Your LinkedIn Summary is the most important white space on your entire LinkedIn Profile. What you choose to write here can make the difference between professional success or stagnation. I found 3 great examples which demonstrate the art of writing a powerful Summary.
Before I explain why I think the following 3 Summaries are stunningly good, I’ll let you read them first.
The right words can be incredibly effective. Kay, Paul and Mark waste no ink in getting their message across. They all do it in less than 250 words. All 3 end with a CTA (call to action). Endearing, engaging, smart, driven; their personalities leap off the page. I’m particularly impressed with Mark’s list of character statements. Very difficult to pull off, without seeming arrogant or self-absorbed. Yet he manages it. Do these Summaries inspire you? How does your Summary compare?
One Chance – First Impression
The Summary remains one of the most important sections on your LinkedIn Profile. Why? Because it’s the only area on the Profile where you get to define yourself from scratch, with a blank sheet, unencumbered by dates, labels or other text boxes. Because it’s the first thing people read whether they’ve decided to click on your Photo/Headline or if they’ve actively searched on your name. Because it’s personal – it’s where people look to find out what makes you tick. Are you in command of your narrative? Does your Summary do you justice? Or have you just copied & pasted your 5 year old resume as a temporary measure? How long is temporary?
Tell Me Your Story
A Summary is precisely that – a short version of why you do what you do, in your own words. If you can come across as authentic; convince everyone that what you do is also who you are, you’re golden. It’s not enough these days to let your experience speak for itself. You need to be your own Brand Ambassador and you need to ensure that your professional online prospectus is unique, engaging and well written. Write it in the 1st person. Writing a Summary about yourself in the 3rd person is a theatrical gimmick which never worked. It doesn’t make you more polished, it makes you seem aloof, out of touch and stuffy. Your Summary is your chance to not only say what you’re good at, it’s also your opportunity to stand out from the crowd, to differentiate yourself, in a remarkable and memorable way.
Buzz Words Are So 2016
The following words, in this order, were identified as the top 10 most overused LinkedIn Profile Buzz Words in 2016: ’strategic’ ’organizational’ ‘motivated’ ‘driven’ ‘passionate’ ‘track record’ ‘responsible’ ‘extensive experience’ ‘dynamic and ‘creative’. What they all have in common, apart from being ‘tired’, is that they are all what we’d generally expect an employee to be, from time to time. Banish the beige work speak. Lose the lemming language. There are over 1 Million words in the English Language. Plenty of choice.
I Found 4 More Stunningly Good Examples!
It only took me 6 years… but I found another 4 examples of stunningly good LinkedIn summaries, I think you’ll agree that they deserve to be highlighted:
4 Stunningly Good LinkedIn Summaries
Less Is More
We’re all busy. We click, speed read and move on. A summary that is too wordy and uses all 2000 characters just because you can is not going to win you admirers or customers. I want you to show me, the reader, some consideration. Be considerate with time and I’ll reward you with mine. If you knew I had 10 seconds to read your Summary, what would you write? If what you write is interesting, original or makes me ponder – you may have just bought yourself another 10 seconds.
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Very useful! It is always difficult to see yourself as other see you – it’s so easy to fool yourself like getting your hands mixed up when you look in the mirror…
Hi andy totally insightful. i use your article when i created this article https://www.microcreatives.com/general/the-social-media-ad-platforms-cheat-sheet/
Thanks Paula!
Great work. Thank you for sharing. https://goo.gl/TdEtwy
Thank you! I like the way you describe that a summary needs to be a compelling, likeable story of a person. It’s not, after all, a resume. I think if people follow your advice, they will get more quality leads.
I quoted you in my blog article: https://www.thewritingking.com/professional-profiles/
Thank you Richard – for commenting here and for the quote and link in your blog. Much appreciated Sir.
