Create a LinkedIn Profile: How to go about it

It's hard to imagine the business world without LinkedIn as a social network. The platform boasts well over 560 million users around the world, making it the largest professional network. If you would like to advance your career, there is often no way around creating a LinkedIn profile.

Create a basic or premium LinkedIn profile?

With LinkedIn, you have the choice between a free basic profile and a paid premium account. In the basic version, you already have many functions at your disposal, such as creating groups, creating a company profile or writing messages with your own contacts. In the premium version, users additionally benefit from targeted searches by job level, function or company size. In addition, as a paid user, you have access to advanced network statistics.

How to create a LinkedIn profile

1. To create a profile, call up LinkedIn's homepage.
2. Click on "Sign up now".
3. Now fill out all mandatory fields and follow the instructions.

A serious profile picture, a concise profile slogan and the personal description are considered by LinkedIn as a figurehead of a user. You should also note the resume, work experience and other skills in the appropriate place of your profile. LinkedIn selbst gibt viele Tipps, wie Sie Ihr Profil erfolgreich einrichten.