Is your LinkedIn profile 100% complete? Are you sure?
LinkedIn has recently changed how it determines if a profile is 100% complete.
If you haven't checked your profile recently, you may want to do so (although
you should be visiting at least once a day!) What you thought was complete may
not be. If your profile is not complete, you are not alone. LinkedIn estimates that approximately half of all profiles are complete. That means that around half are not.
According to The Power Formula for LinkedIn Success author Wayne Breitbarth, here is a list that
explains what you need for a 100% complete LinkedIn profile:
First job position:
20%
Confirm first job position: 5%
Describe you current position: 5%
Industry and postal code: 5%
Second job position:
20%
Add 5 skills:
5%
Add your education:
25%
Add a photo: 5%
Add at least 50 connections: 10%
What has changed? Recommendations, a summary and specialties
are no longer required for a 100% completed profile; however, specific skills
and more than 50 first-level connections are now required.
The connections aspect is pretty self-explanatory. The more
quality connections you have, the more networking opportunities that are
available to you. Also, your profile is visible to that many more people who
may have a connection to you.
The other consideration for a complete profile is the addition of skills. Obviously, the more
skills you have listed, the more keywords are tied to your profile. Be sure to
list at least five skills but really, you should list as many as possible.
Again, because these are keywords, more higher the number, the higher you
should rank in a LinkedIn search.
