Posts Tagged ‘LinkedIn Social Networking’

Add Misspellings to Your LinkedIn Profile

December 4th, 2008 by Susan P. Joyce

I’ve been bugging my cousin, Cathy Burns (not her real name), to create a LinkedIn Profile because I think it’s a necessity for anyone who may be in the job market someday.

Unfortunately, her first name could also be spelled, ”Cathi” or ” Cathie” as well as ”Kathy,” “Kathi,” etc. and her last name could be spelled “Byrnes” as well as “Burns.” To make it more complicated, she’s been married twice, so some people know her with her maiden name, Cathy Miller, and some people know her with one (or both) of her married names, Cathy Sullivan and Cathy Burns.

So, how does someone find Cathy Miller Sullivan Burns on LinkedIn if they are looking for her to make a connection?

This is a MAJOR PROBLEM for my cousin!  And for most of us, too.

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