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Avoid common LinkedIn mistakes

This is real work, not a feature someone invented — it comes from real job ads and real questions people asked. Below are four ready AI prompts: get it done, make it easy for the next person to say yes to, work out the right move when you are stuck, and stop it coming back.

4prompts

The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskReview my profile and identify any typos or grammatical errors in the 'About' section and my…+
Review my profile and identify any typos or grammatical errors in the 'About' section and my last two job descriptions.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
BImprove — make it easier to acceptBefore I start actively applying for a new role, help me review my profile for common red flags…+
Before I start actively applying for a new role, help me review my profile for common red flags that might deter a recruiter. I want to make sure my experience is clearly articulated and there are no gaps or inconsistencies that could raise questions.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentI just received a message from a former colleague asking for a recommendation, but I haven't…+
I just received a message from a former colleague asking for a recommendation, but I haven't worked closely with them in over five years and can't genuinely speak to their current skills. I'm afraid of giving a lukewarm recommendation or declining and damaging our professional relationship. What's the best way to respond without compromising my integrity or offending them?
I just received a message from a former colleague asking for a recommendation, but I haven't worked closely with them in over five years and can't genuinely speak to their current skills. I'm afraid of giving a lukewarm recommendation or declining and damaging our professional relationship. What's the best way to respond without compromising my integrity or offending them?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI often send connection requests or messages that get ignored or are met with silence, and I…+
I often send connection requests or messages that get ignored or are met with silence.
I often send connection requests or messages that get ignored or are met with silence, and I worry I'm coming across as too salesy or not professional enough. I'm wasting opportunities to build my network. What habit should I change in my initial outreach to avoid these common mistakes and build more genuine connections?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

Questions people actually ask

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Every task here was seen in the real world. Someone doing the job named it, a real job ad asked for it, or a lot of people asked about it online.

If nothing real showed a task, it is not on the page. That is the whole rule.

They are the same job approached four ways, because what you need depends on where you are.

Get it done today. Make it easy for the next person to say yes to. Work out the right move when you are stuck. Learn the pattern so the job stops coming back.

For most of these jobs it can carry the heavy thinking - draft it, sort it, check it, rehearse it with you.

It cannot sit in your chair, take the blame when a number is wrong, or notice what nobody wrote down. Let it do the first 80%. Keep the last 20% that is truly yours.

No. Copy any prompt and paste it into the AI you already use. No account, no score, no wall in the way.

Any of them. The prompts describe the work rather than naming a product, so they are not tied to one assistant.

That is also why they keep working when you switch.

Change it freely. Every prompt is a starting line, not a rule.

Put in your real numbers, your real names and your real deadline. The more you make it yours, the better the answer comes back.

The tasks come from real job ads, published job data and the questions people ask in public forums.

The steps come from LinkedIn's own documentation, with practitioner sources for the traps the manual does not mention.

Push once. Ask it to sharpen the weakest part and to say what it assumed.

Most wrong answers come from a missing detail rather than a bad prompt - tell it the thing it could not know.