LinkedIn About section

The LinkedIn About section is the summary on your profile, up to 2,600 characters, where you explain in your own words what you do and how to reach you.

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What it means for a Dubai business

Only the first few lines of the About section show before “see more”. Use them for the plain answer: who you help, with what, where. Then the detail: how you work, what you have done, how to start.

Assistants that read public profiles get a clearer picture of you from a plain About section than from a list of skills.

Example

A clinic owner writes: “I run a family dental clinic in Al Barsha with four dentists who speak Arabic and English. We take most major insurers. I post here about running a clinic in Dubai and what patients ask us.” Every sentence is a fact a reader can use.

Common mistake

Writing in the third person like a press release. On a personal profile, “I” reads as a person. “John is a seasoned professional” reads as nobody.

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