BCG LinkedIn Form

LinkedIn Profile Optimization Tool

The following survey will help you optimize your LinkedIn Profile, ensuring we’re representing the breadth of your Legal experience and expertise.

There are three sections:

About, Accomplishments, & Background Experience

Please complete the ABOUT section. Accomplishments & Background Experience are optional.
Examples are listed in most required sections; however, please contact Brooke Clark if you need further assistance.

LinkedIn About

Name

First name followed by former/ maiden name, unless hyphenated. Please list any suffixes after your last name.

First Name

Last Name

City, State

Your BCG office location will help you appear in up to 23 more searches.

Headline | The Most Important Aspect of your Profile

Example: Ulrike Schwarz-Runer | Global General Counsel, Managing Director, and Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Summary

Your summary is the one place you define yourself in your own words. The summary should highlight your best works validating the skills you claim to have. Mobile Optimization: First 78 characters are visible. Tip: Avoid abbreviations & keep it as formal as possible. Example from BCG's Ulrike Schwarz-Runer: I’m a Managing Director and Senior Partner of BCG and hold the role of Global General Counsel. As a member of the global Executive Committee and Board as well as our core board committees, I am involved in our strategic business priorities including assessing new markets and areas BCG enters. Previously I held these roles in other large global organizations. I also served as executive director at Goldman Sachs advising family-owned businesses, and as a corporate lawyer at Freshfields and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. I’ve held non-executive director roles in the financial services and higher education sectors. Qualified to practice law in England, New York, and Austria.

Skills Continued

LinkedIn reports that members with five or more skills listed are messaged up to 33x more by other LinkedIn members. List any other skills you possess; LinkedIn lists up to 50. Examples include: Corporate Governance, Complex Contracting, Negotiation, People Management, and Artificial Intelligence

LinkedIn Accomplishments

Name

First Name

Last Name

Projects | Prior to BCG

Include project name, start & end dates, associations like BCG or Yale you worked with, URL to project & description.

Certifications & Licenses

You must include name & issuing organization. Please also include issue/ expiration date and credential ID if it applies. Example: Bloomberg Market Concepts, Bloomberg, February 2020, No expiration date.

Publications

Include title, publication, publication date, associations like BCG or Princeton you worked with, URL to publication & description. Tip: Members with published titles are found 7x more.

Honors & Awards

Include title, issuer, date & description.

Languages | Beyond English

Include languages & proficiency level.

Organizations

List the real-world associations & clubs to which you belong. Include name, position, date of membership & description.

Volunteer Experience

Include organization, your role along with start & end dates.

LinkedIn Background Experience

If your background experience is current on LinkedIn, please check the box below.
If your background experience is not current on LinkedIn, please complete the Experience section below.

Name

First Name

Last Name

Experience

Please list chronologically up to five professional experiences previous to BCG.

Title:

Company:

Dates Employed: