{"id":2513,"date":"2011-03-02T06:36:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T14:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2513"},"modified":"2011-02-23T10:48:50","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T18:48:50","slug":"linkedin-adds-a-new-and-useful-category","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2513","title":{"rendered":"Linkedin adds a new and useful category"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px;\" title=\"Linkedin logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fcsuper.com\/images\/Linked-In-icon-2.png?resize=50%2C75\" alt=\"Linkedin logo\" width=\"50\" height=\"75\" \/>Recently, <a title=\"Linkedin.com\" href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\" target=\"_self\">Linkedin <\/a>drastically expanded the number of sections available on a user&#8217;s profile page (a defacto resume). \u00a0This is important to engineers and other SolidWorks users because one of the new sections is <strong>Certification<\/strong>. \u00a0This new section displays the certificate name, certification authority, license (certificate) number, certificate issue and expiration dates. \u00a0SolidWorks Certified Professionals (CSWP), Professional Engineers (PE) and others can now add their certificates directly to their Linkedin profile, complete with their verifiable certificate number. \u00a0Here is my <a title=\"Matthew Lorono Linkedin profile\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/fcsuper\" target=\"_self\">Linkedin profile<\/a> as an example. \u00a0My CSWP appears between the Experience and Education sections.<\/p>\n<p>To add your professional certificates, log on to Linkedin and view the Edit Profile page. \u00a0Above the Summary section is a link that looks like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"position: relative; 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