Chapter 3

Completing Your Profile

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Crafting your summary information

check Updating your contact settings

check Adding a position to your profile

check Including your education information

check Customizing your public profile settings

After you register with LinkedIn and work to build your network by looking outward, it’s time to look inward by focusing on your profile. Think of your LinkedIn profile as your personal home page to the professional world: This profile exists to give anyone a complete picture of your background, qualifications, and skills as well as paint a picture of who you are beyond the numbers and bullet points.

In this chapter, I walk you through all the different sections of your profile and explain how to update them and add the right information in a concise and appealing manner. I take you through adding information at each stage so you can update your profile now or down the road (say, when you finish that amazing project or get that spiffy promotion you’ve been working ...

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