Make your linkedIn profile better | Reviewing Your LinkedIn profile live stream by Siddharth Dayalwal

[jai-dewani]

Link to the live stream -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrrTA-UiRaY

Linked's mission -> Connect the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful
Linked's vision -> Create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce

There are some of the tips that Siddharth shared, with some personal opinions sprinkled in

• Have a proper photo on your profile, keep it above the abdominal region, and made sure your face is well lit

• Make sure you have added a recorded pronunciation of your name

• Add your industry

• Show that you are open to work (if you are)

• Add a good about me. It's your elevator pitch, add your achievements and things you enjoy working on and how or why people should people contact you.

• Add your featured content so people know what you are proud of, your portfolio, or a post you made.

• Definatly add a description for all your experiences, it helps others understand what you did (because fullstack developer is a very vast role and you can't do everything in a two month internship, so showcase what you did do) so they can reach out to you more confidently

• Add volunteer experience, to showcase that you do things outside your job or work as well.

• Add at least your top 5 skills and 10 is a good number to start with.

• Have recommendations, ask your managers, senior team members to recommend you after you have worked with them.

Points that came up while reviewing other profiles

• If you are a community member, add that to your volunteer experience and not in work experience.
• Have more nouns on your bio than verbs
• Don't make your about section too big, have a max of 2-3 paragraphs and around 100 works should be enough
• Add a specific skill instead of just programming

[eddiejaoude]

Thanks @jai-dewani for documenting 💥