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LinkedIn Indonesia hits their one millionth professional member, months after launching their Bahasa Indonesia language offering in December 2011.

LinkedIn announced today that they have surpassed the one million professional member milestone in Indonesia. The world’s largest professional network with more than 150 million members worldwide and over 25 million members in Asia Pacific made the announcement following the launch of LinkedIn’s Bahasa Indonesia language offering in December 2011.

Since the launch of the local language site, the number of LinkedIn groups in Bahasa Indonesia has doubled to over 700 groups. The launch was part of LinkedIn’s ongoing commitment to improving the user experience so that professionals can leverage LinkedIn for the career advancement globally.

In a press release, LinkedIn’s managing director in charge of Australia, New Zealand and Southeast asia said, “Indonesia is an important market for us where we see a huge potential for growth. Two months after the launch of the local language site, this is a significant milestone for us that demonstrate that professionals in Indonesia are interested in building their online brand on LinkedIn.”

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Below are some interesting statistics about LinkedIn membership in Indonesia:

• The top three  largest industry sectors with the fastest growing LinkedIn membership are: Oil and Energy,Telecommunications and, IT & Services.
• The three companies in Indonesia with the most employees on LinkedIn are: Ayatama Energi Trisco Nusantara, Bank Internasional Indonesia and Telkomsel
• The top three last names of LinkedIn professionals in Indonesia are Setiawan, Kurniawan and Gunawan