with some ways of cutting the deficit here, and if fitch doesn't see anything happen before 2013, that's when they would possibly move officially on the aaa rating. so, at this stage, just a bit of a shot across the bows. >>> one other story to tell you about quickly. this is fascinating. a federal judge stepping in betwe

what we're looking at is all the content you create on facebook, twitter, google plus, linkedin, whereverd understanding how people react when you create that content. so if i talk about what movie i saw, how many of my friends are likely to see that content and go see the movie? if you're talking about the company you're starting, what impact, what ripple effect does that have through social media? >> all right. jeff, i want to bring limb in covering median technology for forbes pap score of 58. i checked. why do we care about this score, first of all. second, how can we use this kind of stuff to define ourselves, to grand ourselves and in business to try to show other people, customers maybe, what kind ever influence you have? >> i think part of the reason we care about the score is we just love keeping score in general. >> we do that. >> i don't know. you're a 58, i'm a 63. i want to the close the gap. >> how are you going to do it? >> hopefully -- >> on twitter, everybody. >> there you go. but i think that when we talk about people putting it on resumes it shows you people are trying

admissions officers, current students, alumni, include college's facebook pages or blogs, twitter, linkedinuette issues that raises in a moment, but first on the flip side of things, how are the colleges using this same technology to entice students? >> well, they're attracting students from all over the u.s. and abroad internationally because they have this open resource of information, so answering students' questions, really creating an online persona. for example johns hopkins has hopkins interactive and it's an aggregate of all their blogs, twitter handles, photos and videos. also schools are using it in the application process itself. for example, tufts university is allowing students to actually submit a youtube video as part of their application. they're also conducting online information sessions and interviews and they're welcoming and socializing, their admitted students through an incoming class facebook page or youtube videos. >> i'm sure folks are wondering is it still worth it to go and visit the campus. can you learn most of what you need to know online. >> well, it is still

linkedin is down to 6%. because there are so many shares coming on to the market. news item, a company called pharmacist for a staggering $11 billion. they are working on drugs to fight hepatitis "c." i wasn't familiar with the company. if you own shares, they will pay you $137. so you are buying lunch. wall street is down better than 200% over the super committee was unable to reach any budget deal that means automatic cuts in the federal budget. it's been so some degree government spending that's been supporting us. so we'll continue to watch that. but that's terrible news from washington. back to you. >> thank you very much, scott. >> time now is a final check of the weather from christina loren. >> good morning to you. not too bad. temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. and more rain on the way. we meet back here tomorrow morning. we'll have a better handle on when the showers arrive at your doorstep. see you then. let's check your drive with mike. >>> a quick look at the east shore freeway westbound from the bridge to the san pablo is really tough. it's sl

yelp's ipo, the popular review site hoping to draw more interest into internet companies such as linkedin and groupon and another similar site angie's list went public yesterday. difference there is that angie's list charges a monthly fee for its reviews whereas yelp is free. angie's list had a good solid debut yesterday shares pulling back a little this morning. europe on the minds of everybody again so that will influence the action today. right now the dow is trying to rebound up 17 points after heavy selling past couple of sessions. the nasdaq is down by 8. and the s&p is down a quarter point. >> all right. jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com thank you. have a good friday. >> reporter: you, too. >>> higher education, taxes, take center stage for the "occupy" movement. cal students facing off against the police this week. and a serious health situation for "occupy sf." that's where we find phil matier and willie brown. does it smell better or look cleaner, phil? >> reporter: yes. as a matter of fact, it does. take the camera over here. come on, mayor. they are trying their bes

. >>> shares in the professional social networking company linkedin are about to flood the market.pany's early backers is selling its entire 3.7 million shares in the company. >>> starbucks is making price changes all across the country. this after a consumer agency catches the coffee giant overcharging. christine romans joins us now with the story. ooh, what's going on? >> it started in massachusetts. "the boston globe" first had this story. massachusetts sort of business regulatory arm found that some of these starbucks were charging more for the half-pound bag of coffee than for the full found bag. for example, a pound of coffee was $11.97. when it was the half pound bag, it wasn't after that, it was half that plus $1.50 surcharge. and a massachusetts regulator said that was a secret surcharge that was not appropriate and actually fined them for five or six different locations. now according to "the globe," starbucks has dropped that surcharge. i'll tell you, here's the takeaway for vigilant consumers. a lot of different products either secretly or not so secretly, the smaller t

