Tom Sorensen | NPAworldwide

5 tips to get your LinkedIn and Resume ready for 2026

You are wrong if you think your LinkedIn profile and Resume are meant to get you a job offer.

The real and only purpose is to get you an interview. The interview leads to the offer. The offer leads to the job. Period.

Your profile is your personal marketing pitch. Treat it that way.

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What we look at first on your LinkedIn

After scanning your photograph and background banner, we check the lines below your name, jump to Experience, then to About.

Continue reading for best practice on these important headers:

Background image

Photograph

Headline

CV or Resume — know the difference

Your CV is a Career Balance Sheet. A long, detailed document that can run five to ten pages. It stays on your computer forever. Never share it. Continue reading.

What upsets recruiters to the point of disqualifying your resume?

Continue reading to get the secrets so you don’t shoot yourself in the foot.

• Format issues
• Content mistakes
• Dealbreakers

Five things to never put in your profiles

The first: Don't put an "objective" … and continue reading to get the other four tips.

Master these details. That's the difference between ignored and interviewed.

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