Thank you for the great advice! I gave my LinkedIn profile a make-over with a focus on story vs. a resume dump. I’ll be tracking the views to see if it makes a difference. Thanks so much! Carla
Hi ,
Just changed mine to “Generating New Business , Boosting Sales and everything in between ( Bridging the gap between solar vendors & buyers ) “. I wonder how do you guys find it…
Andy – have you ever had a company ask you to develop some “templates” for use in helping their employees be more excited, less scared, etc. on where to start? Any tips you could offer?
No – I usually work one on one with clients and I offer a customized approach to leveraging LinkedIn. I don’t think templates would be that useful Lauren, everyone has/needs a slightly different strategy to get the most out of the LinkedIn platform.
Andy great article. It was very helpful and got the result immediately after updating my profile.
Just loved Kay’s message – says it all so simply and in a fun down to earth way. Brilliant and inspiring.
Awesome. If only everyone was an English Lit major we’d all shine a little brighter. LOL
It can be difficult for technical folks to write prose, marketing materials and/or editorialize their unique characteristics and professional acumen with such poetic grace. Not many are e-zine contributors or book authors, so putting cold hard facts into lively verse can push about 99% of the population to the limits of their grammatical skill.
Still, it’s easier to replicate a successful pattern than invent one of our own. So thanks for sharing!
Great article and examples.
I went looking for an article about LinkedIn summaries, because it can make the difference between a blah profile and a profile that helps you get to know the person.
They say that a resume is to get you the interview. I think that LinkedIn now acts as a between stage nowadays. Because when someone gets your resume they can look you up on LinkedIn and start to get to know you better, in a more personal way even before the interview.
Thanks!
Hi Andy, Thanks for the great post – an essential must-read for people like myself, setting up my LinkedIn account (scary moment! )
You’re welcome Danielle and thanks 🙂
I thoroughly enjoyed your article and it gave a lot of insight. Even so, I still struggle with obtaining a Headline and how to word my Summary. I have taught physical education for 16 years, then relocated to a new city. I spent this past school year substitute teaching. I have decided that I no longer want to teach, but transition into the corporate world. Being a teacher has afforded me multiple skills. I really need help putting those skills on paper (proper wording) in my LinkedIn Summary. Please advise!! Thank you Andy.
This article gives highly valuable insights into the high art of LinkedIn, even as it inadvertently showcases, and therefore embodies, a failure of the low art. All three profiles cited were dynamic, engaging, creative, fun, etc. But the first two had typos. The second’s damagingly belied “editing” as being among the person’s core strengths. The author should have asked his subjects to fix these “for want of a nail” deal-killing trivialities before posting their screenshots. This is still a great article, but this oversight can give all involved a bonus lesson beyond the text.
Thanks for commenting Eric. Of course none of the featured Summaries are perfect and all of them can be improved. This is after all, the nature of the Summary (and the LinkedIn Profile): it is a living and breathing document which develops and changes with you. If they were perfect, I would have entitled the post “Stunningly Great” instead of “Stunningly Good” 😉
Awesome article Andy – loved it!!
Thanks Nina 🙂
Thanks so much for this. I just built my LinkedIn profile the other day, and this is going to help a lot 🙂
I came to this article, searching for tips on how to improve my summary, and yes, I was inspired. It’s always nice to see some examples, and the three you selected are different enough to help spark that inspiration and come up with an original summary for myself. It took me about two weeks though, between being inspired, and finalizing a summary that was short enough, and was really ME.
On a side note, I was surprised by the amount of blatant plagiarized profiles … especially Mark Lazen’s profile. I personally liked his profile and used it as inspiration, but if you do a search on LinkedIn for “multi-linguist of technology-driven business” you get >250 profiles copying his exact profile, and only tweaking it. “I’d be ambidextrous” leads to >275 profiles, and “I’ve worn many hats in my career” even >900 profiles. Geez people, be inspired, don’t be a copycat.
Thanks Andy for the article, and thanks Mark, Kay, and Paul for the inspiration.
Thanks Lodewijk. Yes, imitation is apparently the sincerest form of flattery and Mark Lazen’s Summary seems to be the most copied. I doubt he feels flattered though. Unfortunately, some people lack inspiration and find it difficult to be original.
