Tim Keefe ⋅ Washington, DC U.S. Army, Specialist ⋅ 6 years served

I'm looking for one-on-one assistance with spiffing up my LinkedIn profile, and maybe tying it to separate website. I desire to have something out there to showcase skills, education, and experience to foster better networking and future job searches.

I'm proceeding on the following, which is a summary from an article written by a guy whom I respect well:

1. Having the credential isn't enough because the signaling value of a credential (e.g., a degree) is no longer enough. One must show one's work rather than talk about it. One must get skllls instead of credentials.

2. The ultimate purpose of skills is to profitably solve problems. Problem-solving has become a cliché of sorts, and so we need to ask, what set of skills is required to profitably solve problems?

The set of necessary skills divides into two categories: hard skills in specific technologies and crafts and soft skills that enable ownership of tasks and projects, systematic application of creativity and critical thinking, and professional standards of collaboration and conduct.

3. Many skills should be essential parts of human and social capital. The ultimate purpose of education is to learn how to acquire human and social capital, and the ultimate purpose of human and social capital is mastery of the skills needed to profitably solve problems.

Problem-solving and accountability have been generalized to the point that we need to specify what they actually mean. That means taking ownership of tasks and projects: i.e. accepting sole responsibility in the same manner as an owner.

4. The soft skills of collaboration, adaptability, creativity, entrepreneurism, and professional accountability are core skills in every sector of the emerging economy.

Soft skills are not learned by osmosis or magic; they must be learned as systematically as hard skills.

5. The skills needed to establish and maintain a livelihood in the emerging economy are the abilities to:

a. Learn challenging new material over one’s entire productive life

b. Creatively apply newly-mastered knowledge and skills to a variety of fields

c. Be adaptable in all work environments

d. Apply a full spectrum of entrepreneurial skills to any task

e. Work collaboratively and effectively with others, both in person and remotely

f. Be professional, responsible and accountable in all work environments

g. Continually build human and social capital

h. Possess a practical working knowledge of financial and project management

I want to apply all of these to my LinkedIn and separate site.