i use linkedin for business. jenna: what about twitter?e twitter just a little while ago that i'm going to be on fox news here. you're getting information out. people use facebook. sarah palin is very successful with facebook when you want to get information out and share information. for people to see it they have to join facebook, even though they may not want to. jenna: you see the archives that we're creating whether it's through facebook, twitter or any other social network, it's something that you're not sure how it will affect us in the future. >> i've been warning kids since the 1990s that this has been going on. kids are immature and we have powerful technology. kids will say stupid things. when they say it on facebook and twitter those are being archived. facebook has timeline out now. they'll save all the information for years to come. something you've made as an immature kid is going to come back to haunt you when you go for a job, run for office. jenna: is there a way to get some of that stuff off once it's out there. >> no th

openings have been tagged thanks to a company called simply hired, and companies like monster and linkedinparticipate. so all these three initiatives are up and running right now. just visit whitehouse.gov/vets to find each one and i'm asking these veteran service organizations to spread the word. connecting our veterans to the jobs they deserve isn't just the right thing do for our veterans, it is the right thing to do for america. but there is still more that we can do to encourage businesses to hire veterans. this week congress will have another chance to do the right thing. they'll get to vote on those tax breaks that i proposed back in september for businesses to hire veterans. members of congress will get to say whether or not they think it is a good idea to give companies an incentive, an additional incentive to hire the men and women who have risked their live for our country. when i first proposed this idea, some of you remember, there's this joint session of congress, people stood and applauded on both sides of the aisle when i announced this bill. that was one of the few times b

job option have been tagged thanks to a company called simply hired and companies like monster and linkedin helping. visit white house.gov dash vets. connecting our veterans is the right thing to do for america. there is still more that we can do to encourage businesses to hire veterans. this week congress will have another chance to do the right thing. they'll get to vote on those tax breaks that i proposed back in september for businesses to hire veterans. members of congress will get to say whether or not they think it's a good idea to give companies an incentive, an additional incentive to hire the men and women who have risked their lives for our country. when i first proposed this idea, some of you remember, this is a joint session of congress, people stood and applauded on both sides of the aisle when i announced this bill, that was one of the few times both sides stood up. so when these ideas come up for a vote this week, when the tv cameras aren't necessarily on each of them, i expect both sides of the aisle to stand up for our veterans and vote in the affirmative. there is no good

and the president is saying how we are tied and linkedin to selling stock to europe? i am a bit perplexed. if we are not manufacturing, how are we selling to europe? host: we got this tweet from ashley who writes ba -- our next call comes from rhode island on our line for democrats. michael, you are on "washington journal." caller: i just want to say that i believe that i think we should help people out. but before we do that, we have to go line by line with all of the programs we have and all of the foreign aid that we give and see if it is worth it. we have to whittle down some of the money we are sending out to some of these other countries and other programs that our domestic and foreign. it may get more affordable to help people out. that is all i got to say. host: that is michael in a rhode island on our line for democrats. if we are going to take a break from our discussion regarding to what extent the u.s. should get involved in the euro debt crisis to talk to stefano, a correspondent with reuters, currently in the united kingdom, and he will talk to us about

. >>> shares in the professional social networking company linkedin are about to flood the market. capital, one of the company early backers is selling its entire stake in that company. >>> "american morning" will be right back after this quick break. >>> i've done this for 53 years, and the two hardest moments of my career -- >> his dpcampaign was dela decl doa. can he convince the american people he's fresh at the same time? on this "american morning." >>> and welcome back. it's 30 minutes past the hour. your top story this morning, mike mcqueary, the penn state assistant coach, claims he witnessed jerry sandusky raping a young boy back in 2002. he says in an e-mail he made sure the locker room assault was stopped and then went to police. the e-mail obtained by the allentown morning contradicts mckem mcqueary's reported summary testimony to the grand jury. >>> and in about 30 minutes the occupy wall street protesters should be allowed to return to zuccotti park. that's when the park opens to the public. they were not allowed to spend the night there after a judge upheld this. >>>

openings have been tagged thanks to a company called simply hired and companies like monster and linkedin are helping employers participate. all three of these are up and running right now. visit the white house website to find each one. i'm asking these veterans service organizations to spread the word. connecting veterans to the jobs they deserve is not just the right thing for veterans, it the right thing for america. there's still more we can do we can encourage more businesses to hire veterans. this week, congress will have another chance to do the right thing. they will get to vote on those tax breaks i proposed back in september for businesses to hire veterans. members of congress will get to say whether or not think it's a good idea to give companies an incentive, an additional incentive, to hire the men and women who have risked their lives for our country. when i first proposed this idea, somebody remember the joint session of congress, people stood and applauded on both sides of the aisle when i announced this bill. it was one of the few times both sides stood up. when these id