LinkedIn shows roughly the first two or three lines of your About section, then a "see more" link. Those lines decide whether anyone reads the rest.
A four-part structure
- Line one: what you do and for whom.
- Two or three lines: what you have done, with one number or named project.
- One line: how you work or what you care about, in plain words.
- Last line: how to reach you or what you are looking for.
Example: frontend developer
"I build web interfaces for small businesses that have outgrown a template. Last year I rebuilt a bakery's ordering page, which cut abandoned orders on mobile. I work in React and TypeScript and write down every decision so the next developer is not lost. Open to freelance projects: hello@example.com."
Example: recent graduate
"Final-year electronics student who likes turning messy data into something a person can read. My project tracked lab equipment use for 14 departments. I am learning Python and SQL and looking for an analyst internship from January."
What to leave out
- A list of every tool you have opened once.
- "Passionate" and "results-driven". Show the result instead.
- Third person. People know you wrote it.
Pair this with a clear headline. See LinkedIn headline examples, then use the About builder for a first draft.