{"id":19976,"date":"2017-10-02T08:28:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T13:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/?page_id=19976"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:40:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:40:58","slug":"what-is-a-linkedin-profile","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/linkedin-guide-2\/what-is-a-linkedin-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a LinkedIn profile?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p>In order to use LinkedIn, you will need to create a LinkedIn profile.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>LinkedIn profile<\/strong> is a page that describes your career history and education, and includes other information that you would like to share with employers, recruiters, and other professional connections.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of a LinkedIn profile is to create a positive first impression. Think of your profile as a summary of your \u201cpersonal brand\u201d \u2014 experiences, values, skills, and interests that can give others a sense of who you are and why you are someone they\u2019d like to meet.<\/p>\n<h6>Note<\/h6>\n<p>Your LinkedIn profile should not be the same as your resume. Your profile can be more general \u2014 and more personal.<\/p>\n<p>A strong LinkedIn profile and professional network have the potential to lead to internships, employment, and other opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"cta\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/linkedin-guide\/how-do-you-create-a-linkedin-profile\/\">How do you create a LinkedIn profile?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to use LinkedIn, you will need to create a LinkedIn profile. A LinkedIn profile is a page that describes your career history and education, and includes other information [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8275,"featured_media":0,"parent":17161,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19976","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19976"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41092,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19976\/revisions\/41092"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}