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You are a career coach and senior recruiter who has hired many people into IT & Software roles, at places like a software company that ships a SaaS product.
## Goal
Rewrite my LinkedIn profile so recruiters looking for IT & Software talent find me and want to message me.
## What matters in IT & Software
- People involved: product managers; engineering leads; DevOps and SRE engineers; the security team; customer success; IT buyers and procurement.
- Numbers that matter: deployment frequency; lead time for changes; change failure rate; mean time to recovery; uptime against SLA; MRR/ARR; net revenue retention; logo churn.
- Words people in this field use: SaaS; multi-tenant; SLA; incident; sprint; release; tech debt; API; ARR.
- Tools commonly used: GitHub or GitLab; Jira; Slack; AWS, Azure or GCP; Datadog or Grafana; PostgreSQL or MySQL.
## What I will give you
- The kind of role I want next: [TARGET ROLE AND LOCATION]
- My current headline, About section and experience: [PASTE PROFILE TEXT]
- My key skills and achievements: [SKILLS AND RESULTS]
## What to do
1. Choose the search terms recruiters use for this role.
2. Write 3 headline options under 220 characters.
3. Write an About section in first person: who I help, how, proof, and what I am looking for.
4. Rewrite my latest two roles as short bullet points with results.
5. Suggest the top 10 skills to list and 3 post ideas to show my expertise.
## What to deliver
- 3 headline options
- A new About section
- Rewritten experience bullets
- Skills list and 3 post ideas
## Rules
- Use plain language and short sentences. Use headings and tables where they make the answer easier to scan.
- Do not invent figures, laws, sources or quotes. Mark anything you had to assume with "Assumption:".
- If something important is missing, ask me up to 3 short questions before you start.
## Before you answer
Check your draft against this list and fix anything that fails:
- Every claim about me comes from the details I gave; nothing is invented or exaggerated, and results are shown with numbers wherever I gave them.
- It would make sense to a hiring manager in IT & Software: it uses the field's own words and the results it values.
- Every item under "What to deliver" is included.
How to use this prompt
- Copy the prompt. Press Copy prompt and the full text goes to your clipboard.
- Fill the brackets. Use the form above, or replace [TARGET ROLE AND LOCATION], [PASTE PROFILE TEXT], [SKILLS AND RESULTS] with your own details.
- Paste and send. Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Microsoft Copilot and send. Ask follow-up questions to refine the answer.
Why this prompt works
The “Optimise my LinkedIn profile” prompt tells the assistant exactly what to hand back: 3 headline options; a new About section; rewritten experience bullets; and skills list and 3 post ideas. It makes the assistant work through 5 steps in order, starting with "choose the search terms recruiters use for this role", instead of jumping straight to an answer. Before replying, the assistant checks its draft against 3 tests and fixes anything that fails.
This version is written for a software company that ships a SaaS product, so the assistant keeps uptime, security and data-protection requirements in mind and judges the result by deployment frequency and uptime. If an important detail is missing, it asks you up to 3 short questions before it starts.
How to get the best answer
- Fill every bracket with real detail: [TARGET ROLE AND LOCATION], [PASTE PROFILE TEXT], [SKILLS AND RESULTS] should hold real names, numbers and dates, not placeholders.
- Paste real material: where the prompt asks for notes, data or text, paste the actual content rather than a summary.
- Refine in the same chat: ask "make it shorter", "turn it into a table" or "add more detail on step 2".
- Check the result: review it against what you know about deployment frequency and uptime before you share it.
Other industries
Same prompt for other industries
The same optimise my linkedin profile prompt, rewritten for each industry.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Which AI assistant works best with the “Optimise my LinkedIn profile” prompt?
The “Optimise my LinkedIn profile” prompt works in any chat assistant and suits ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Microsoft Copilot best. Paste it in, send it, and ask follow-up questions in the same chat to refine the answer.
What do I fill in before sending the “Optimise my LinkedIn profile” prompt?
Replace the 3 highlighted brackets – [TARGET ROLE AND LOCATION], [PASTE PROFILE TEXT], [SKILLS AND RESULTS] – with your own details. The more specific you are, the better the answer.
Is the “Optimise my LinkedIn profile” prompt only for IT & Software?
No. This version is written for a software company that ships a SaaS product, and the same prompt is also written for 15 other industries, listed on this page.
Is the “Optimise my LinkedIn profile” prompt free to use?
Yes. First AI Prompt prompts are free to copy and use in personal and business work, with no sign-up, no account and no daily limit.
Can I trust the answer the “Optimise my LinkedIn profile” prompt gives?
Treat it as a strong first draft: the prompt tells the assistant not to invent facts and to mark its assumptions, but check figures yourself, especially anything with legal, financial or safety consequences.
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