could this hurt me throughout the interviewing process?
I worked in a niche area and my former title and headline on Linkedin reflect that. However, since I am trying to not pigeonhole myself, I made that position on my resume to be more general and used a more general version job title but still completely accurate. I've been able to get interviews not completely related to what I've been doing by doing that but do most interviewers check a prospective's linkedin profile? Everything matches and nothing is odd about what I have on there except the issue I described in the first 2 sentences. Am I being paranoid that this can hurt my candidacy and get me dinged?
Give a relative example.
Since you work in ER, an example would be Equity Research Associate as my title on Linkedin, but Research Associate on my resume because the position is not related to equities but I want to highlight other transferable skills.
-Associate -Research Associate -Associate Analyst -Associate Equity Analyst -Jr. Equity Associate -Equity Research Associate
Shits the same in ER.
I agree with Stryfe. You're fine.
Even if the position is not ER related at all? that's what I meant so I used a general job title and was not really specific on my resume because that would pigeonhole me.
I only used the ER example since you're in that industry
If you don't want to give away your niche title, then what is the general title that you used?
You are fine. As long as you are not overstating job descriptions or lying about a front office versus back office job, you have nothing to worry about.
Research associate instead of xyz specific research associate is not a big deal.
I am not sure exactly if it could get you dinged, but interviewers most definitely check linkedin profiles, not always, but it is not uncommon at all.
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