Lesson 5. Managing and Updating Your Profile

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to update your LinkedIn status and profile, promote your profile on the web, create a profile in another language, 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 may 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 status updates to inform your network about your activities and accomplishments.

Updating Your Status

LinkedIn status updates let you communicate ...

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