Excellent post and such a great article. It prompted me to rework my LinkedIn summary as a top priority.
So thank you for sharing it with us!
Champika
Thanks Champika!
This is such a great article and your words are so true. Transitioning from college to a career can be a scary, difficult thing to do. However, it seems as if so many recent students aren’t letting themselves shine. They are all blending together until they are no longer seen.
While I was developing my resume and cover letter to send out in the world, I was advised to not be boring like everyone else. My professor told me that everyone likes a story, and everyone has a story to be heard. That is some of the best advice I have ever received.
Hello Mr. Foote,
Cream truly does rise to the top… I read your thoughts immediately after my wife told me my summary was not good.(this is mildly stated and not a quote of what she really said) Your link was at the top of the page when I Googled “LinkedIn summary examples”. Although I am not in a glamorous industry (banking), I felt I needed to be a little creative when entering my summary. If you have time to read my summary it would be an honor to receive your insight. Thank you again for writing your thoughts and ideas of how to build a strong summary. I will definitely forward/share you ideas.
I think it could be better Frederick! People hire me for 3 reasons: (1) I’m a great writer (2) I understand professional branding on LinkedIn and (3) I provide a much-needed objective point of view.
Hi Andy,
I was doing the anonymous blog reading thing until your Linkedin view on my profile reminded me how much I appreciated comments when I blogged. So — thank you! Tremendously useful and I’ve been sprucing up my profile already.
Best, Shiuan
Hi Andy,
I came across your post here as it came as a blessing. I was just into the work of rewriting my Profile. Thank you for this excellent writing.
I now have finished also my Profile Summary and would much like your comment on it if you don’t mind.
My LinkedIn profile can be found here: http://ch.linkedin.com/in/50mincoach
Hi Andy,
I’ve decided to approach it in a following minimalistic way:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jirivizdal
Anyway, many thanks for the inspiration and all the best in 2014!
Jiri
Thanks for posting this article – great inspiration to my new summary 🙂
What a great article.
I’ve been struggling, tweaking and re-tweaking my profile on linked in – this has given me the inspiration to completely re-think the whole thing and make it more of pleasure than a chore to read!
Thanks
This is absolutely great. I hope to use some of this ideas in my linkedIn profile. Thanks a lot.
Cheers.
Thanks for finally writing about > 3 Stunningly Good LinkedIn
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this thread just keeps popping up and certainly for good reason. Andy, how about a couple more examples that are different from these? Just to tease us, cajole us and inspire us in case we dont quite identify with these three….pretty please??
by the way I hope Ms Allison has now long since fixed the grammatical error in line 4.
Whats the definition of Stunningly Good? Shouldn’t that appellation be bestowed ONLY on those entries where content AND form are excellent! My college English teacher gave me a B (10 points off) just for such error as we see on line 4. And that was before spell check!
Cheers
Charley Matera
How important do you think it is to be somewhat funny in your summary? I mean, so many people are boring and matter-of-fact when they explain their positions…
Wouldn’t it make more of an impression to be a bit entertaining???
Thanks!
The problem with being “somewhat funny” is that a proportion of your audience will not find what you write in your LinkedIn Summary to be funny at all – that’s the nature of comedy, we each have our own definition of funny. Also, LinkedIn is first and foremost a professional networking site. Treat it like your first week at a new job, you ought to be focused on putting your best foot forward rather than being the joker. There are better ways to make an impression that carry fewer risks imo.
Thank you for the article! Just what I was looking for!
Thank you for a great article. I must say, you inspired me to re-write my Linkedin summery… what do you think?
http://www.linkedin.com/in/beckysocial
Becky
Thanks for the article Andy! As a recruiter, I agree that having a good summary really helps out, and I think most of us could work on improving our profile summary.
The goal is to use Linked In to obtain a career for most people. I liked Paul’s and Mark’s summaries. I really don’t think Kay’s summary is stunning. I can’t tell what she does or has done from reading it. I thought the summary was your 30-second elevator pitch. I should want to look at the rest of the person’s profile from reading that summary. If I am looking for a certain skill set to hire – the summary is key for me to continue reading the rest of the profile.
