Somewhat overlooked in the news about LinkedIn profile upgrades in past months (and past social media minute episodes) - is the fact you can now add interactive content to your profile.

For starters - in the Linkedin Summary you can add two items - either documents, images or video (I used a PDF plus a Power Point presentation in my profile). Even better - you can add images, videos and documents to each position you add to your profile as well.

This enables you to continue to accentuate how you define your profile, adding pieces of content you have created, recorded or otherwise have the rights to share. Be sure if you are using content from previous employment that you have confirmed the information you add is first ‘ready for public consumption’ and second, you have permission to share it.

This functionality continues to further our view that defining yourself on LinkedIn is part resume or CV, part a view into you (your volunteerism, charitable activities and other affiliations you may choose to share) and also your personal and professional development (education, associations and publications, etc).

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