Awesome LinkedIn Summary: Michelle Schmidt
June 19th, 2012 | by Jason Alba |Want to be inspired by an awesome LinkedIn Summary? Check out what Michelle Schmidt, from the Indianapolis area, did: Michelle Schmidt on LinkedIn.
It’s brilliant for a number of reasons:
- It is long: 1,952 characters. I tell people to get as close to 2k characters as possible… Michelle did this.
- She doesn’t list all the reasons why she’s a great resume writer (attention to detail, etc.). She says she is qualified to write resumes because… well, in her own words: “I know how my clients feel because I HAVE BEEN THERE. I have been in corporate America, shuffled in mindlessly from the garage, and felt the stress of possible job loss.”
- It is engaging. Michelle’s voice is casual, personable, and engaging. She tells the story. By the time I’m done reading it I feel like we can be friends, she can understand my situation, and we agree with things (see her last line).
Do this on your LinkedIn Summary. It’s awesome.
4 Responses to “Awesome LinkedIn Summary: Michelle Schmidt”
By Mark Cummuta on Jun 19, 2012 | Reply
Jason,
Excellent points! Your summary needs to be engaging and touch your potential clients/employers for what you feel are the key elements of what they need. But it also has to be in YOUR voice!
Guess I’ll have to re-review mine now, too! Thanks Jason, and great job Michelle!
By Michelle Schmidt on Jun 19, 2012 | Reply
Thank you, Jason! Coming from you I am quite flattered!
I sat down one Sunday morning and wrote from the heart. It was how I felt, and I knew I couldn’t be the ONLY one to have a SEE (significant emotional event!!)….so I wrote about it in my profile. I wrote it in approx. 20 minutes - the words just flowed out.
My advice….use your SEE to relate to others - we have all been there at one time or another so why not help someone else?
Ahhhhh….LinkedIn therapy. I feel better already!
By R Pasionek on Jun 19, 2012 | Reply
Michelle’s linkedin summary was very personable.
By Marti Benjamin on Jun 20, 2012 | Reply
Michelle’s summary reads “from the heart.” I too felt a personal connection and I immediately identified with the anti-shuffling idea. Great job, Michelle and thanks for pointing me to this summary, Jason.