Vocations · Professional Development

A profile that says
what you want next.

Recruiters skim a profile in seconds: headline, About, the top of your experience. Paste your headline and About section in, note your skills and recommendations, and work a ten-item checklist. The review counts characters against the limits and flags the usual weak spots: a one-word headline, an About with no numbers, too few skills. Save a review each time you update the profile.

Review your profileWhat you get

Profile reviews

The worked example is made up: three reviews of one student’s profile over two months, from a one-word headline to a finished profile. Saved on this device only.

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What you get

Vocations · Professional DevelopmentFree

What you finish with
A record per review: date, target role, headline and About text, skills and recommendations counts and a ten-item checklist. Counts characters against the 220 and 2,600 limits and words in the About; shows checklist progress across reviews; flags a generic headline, a short or over-long About, no numbers, few skills and no recommendations.
Who it is for
High school and college students, recent graduates, career changers and anyone updating a professional profile for a job search.
Format
Browser checklist with a saved record per review. Prints one review, all of them in a table or a blank checklist; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
Free. No account, no sign-in and nothing to install. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Professional Development space in Caveat Vocations.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Paste in your current headline and About.
  2. Count your skills and recommendations.
  3. Work the ten-item checklist.
  4. Fix what the flags name, starting with the About.
  5. Save a new review after each update.

Review your profile

Professional profiles

Three parts a recruiter reads firstHeadlineWhat you do, a skill ortwo, what you wantUp to 220 charactersAboutTwo short paragraphsOne result with a numberUp to 2,600 charactersExperienceTwo or threeachievements per roleResults, not dutiesThree parts a recruiter reads firstHeadlineWhat you do, a skill or two, what you wantUp to 220 charactersAboutTwo short paragraphsOne result with a numberUp to 2,600 charactersExperienceTwo or three achievements per roleResults, not duties
Write the headline last. It is easier once the About and experience say what the headline should promise.

Nothing leaves this page

This checklist does not connect to LinkedIn or read your profile. You paste the text in, and it stays in this browser. Caveat is not affiliated with LinkedIn.

Achievements, not duties

“Answered phones” is a duty. “Answered 60 calls a day and cut hold times by half” is an achievement. Hiring managers remember the second, and it gives an interviewer something to ask about.

Sources

  1. LinkedIn Help (linkedin.com/help): headline and About section character limits; Open to Work visibility settings; custom public profile URLs.
  2. National Association of Colleges and Employers (naceweb.org): career readiness competencies and how employers screen candidates.
  3. CareerOneStop, U.S. Department of Labor (careeronestop.org): online profiles and networking.
  4. O*NET OnLine (onetonline.org): skills and task language for target occupations.

The worked example is made up. LinkedIn is a trademark of LinkedIn Corporation; Caveat is not affiliated with it. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat or anyone else. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.