Review and update your LinkedIn profile using professional sources

Last updated: 3 weeks ago

The professional sources dashboard includes professionally relevant information identified from trusted external platforms, and LinkedIn automatically associates this with your account based on information you’ve provided to LinkedIn. While these professional sources are not visible to others by default, you can use the professional sources to easily update your profile, thereby making these accomplishments viewable to others.  

Before you begin:

  • To have access to the dashboard, LinkedIn must have identified a potential match from a trusted platform. 
  • You’ll be notified each time a new professional source is identified through email or in-product notifications. 
  • Based on information you’ve provided on LinkedIn, LinkedIn identifies professionally relevant information about you from trusted platforms. 

Once the sources are connected to your LinkedIn account, you can also choose to update relevant sections of your profile by taking the following steps: 

  1. Access the professional sources notification within the product or refer to the email sent to your LinkedIn-registered address. 

  2. Tap Add to profile.

  3. Review the suggested sources on the Add projects <source name> that you would like on your profile screen.

  4. Select the sources you want to add.

  5. Tap Add to profile. 

    Important to know

    The source will be displayed to others in the relevant section of your profile, according to the content type.

  6. You can remove the information at any time by selecting edit profile. Even if you remove it from your profile, the source will be available in your professional sources dashboard to continue improving recommendations to you and others.  

Notes

  • Updating your profile with professional sources allows others to see your accomplishments in the relevant profile section. 

  • The information shown is pulled directly from the external source platform to maintain accuracy. It is not editable when you initially add it, so you can choose to either edit it after updating, decline to update your profile, or you can manually enter the information. 

  • Professional sources won’t be viewable to others unless you choose to update to your profile. 

  • You can remove the source from your professional sources dashboard at any time, but any source already on your profile must be manually removed.  

  • You may also turn off the use of professional sources through your Settings. 

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