More LinkedIn About Section

So far in this series about the LinkedIn^TM basics, we’ve learned more about using LinkedIn to draw others to our profile with information on the banner, the picture, and the headline, and the About section.

Now let’s finish this conversation by talking about the smaller sections that still should be considered
important enough to fill in.

Experience: What you’ve done in business, going as far back as you want or need to. Start with the most
recent and give whatever details help you stand out.

Education: Again, whatever details you think are important.

Projects: What you are or have been involved in.

Volunteering: If you’ve helped out at any nonprofit, mention it. That always helps us to stand out!

Recommendations: These are pure gold, especially if you have some current ones mentioning the work you’ve done that you’re looking for.

Honors and Awards: Ones you’ve received, and it’s not bragging if it’s true!

Interests: Outside of work, who or what grabs your attention?

Causes: What causes do you believe in or help with?

You’ll see the pencil at the right top side on each section; click it to be able to create or edit your choices.
Remember: Nothing is written in stone. We can always edit / update our profile as changes occur in our life!

Obviously we can fill these out as we wish, with more or less detail. But it does help to round out our profile, our persona, our humanity. It helps us be seen as a more-complete human, perhaps someone others would like to know / work with / connect with.

Beyond helping you fill out your profile, there are some ideas I’ll share next month about using all this great information to connect with the right folks, use the right tools, and beyond that, use the right language.

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