Including specific skills on your LinkedIn profile is a great way to showcase your abilities to other members, such as your peers, colleagues, managers, and even recruiters. You can add a maximum of 100 skills to your profile. They're a simple and…

You can select a cover image from the LinkedIn custom image photo gallery that captures your interests or personality. Notes: Learn more Add or change the cover image on your profile To add a cover image from the Add a custom image gallery: To…

Adding a cover image to your profile make your professional story more visually appealing. It also helps you stand out on LinkedIn to recruiters, future employers, prospective clients, and other members.Your cover image appears behind your profile…

Your LinkedIn profile speaks for you. It tells your professional story, comprising your personality, values, and milestones. Adding a cover image to your profile make your professional story more visually appealing. It also helps you stand out on…

You can display up to three website links to your profile. The websites you add will be displayed in the Contact info section of your introduction section. Learn more To add or remove a website from your profile: To add or remove a website from your…

Adding a photograph to your profile helps your current and potential connections recognize you. You can use an illustration, caricature, or other artistic rendering of yourself, but your profile photo must reflect your likeness. If you’re…

You can add an additional name (former name, maiden name, or nickname) on your profile. Note: Public profiles don't display the Additional name field, so searches performed on search engines like Google or Yahoo! using this information will not…

When you create a profile on LinkedIn, a public version of your profile is published to our member directory. Search engines like Google and Yahoo periodically review our member directory for new and updated public profile information to show in…

By default, the introduction section on your profile displays your current position and company as shown in the Experience section of your profile. If you have more than one current position, the one with the most recent start date will be listed…

To better represent career progression and development, positions in your Experience section are grouped if they were held at the same company (they have the same logo and link to the same LinkedIn Page). You can display your career progression…

Recommendations you receive are only visible to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-degree connections when they are signed in to LinkedIn. Your public profile displays the number of people that have recommended you and a maximum of two received recommendations…

You can let nonprofit organizations and your network know that you're open to volunteering. By enabling your Open to Volunteering option on LinkedIn, you'll discover personalized opportunities that match your skills, interests, and preferences. You…

The Who's viewed your profile feature leverages your profile visitor data to display trends and additional insights about the people viewing your profile, such as where your viewers work, their job titles, and industries they work in. Note: Viewer…

If your LinkedIn profile is set to public, it’ll have a link (URL) you can use to share your profile with others. Notes: To find your public profile URL: To find your public profile URL: To find your public profile URL: This URL won't appear if you…

You can find a link to our User Agreement at the bottom of your profile page. The user agreement covers your rights and obligations in accessing and using LinkedIn products and services. If you are a California resident, you may contact the…

You can add multiple email addresses to your LinkedIn account. You can log in to your LinkedIn account using either primary or an additional email address account. We recommend that you add at least one personal address and one work address to…

You can control the visibility of your profile photo. Posting a profile photo is optional, but it helps your connections and others to recognize you. In fact, members with a profile photo receive up to 2X more profile views and 3X more connection…

The following differences exist between Basic (free) and Premium versions of Who's viewed your profile feature: Note: Even if you have a Premium account, you won't see the names of viewers who choose to browse in private mode or private profile…

Your public profile displays a simplified version of your LinkedIn profile. Not all sections of your profile can be displayed publicly. On the Public profile settings page, you'll be able to see and adjust the sections of your profile that can be…

You can set limits on how much information is displayed to LinkedIn members and people who aren’t signed in to LinkedIn by editing your public profile settings. Note: Even if your profile is set to public, people who aren't LinkedIn members may be…

Displaying your professional accomplishments and interests can help to enhance your profile. This could help increase your profile views, which can help you build your network and connect to new opportunities. You can use the Add profile section in…

You can add a link to the introduction section, located at the top of your profile. You can use this to increase visibility for your website, content, upcoming event, etc. Learn more To add a link to the introduction section: To add a link to the…

You can leverage the Featured section on your LinkedIn profile to showcase the best samples of your work, as evidence of your skills and experience. Check out some FAQs to learn more about the Featured section. The Featured section is a new area on…

The profile level meter shows you how complete your profile is. The completeness level of your profile will increase as you add more suggested sections. This helps improve the discoverability of your profile in search results, and to increase…

As a Premium Business subscriber, you can add a custom button to your profile. The custom button will link to the URL of your choice and can be edited or deleted anytime. You can choose to add one of these options as a custom button:Visit my…

A recommendation is a commendation written by a LinkedIn member to recognize your work. You can request recommendations from your 1st-degree connections you work with or have worked with. If a connection writes you a recommendation, you’ll be…

Anyone can follow your public posts and articles. You'll receive a notification whenever someone follows you who isn’t a connection. Important: This feature is currently not available on the LinkedIn mobile app. To view your followers: Note: You…

The About section on your profile is where you can express your mission, motivation, and skills to people who view your profile. Related tasks To update your About section : To update your About section: Edit the introduction section on your profile…

