Displaying badges on LinkedIn - aka… How much is too much???

[Vle045]

I really like that LinkedIn feature too. In regards to your question, relevancy is important. So, if you have a bunch of badges related to your field, I think it helps.

I think appearing as a lifelong learner is helpful. Although, having a bunch of badges in areas that are not related may tell recruiters that you lack focus.

Good point about focus!  I do sometimes lack focus.  That’s probably why I am good at jobs that involve doing 12 things simultaneously.  I have literally had to answer the phone, the door, send a fax to the person I am talking on the phone to, and take a kid’s temperature simultaneously when I worked at an intermediate school.  When parents came in, they usually commented on how I was able to do so many things at a time.  Luckily my phone cord was long and could reach the the door buzzer and the copier and the medicine cabinet.  It was an exhausting and underpaid job.

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I feel if you wouldn't list it on your actual resume or CV, then you shouldn't list it on Linkedin

I am starting to lean that way too.  I think I have almost 20 badges.  Many of them are probably not very helpful.