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Chatgpt prompts for linkedin profile
In one focused workflow, rebuild your LinkedIn into a recruiter-ready asset: a targeted headline, a proof-based About and Experience, right keywords, the correct settings, and a simple outreach and posting plan. You finish with a measurable profile, a publish checklist, and a 90-day maintenance cadence.
Step 1, free.
Copy this, paste it into your AI, and swap the [BRACKETS] for your own details.
Setup: Define target roles and ideal reader
Provide: [TARGET ROLES (max 6, with level)], [TARGET INDUSTRIES], [TARGET COMPANIES (examples)], [GEOGRAPHIES], [WORK MODE (onsite/hybrid/remote)], [NON‑NEGOTIABLES], [VALUE THEMES (what you want to be hired for)], [NEXT‑ROLE TIMELINE], [NOT THIS (roles/contexts to avoid)]. Act as a positioning strategist and translate your goals into a specific hiring audience and role shortlist. Work through it like this: 1) Clarify intent: compress [VALUE THEMES] into 1–2 hiring outcomes and note [NON‑NEGOTIABLES]. 2) Specify the ideal reader: who reads your profile first, their job title, what they’re measured on, and what makes them say yes/no. 3) Define decision context: typical triggers they have to hire, budget owner, timeframe versus your [NEXT‑ROLE TIMELINE]. 4) Shortlist roles: normalise [TARGET ROLES] by title, function, seniority, and industry norms; exclude [NOT THIS]. 5) Map pains-to-proof: for each role, list 3 pains your value solves and what proof types usually convince them. Give me the output as: - Ideal Reader Profile: Role, Seniority, Team, KPIs, Hiring Triggers, Red Flags, Yes Factors, Decision Risks. - Role Shortlist table with columns: Title, Function, Industry, Seniority, Geo, Must‑have Skills, Nice‑to‑have, Primary KPIs, Typical Hiring Triggers, Deal‑breakers. - Pains→Proof Map table with columns: Role, Reader Pain, Proof Type That Lands (e.g., metric, case link, endorsement), Relevance Notes. Quality bar: precise enough that a recruiter could forward it to a hiring manager without clarifying questions. If any field is missing, ask one targeted question or mark MISSING and proceed.
How to get a good answer.
- 01Fill every [BRACKET] with real detail. Vague in, vague out.
- 02Read the answer, then reply with what's wrong or missing. The AI fixes it in seconds.
- 03Check facts, prices and anything legal or safety-related yourself before you use it.
The rest of the workflow.
Step 1 gets you started. The full LinkedIn Profile Makeover Kit takes you all the way, 14 steps in order:
- 01Setup: Define target roles and ideal reader (free above)
- 02Setup: Capture career data, achievements, and proof
- 03Setup: Score current profile audit
- 04Strategy: Craft positioning statement and headline
- 05Strategy: Build keyword and search strategy
- 06Production: Write the About summary
- 07Production: Rewrite Experience entries
- 08Production: Curate Skills, endorsements, and Featured
- 09Production: Specify visuals, media, and profile settings
- 10QA & Launch: Fact, tone, and compliance review
- 11QA & Launch: Final publish checklist and sequencing
- 12Growth & Maintenance: Outreach messages and connection flow
- 13Growth & Maintenance: Content hooks and posting calendar
- 14Growth & Maintenance: Metrics tracker and 90-day review cadence
Pay once, keep it. Delivered instantly with a copy button on every prompt.
Questions
Does this work with the free version of ChatGPT?
Yes. The prompt works in the free versions of ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, on a phone or a computer.
What do I put in the [BRACKETS]?
Your real details: notes, numbers, names, whatever the bracket asks for. The more specific you are, the better the answer.
Is the AI's answer always right?
No. Treat it as a strong first draft: check facts, figures and anything legal or safety-related before you use it.
What's in the full LinkedIn Profile Makeover Kit?
14 steps run in order, a system prompt that sets the AI up for the job, worked examples, fix-it prompts and a quality checklist. It's NZ$17 once, no subscription.
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