LinkedIn suggestions help

LinkedIn suggestions are an optional part of each Application Pack. They propose short profile changes aligned with the target role, so a recruiter arriving on your LinkedIn profile from your application sees a story that is consistent with the CV you sent.

What the suggestions draw on

• The Alignment Report for the current project.
• The tailored rewrite (and covering letter) generated for the same role.
• Relevant evidence from your Candidate Profile.

Why LinkedIn copy differs from CV copy

LinkedIn is read differently to a CV. The headline is scanned quickly, the about section is often read in isolation, and experience blurbs sit alongside a public professional presence. Suggestions favour shorter sentences, plain language and less dense phrasing than a CV bullet, while keeping the underlying evidence identical.

How to review the suggestions

1. Read each suggested change against what is currently on your LinkedIn profile.
2. Keep changes that genuinely reflect your work.
3. Reword or discard anything that overreaches or does not sound like you.
4. Update LinkedIn yourself. CareerIbis does not touch your LinkedIn account.

Avoiding duplication

If you are applying for several similar roles, resist the temptation to pile every suggested change on top of the last set. LinkedIn benefits from consistency; a profile rewritten every fortnight starts to look unsettled. Keep the changes that reflect your current direction and leave the rest.

Tone and length

• Shorter is usually better on LinkedIn, especially in the headline and opening lines of the about section.
• Write in your own voice. If your LinkedIn profile sounds nothing like you in person, it is harder to have a natural conversation about it at interview.
• Keep claims proportionate; anything you write here is public.

What you should verify

• Every figure and named client is one you are free to use publicly.
• Job titles and dates match what LinkedIn already shows, or you deliberately want to update them.
• Tone reads like you.
• Nothing implies a scale of work you cannot back up.