Recently, Linkedin drastically expanded the number of sections available on a user’s profile page (a defacto resume). This is important to engineers and other SolidWorks users because one of the new sections is Certification. This new section displays the certificate name, certification authority, license (certificate) number, certificate issue and expiration dates. SolidWorks Certified Professionals (CSWP), Professional Engineers (PE) and others can now add their certificates directly to their Linkedin profile, complete with their verifiable certificate number. Here is my Linkedin profile as an example. My CSWP appears between the Experience and Education sections.
To add your professional certificates, log on to Linkedin and view the Edit Profile page. Above the Summary section is a link that looks like this:
NEW Add sections to reflect achievements and experiences on your profile. Add Sections
In addition to certificates, there are many new sections available such as patents, publications, skills, and even tweets and Amazon.com reading list.
While you are there
If you are a CSWP, you may also wish to join the CSWP group on Linkedin. The group is dutifully maintained by Jeff Mirisola. He does check CSWP status before accepting new group members.
