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14 Terrible LinkedIn Mistakes You're Making
By Alyson Shontell | Business Insider – Thu, Sep 6, 2012 11:33 AM EDT

There are some things you just shouldn't do on LinkedIn.

Kim Brown is an assistant director for Syracuse University's Career Services department. She spends a good portion of her day looking over LinkedIn profiles for job seekers and students. She makes sure candidates are putting their best feet forward on LinkedIn.

Here are the most common mistakes Brown sees job seekers make on LinkedIn.

1. Your profile is full of typos
Brown says she's seen people spell a lot of things wrong on LinkedIn. She's seen typos in company names, job titles, and even in the user's name.

Unfortunately, LinkedIn doesn't have a built-in spell checker. But your Web browser might. Safari, Chrome, and Firefox underline misspellings in red. Bottom line, whatever you use: Be as careful on LinkedIn as you would be with a paper resume.

To read the entire article:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/14-terrible-linkedin-mistakes-you-re-making.html?page=1

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