LESSON 5. Managing and Updating Your Profile

In this lesson, you learn how to update your LinkedIn status and profile, promote your profile on the web, and print and download your profile.

Understanding the Importance of a Current Profile

Keeping your profile current is critical to your success on LinkedIn. Creating your initial profile might be a one-time task, but you need to update it regularly to let others know you’re an active participant on LinkedIn. In addition to updating your actual profile, LinkedIn enables you to post frequent updates to inform your network about your activities and accomplishments.

Understanding LinkedIn Updates

LinkedIn enables you to share important news with other LinkedIn members in text updates of up to 600 ...

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