Who's viewed your profile displays your recent profile visitors (subject to their settings). This feature is available to all members but differs for basic and Premium members.  The feature leverages your profile visitor data to display trends and…

If you're a Premium member, you'll have the option to display a gold Linkedin Premium profile badge on your profile to indicate your premium membership. The Premium profile badge will also be displayed next to your name in search results. Note: If…

The Search appearances page details how frequently your profile is listed in search results on LinkedIn. This page also provides  insights about the searchers, such as top companies and job titles, which can be used to show professional…

Profile PhotoAdding a photograph to your profile helps your current and potential connections recognize you. You can use an illustration, caricature, or other artistic rendering of yourself, but your profile photo must reflect your likeness. We may…

Starting on December 14th, 2023, we’ll be removing all profile videos from LinkedIn.

You can create your profile in a language that is different from your default profile. Having multiple language profiles makes it easier for other members and recruiters to find you. You can also change the language of your primary profile. Notes:…

You can add, change, or remove a job, internship or contract position among others in the Experience section on your profile. You can also add different skills to each experience, which will appear under the Skills section as well. …

The Interests section displays Top Voices, Companies, Schools, Newsletters, and Groups that a LinkedIn member is following, subscribed to or joined, as applicable (based on settings). To view a member’s Interests section: Learn more Navigate to the…

The Who's viewed your profile feature leverages your profile visitor data to display trends and additional insights about the people viewing your profile (last 90 days), such as where your viewers work, their job titles, and industries they work in…

As part of our new desktop experience, the following Premium search filters are now only available in our LinkedIn Recruiter and Sales Navigator offerings. Learn more Years of Experience Function Seniority Level Company Size When Joined Use Boolean…

When you add education experience to your profile, you can associate your school's University Page if they have one. If you're unable to associate your school's page, there might be a few reasons.  See below for possible issues you might…

There are three ways we show information on Who's Viewed Your Profile. Based on the profile viewer's privacy settings, you'll see one of these: You can control who can see if you’ve viewed their profile by updating your profile viewing options from…

Licenses & certifications are a great way to showcase your knowledge and professional achievements on your LinkedIn profile. Notes: Learn more If you've never added a certification, you'll first want to add a Licenses and certifications section…

You can create your public profile URL on LinkedIn. Having a custom public profile URL will help other members and recruiters identify your profile easily and connect with you. Custom public profile URLs are available on a first come, first…

The Featured section allows you to showcase samples of your work to people who view your LinkedIn profile. This is a great way to provide evidence of your skills and experience. You can feature your best work samples, such as: To protect…

You can enhance your profile by displaying media samples on your profile. The following file formats are supported: Adobe PDF (.pdf) Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt/.pptx) Microsoft Word (.doc/.docx) .jpg/.jpeg .png .gif – this doesn’t support animation…

You can earn one of two versions of Top Voices badge on your profile, either as part of the LinkedIn Top Voices or the Community Top Voices programs. You can show or hide the Top Voice Badge that is shown on your profile. Learn more To show or hide…

You can add Honors & awards to showcase your expertise in a particular field and professional achievements from the introduction section on your LinkedIn profile. Learn more If you've never added an honor or award, you'll first want to add an…

The introduction section is the topmost section of your profile, and it’s the first thing members see when they visit your profile. Use this section to introduce yourself, and to highlight things you want people to know at a glance. You can edit any…

You can control who sees your birthday information, as well as who receives notifications about your birthday on LinkedIn from the Contact info section of your introduction section on your profile. Note: We currently don’t offer privacy controls for…

Adding a profile photo increases the credibility of your profile as it allows people to see who you are when you send invitations to connect. You can add, change, edit, or delete your LinkedIn profile photo at any time from the introduction section…

You can edit individual sections of your LinkedIn profile to best reflect your professional experience. Learn more To edit sections on your profile: To edit sections on your profile: To edit sections on your profile: Accept or dismiss…

You can view your posts or another LinkedIn member’s posts, articles, and profile activity from the Activity section of the profile page. However, if you don’t see any activity in the Activity section of a member’s profile, the member may have set…

Note: Currently, this feature is only available on a desktop computer. Remember Me is an alternative sign-in method that allows you to sign in to LinkedIn on trusted browsers without having to re-enter your username. It makes accessing LinkedIn more…

By default, you can view a profile in the language you’re using on LinkedIn. However, if the profile you’re viewing isn’t displayed in that language, you’ll see the profile in the language the member used during setup. You can also choose to view a…

You can choose which type of content shows by default as your recent activity, on your profile. Members who visit your profile will first see the type of content you've selected to show, with the option to view other types of content in the All…

If you don't see changes you've recently made to your profile, or if you or your connections see outdated information, it could be that you're viewing a profile that you created in another language. Any updates made to your primary profile must also…