Annually I do a Manger Report, focused on blunt spelling errors I find on LinkedIn Profiles.
I try to contact my 1st level connections to alert those I know who have Manger in their LinkedIn Profile before publishing this article.
I found 206,266 LinkedIn Profiles with the word Manger in their current title field, and this year I excluded the LinkedIn Profiles with the French term “garde manger” in the title field as I learned these are ‘keepers of the food.’
Have you reviewed the spelling and grammar you used in your LinkedIn Profile? I encourage doing this.
I use Grammarly on my computers. this little app or chrome plugin does a dang good job of helping me not make ridiculous mistakes when writing online including in my LinkedIn Profile.
Here are a few of the typos I found in the title fields of LinkedIn Profiles for this article:
- manger – 206,266 (excluding “garde manger”)
- busines – 10770
- profesor (United States Only) – 2989
- admistration – 1783
- enginner – 38301
- enginer – 22437
- engneer – 9039
- enginneer – 3447
- consultan – 377
- cosultant –6535
- consultent – 177
- conultant – 137
- represenative – 47
- representaive – 4
- repesentative – 695
- excutive – 53987
- exceutive – 3451
- exeutive – 1818
- presdent – 1389
- vce President – 55
- ownr – 412
- dirctor – 5743
- contrller – 209
- resorces – 776
- techer – 6240
- englsh teacher” – 41
- ambassdor – 795
Here are a few absolutely ridiculous titles for you to maybe giggle at:
- “F*** UP” – 26
- Jerk – 1407
- Idiot – 1203
- A**Hole – 689
- “Fool” – 591
- Jerk – 1406
- Unemployed – 236803 (a lack of knowledge of branding yourself)
- JackA** – 133
- DumbA** – 176
How about a few quite ignorant last names:
- F***er – 100
- SH**Head – 22
- Jerk – 175
- A**Hole – 27
I decided not to search for any others. I get it, there are people who built a LinkedIn Profile with no real purpose or goal in mind. Some consider it all a big joke. I can give these people a pass on their ignorance. Or should I?
Branding includes putting some effort into spelling, grammar and your messaging.
Have a fabulous 2019 & Beyond folks
/Teddy