Your LinkedIn Profile Is Your New CV: 10 Fixes for IT Professionals

Our network on LinkedIn is over 220,000 people, and we search it every day. Here is a secret: many great candidates are almost invisible because of a few easy-to-fix profile issues. 🔍

10 quick fixes

1. Headline with keywords: “Senior Data Engineer | Databricks | Azure | Python” beats “Passionate problem solver”
2. Location set correctly: recruiters filter by city
3. Open to Work settings: you can show it to recruiters only, if you prefer
4. A professional photo: good lighting, plain background, actual you (not the wedding crop)
5. An About section in plain English: what you do, what you are good at and what you want next
6. Experience with achievements: a few bullet points per role, with numbers
7. Skills that match your target roles: pin your top three
8. Certifications listed with dates
9. Recommendations: two or three from managers or clients go a long way
10. Consistency with your CV: dates and titles should match

Bonus tips

• Post or comment occasionally on topics in your field. You do not need to become an influencer.
• Reply to recruiter messages, even with “not right now”. It keeps the door open.
• Check your contract and permanent preferences so you get the right kind of roles.

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