Chapter 11
Creating a Powerful Experience
IN THIS CHAPTER
Adding, editing, and removing experiences
Showcasing your career trajectory
Optimizing your experiences for LinkedIn search
Highlighting your accomplishments
A powerful experience on your LinkedIn profile is different from a powerful experience on your resume. People are checking you out on LinkedIn to learn more about you. A powerful experience provides just enough information to compel your reader to want to learn more. For that reason, don’t simply copy and paste your resume experiences into your LinkedIn profile. Instead, tell a story about your experience. In a conversational voice, explain to your reader your roles and responsibilities. Highlight a few accomplishments. Give readers something elevated from what they’d find on your resume.
Unlike your resume, your LinkedIn profile is public, and pretty much anyone can see it. It’s important to be careful when crafting your profile’s experience sections. The information ...
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