{"id":42272,"date":"2011-09-27T14:53:23","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T14:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/blog\/?p=9457"},"modified":"2011-09-27T14:53:23","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T14:53:23","slug":"add-volunteer-experience-to-your-linkedin-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/social-media\/linkedin\/add-volunteer-experience-to-your-linkedin-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Add volunteer experience to your LinkedIn profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can now beef up your LinkedIn profile by adding any volunteer experience,\u00a0a list of causes that you care about, and any organizations you support.<\/p>\n<p>After all,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.linkedin.com\/2011\/09\/07\/profile-volunteer-field\/\" target=\"_blank\">volunteering is as good for your career<\/a>\u00a0as it is for those you help. And\u00a0your volunteer efforts are one more way to generate publicity.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to add this new section to your Profile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Log into Your Account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:\u00a0<\/strong>In the Menu bar at the top, click on Profile &gt; Edit Profile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Scroll down to just before the Summary and click on &#8220;Add Sections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9458 alignnone\" style=\"border-width: 1px;border-color: black;border-style: solid\" title=\"linkedin--add sections for volunteering\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/linkedin-add-sections-for-volunteering.jpg\" alt=\"add volunteering to linkedin profile \" width=\"500\" height=\"198\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> On the left, under Sections, click on Volunteer Experience &amp; Causes<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9460 alignnone\" style=\"border: black 1px solid\" title=\"linkedin--volunteer experience and causes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/linkedin-volunteer-experience-and-causes.jpg\" alt=\"add volunteering to linkedin profile\" width=\"436\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2011\/09\/linkedin-volunteer-experience-and-causes.jpg 436w, https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2011\/09\/linkedin-volunteer-experience-and-causes-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong>\u00a0 Add your volunteer experience and causes you care about.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6:<\/strong> Click on Add to Profile<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9463 alignnone\" style=\"border-width: 1px;border-color: black;border-style: solid\" title=\"linkedin volunteer--add to profile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/linkedin-volunteer-add-to-profile1.jpg\" alt=\"add volunteering to linkedin\" width=\"528\" height=\"282\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What other ways do you use LinkedIn to promote your expertise?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Tools to Help You on LinkedIn:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/\">Your LinkedIn Power Formula: Learn How to Make Killer Contacts, Pull Crowds to Events, be a Star in Your Industry &amp; Track Down Leads Like a Bloodhound<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Your LinkedIn Power Formula Part 2: Advanced Strategies for Writing a Killer Profile, Cashing in on Groups and Creating Company Pages<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can now beef up your LinkedIn profile by adding any volunteer experience,\u00a0a list of causes that you care about, and any organizations you support. After all,\u00a0\u00a0volunteering is as good for your career\u00a0as it is for those you help. And\u00a0your volunteer efforts are one more way to generate publicity. Here&#8217;s how to add this new\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/social-media\/linkedin\/add-volunteer-experience-to-your-linkedin-profile\/\" class=\"rmlink\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":2,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[613],"tags":[626],"class_list":{"0":"post-42272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linkedin","7":"tag-how-to-write-a-bio","8":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}