Actually Elle, LinkedIn is becoming more important to professionals who simply want to present well and look like they’ve got LinkedIn down. It’s not just for folks in transition. I didn’t say that Kay’s Profile was stunning, I said that Kay’s was “Stunningly Good”. All 3 Summaries have improvements they could make as I’ve mentioned before in the comments section. These 3 are great examples of Summaries for the reasons I’ve outlined. It’s obvious to me that Kay is in the consumer branding biz. And yes – the whole point of a Summary is that it propels you down the rest of the Profile to learn more. If it’s boring and fails to engage, people move on rather quickly.
Interesting read – especially interesting to compare a dozen of different LinkedIn expert blogs and to distill the often contrary messages to something I can utilize for my own profile.
I do like Paul’s summary a lot – I can definitely learn from that and will try to update my summary. As for Kay’s, I read it twice and I still don’t know what Kay is doing and why I would want to contact her… maybe it’s a language thing, but then again, you can’t expect your audience to be all native English speakers.
I have worked in Asia and Europe over the past 15 years and I think some fine tuning of the profile and summary depending on the target market’s culture is very important. For example Mark’s profile might be seen ok in NYC, but one needs to recognize that the same wording comes across as arrogant in other regions of the world. Humbleness goes a long way, and that does not mean not to show one’s strengths and accomplishments!
What do you think about this introductory line,
“I have never met a doctor that did not want better patient outcomes!” I bring new medical technology to physicians and patients.
What do you think about putting all the linkedin connect with me at the top of the summary? I did the Greig Wells jobsbefound.com program.
It could do with some work Stacy! Contact me @ linkedinsights@gmail.com with a link to your LinkedIn url and I’ll provide some guidance.
How to improve your linkedin profile with a well written summary. I’m still working on mine… http://t.co/lws2PZSad4
Andy – I’ve never felt so inspired to do right by myself as a ‘brand ambassador’ after reading your article. I just left for a weekend camping trip when I stumbled upon your article, and found myself burning Friday night oil taking a shot at my own summary. Thank you for this amazing, succinct, advice. I feel much more confident with the person who is on my profile 🙂 Cheers.
Very glad to hear this Nikki. It seems this article has inspired many Summary re-writes, which is great. LinkedIn is making all of us think about our brand and professional identity. Progress!
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I love these. All of these Linkedin profile summaries have very friendly tones. I feel like they are specifically talking to me…
Hi Anton,
My feeling is LinkedIn profile summaries should contain some personality to differentiate the person. So many summaries read like a dry resume.
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A definite call to action! Never settle when branding YOU. I’ve got work to do.
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This is good, very, very good. Thanks.
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Hi Andy, this blog is very interesting. However, I am looking for tips about writing an effective summary when you lack strong work experience. I am a job seeker right now, with limited work experience and I’d like to improve my linkedin profile. Do you have any suggestion?
Thank you!!
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I’m just getting started with building my LinkedIn profile in anticipation of a career re-launch in January ’14. I sincerely appreciate the recommendations you’ve provided, excellent advice! I did note however, that both Kay and Paul have a typographic or grammatical error within their respective summaries.
A have signed on to follow you via Twitter.
Right you are, Christine. Thanks for the eagle eye!
Thanks Christine. This blog post is entirely focused on the quality and power of the Summary message. Obviously the goal for all of us is to have a 100% technically correct Summary (no typos/bad grammar), that’s why the title is Stunningly Good (and not “Great”!). I’d also counsel Paul to upgrade his picture to large.
Thanks, Andy!
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Thanks Andy, priceless advice. Even though I’m a communications specialist when its come to writing about ME I’ve always been a bit awkward and embarrassed – tending to write with my eyes closed to avoid the cringe. In the past what I’ve come up with is a hollow description of myself and what I can do, in the banal voice of someone I don’t even know. But now when people read my Summary they are actually hearing me speaking to them. Many thanks.
