LinkedIn Profiles: Your Resume is Your Profile
- Never waste your money by having someone write a LinkedIn profile for you.
- Like a resume having the wrong information on an online profile can hurt you.
- Online profiles are used by hiring managers, corp. recruiters, and HR to snoop.
- Do not include a picture, personal details, or dates that may add years and age.
- A link to your profile should never be on your resume or provided to employers.
- Employers must pay LinkedIn a fee to view complete profiles in their database.
- Employers post jobs for resumes and very rarely pay for and search databases.
- Information on your resume and your profile that conflicts will cause problems.
- You should make online public profiles private and not visible to search engines.
- You will only possibly receive headhunter calls as a result of a LinkedIn profile.