Creating the Ultimate LinkedIn Profile: Step 4 – Your “Specialties”

The LinkedIn specialties section allows you to list all your areas of expertise, each skill you bring to the market.

LinkedIn_specialtyEditors note: This is a guest blog post written by LinkedIn Expert/Trainer & Award Winning GovCon Consultant Mark Amtower.  He is the Host of Amtower Off Center on Federal News Radio.

LinkedIn used to have a two-part summary: 2,000 characters for the actual summary, then an additional 500 characters for the “specialties,” your business skills. Well over a year ago this function disappeared to those new to LinkedIn, but you can still see them on profiles created before the change.

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