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LinkedIn profile check
See how recruiters read your profile, what to change, and a headline and About built from your own facts. We never touch linkedin.com: you bring the profile.
What we check
Three parts: fixed checks that give the same answer every time, a review that reads each section and quotes your profile, and the keywords your field asks for.
- Headline: is it more than a job title, and does it say what you do and for whom.
- About: present, long enough to say something, written in results rather than duties.
- Experience: each recent role described, not just titled and dated.
- Skills: at least five, and the ones recruiters in your field search for.
- Education and a custom profile address, the small things recruiters notice.
- A headline and About you can paste in, written only from your profile and resume.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Do you log in to my LinkedIn?
No, never. ApplyRunner does not read linkedin.com at all. You bring the profile: LinkedIn's own Save to PDF export, or the text you paste. It is read once to make the report and not stored.
How do I get the PDF?
On LinkedIn, open your own profile, press More (on some accounts Resources), then Save to PDF. Upload that file here.
What does the check look at?
Fixed checks first: headline, About and its length, experience with descriptions, at least five skills, education and a custom profile address. Then a section-by-section review that quotes your profile, up to 8 issues each with a fix, and a better headline and About. Last, the keywords postings in your field ask for most, counted from real postings.
Where do the headline and About come from?
Only from your profile and, if you have one on your account, your resume. A draft that would add an employer, a tool or a number neither source states is dropped in code, and the report says so instead of showing it. You paste the result into LinkedIn yourself.
How is the score worked out?
It starts at 100 and loses a fixed number of points for each issue: 20 for critical, 8 for major and 3 for minor. Every issue is listed, so you can see where the points went. Keywords don't change the score.
Is it free?
Yes. A free account includes 3 checks a month. Paid plans include unlimited checks.