Sharing A Profile with Connections and Coworkers

Last updated: 2 years ago
You can share your profile with any of your 1st-degree connections and coworkers from the introduction section on your profile. This can help you to grow your network, or to increase your chance of finding and securing professional opportunities.
To share your profile:
  1. Click the Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
  2. Click View profile.
  3. Click the More… button in your introduction section.
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  4. Select Share Profile from the dropdown. You’ll be redirected to a New message window.
  5. In the New message window, Type a name or multiple names of the connection(s) you wish to share your profile with. Note: Your public profile URL will populate in the text box.
    • You can also include a personalized message in the field provided, and/or attach media to send to the recipient(s).
  6. Click Send.
You can use the Share Profile feature to introduce any LinkedIn member to someone in your network who may benefit from knowing them.
To share a member’s profile:
  1. Navigate to the profile of the member whose profile you’d like to share.
  2. Click the More… button on their introduction section.
  3. Select Share Profile from the dropdown. You’ll be redirected to a New message window.
  4. In the New message window, Type a name or multiple names of the connection(s) you wish to share the profile with.
  5. Click Send.
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