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LinkedIn profile

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

nounCore term

In job interviews & careers, LinkedIn profile means: Your personal page on LinkedIn, the professional networking site, showing your photo, headline, experience, skills and education.

In Turkish: LinkedIn profili

How it is used

Recruiters often look at a candidate's LinkedIn profile before, or even instead of, a CV, and many application forms ask for a profile link. You create, update or complete your profile; the short line under your name is called the headline.

Example sentences

  1. Please include a link to your LinkedIn profile in the application form.

  2. I updated my LinkedIn profile with my new certificate.

Common collocations

  • update your LinkedIn profile
  • complete your LinkedIn profile
  • LinkedIn profile link
  • profile headline
  • connectionA person you are linked to in your professional network, especially someone you have added on LinkedIn.
  • endorsementOn LinkedIn, a quick confirmation by one of your connections that you have a particular skill listed on your profile.
  • Open to WorkA LinkedIn setting and label showing that you are looking for a new job, either privately to recruiters or publicly with a green frame on your photo.
  • networkingMeeting and keeping in contact with people who work in your field, so that you can share information and hear about opportunities.

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