Thank YOU Christine for taking the time to share. I read your Summary – nicely done!
Really great article, Andy! It inspired me to tweak my Summary and adjust my profile per your suggestions as well. Thanks for the great tips!
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Thanks for the shout out Andy. I wondered why people were suddenly plagiarizing my profile left and right. Flattering, but sheez…
Best to you.
Well deserved Mark. You nailed it and I’m not surprised that folks are copying. We know who’s truly original 🙂
Wow. See what @TweetinSweeting did with his profile summary. Love how he worked in his accomplishments in light fashion, conveying what he can give you. http://ht.ly/jgPp1
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I googled best linkedin summary and 2 out of 3 say do NOT write in first person, “it sounds too pretentious.” While you are the only one to say write in 1st person. i have to agree I feel 1st person grabs the reader and it feels more personal. Thanks for all your suggestions.
Gotta get to work on that summary now!
I’ve seen advice both ways, but plenty of it supporting using first person. This is your opportunity to speak directly to your visitor, to differentiate yourself from the crowd, and to have an immediate impact. I do believe writing in third person sounds pretentious.
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Love this! Thanks for posting, Andy. Might you have any special summary tips for people still in the “entry level” phase of their careers, those who have a lot less experience about which to write?
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One thought… ALL websites, blog posts, profile pages, etc, have an “above the fold” area. The “fold” is the point where you have to scroll to read more. Therefore the most important and eye catching details should be toward the top- and hopefully it’s engaging enough to make people keep reading. The difficult things is that every device has a different “fold” mark… but it’s still there.
Very helpful… Off to re-work mine now… zap the “proven track record”
Great post thanks…I’ve got homework to do.
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Excellent post, it prompted me to rework my LinkedIn summary as a top priority today.
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Thanks. Much appreciated.
Wow. A friend just referred this to me. I’m honored to be used as an example of a strong profile summary..
I loved your no-nonsense approach Paul. Your CTA was warm and inviting. Nicely done, ‘sharper content’ indeed!
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A good and unbiased selection. They are really good, expressive with economy of words.
I too wish that a review of other profile summaries of those who opt for it be also published, so that they know in which areas they can improve.
I am opting for it here and now..
Great stuff here Andy, once again, thanks for demonstrating your hi value on the web! I always look forward to your thoughts.
One comment: You might want to advise Kay that she has a grammatical error in her second paragraph – “…respondents give me their permission me to ask them….”
Does proofing count in grading a Summary as “Stunningly Good”:?
best wishes
charley matera
“…using Conversation by Design to get Real Results…”
Thanks Charley. I saw that and will advise. Hence “Stunningly Good” rather than “Stunningly Great” 😉
🙂
RT @linkedinsights1: 3 Stunningly Good Examples of a #LinkedIn Summary in my latest blog: http://t.co/YFvNuO5e
3 Stunningly Good LinkedIn Profile SUMMARIES | linkedinsights http://t.co/0mvlKoYi via @linkedinsights1
Excellent insight, Andy! Thanks for sharing.
Hoe schrijf je de perfecte #LinkedIn summary, kijk voor voorbeelden op http://t.co/ZjYlpFbZ. Handige tips!
I wish more people would show this level of creativity and insight in their profiles on LinkedIn. http://t.co/RNU5YzuE
Hi
Thanks for publishing this article. I really believe that your LinkedIn profile has to be interesting and must provide an insight into who you really are. Come on everyone let down your hair and lets hear the truth.
It would be really useful if I could source comments on mine uk.linkedin.com/in/russelldalgleish/
ps. can you guess my nationality???
Scottish, or like Russell Peters – canadian indian 🙂
3 Stunningly Good Examples of a #LinkedIn Summary in my latest blog: http://t.co/YFvNuO5e
3 Stunningly Good LinkedIn Profile SUMMARIES | linkedinsights http://t.co/zOBUxL5i via @linkedinsights1
THANKS Donna 🙂