After 5+ years of LinkedIn telling users not to put personal information like phone numbers in our profiles, they gently slipped in this very capability the past few days. It is almost a secret it seems so I am out telling the world.
It isn’t all we want, but it helps. Here is what mine looks like now:
Mike O'Neil's LinkedIn Personal Information Screen
This capability appears at the botton of a profile, above the Contact Settings. The data must be entered by the user. It includes Phone, Address, IM, Birthday and Marital Status (engaged is not an option, sorry).
See my entire LinkedIn Profile for other ideas like Slidecast and Video (See me interview Jay Deragon of The Social Media Connection).
Pray and maybe they will add a field for E-Mail in another 5 years! I will take 5 to 1 odds on that never happening. Please pass the word so we can better start communicating with one another.
Posted by Mike O'Neil 