How much info should you put on your LinkedIn profile?

[SimonMac]

My LinkedIn is pretty much a copy of my CV when it comes to details from each gig, but I am seeing more and more profiles with just a headline job title rather than achievements and outputs etc. Is this the new thing? I am a firm believer of if I want to be found on LinkedIn (as it seems to be the best source of leads recently) the more information the better.

[eek]

My LinkedIn is pretty much a copy of my CV when it comes to details from each gig, but I am seeing more and more profiles with just a headline job title rather than achievements and outputs etc. Is this the new thing? I am a firm believer of if I want to be found on LinkedIn (as it seems to be the best source of leads recently) the more information the better.

Well clearly I'm going against the trend now. I'm adding content and beating agents off with a stick

[SimonMac]

Well clearly I'm going against the trend now. I'm adding content and beating agents off with a stick

You are a mix, last gig has content, everyone else was a one liner

[eek]

You are a mix, last gig has content, everyone else was a one liner

Still in progress. Just trying to work out what content from the CV to add to each gig...

[TheFaQQer]

Why not go to the webinar tonight and see what they talk about?

I did the IPSE one a while back and am slowly trying to find the effort to update my CV and LinkedIn a bit more. My LinkedIn was a copy of my CV (which used to throw me when agents would contact me on LinkedIn and ask if I had a CV) but it's changing a bit now to include different things / different style.

One thing I've started to do more is include separate projects on LinkedIn where you can flag who you worked with and give a project description - probably more relevant if you were the project manager / architect than if you were the tea boy, but it might make a difference.

[SimonMac]

Why not go to the webinar tonight and see what they talk about?

I did the IPSE one a while back and am slowly trying to find the effort to update my CV and LinkedIn a bit more. My LinkedIn was a copy of my CV (which used to throw me when agents would contact me on LinkedIn and ask if I had a CV) but it's changing a bit now to include different things / different style.

One thing I've started to do more is include separate projects on LinkedIn where you can flag who you worked with and give a project description - probably more relevant if you were the project manager / architect than if you were the tea boy, but it might make a difference.

I am signed up to it already

[tractor]

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I can't make it tonight because of a long standing arrangement but I hope the content will be available afterwards. I really would like to see what it's about.

[eek]

I can't make it tonight because of a long standing arrangement but I hope the content will be available afterwards. I really would like to see what it's about.

+1. Ferrying juniors around between 7:15 and 8:00....

[Antman]

Generally, I've gone for bland descriptions because I don't want anything to go contradict what I have in the targetted CVs.

But the project descriptions look interesting.

[northernladuk]

Listening to other contractors their LinkedIn profile are generic so they can be a bit more liberal with the truth on their CVs.