When is it Acceptable to Add a Job to LinkedIn?

If I've accepted a job offer and start two months from now, is it acceptable to update Linkedin to show the job?

When to add your upcoming job to LinkedIn?

Most of our users agree - that you should wait until you actually start to update your LinkedIn. However, some commented that it is fine if you want to "brag" to your LinkedIn connections.

limlimlim:
As the saying goes, highlight action taken and results not positions and titles.
Of course, if you wanted to brag to your friends and make the whole world jealous, please go ahead and update =)

When Can I Add "Incoming Summer Analyst" on LinkedIn?

While many users called out that adding the "incoming investment banking summer analyst" title can be presumptuous, a few users feel that it is fine to do - and others acknowledged that it it fine to do but awkward nonetheless.

-Andrew-:
If you've accepted the offer and signed the letter, you are contractually locked into the job (given that you pass the drug test and what have you). I don't see why it is presumptuous to list "Incoming IB Summer Analyst" when you have signed a contract that secures the position.

YoungHoe:
It has nothing to do with being presumptuous about receiving the position... It is just awkward. Really awkward.

User @DatesExcelModels" offered a more detailed opinion:

DatesExcelModels:
Even if we assume that almost everyone at a particular university does it, clearly it is not an acceptable practice industry wide. I would wager that an analyst/associate/VP looking at Student A from University X with "Incoming Summer Intern" on his LinkedIn will mostly likely draw one of two conclusions:
  1. This intern lacks social etiquette
  2. This intern comes from a university where seemingly everyone lacks social etiquette

As a current intern at a BB, I asked the guys for their input over lunch. Almost all of them said it was presumptuous, and only one said he didn't mind - but even he thought it was a stupid idea because there is no real upside but likely and severe downside to doing so.

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Reality Check: Nobody gives a fuck that you'll be working in two months. I think you can keep your connections in high suspense for a little while longer even though they're dying to see how cool you are.

 
BTbanker:
Reality Check: Nobody gives a fuck that you'll be working in two months. I think you can keep your connections in high suspense for a little while longer even though they're dying to see how cool you are.
Yeah, put "AWESOME JOB AT......TBD!!!!"

Or put the incoming analyst if you must, it can't hurt but you will get a few funny looks. Really, I'm curious why it might matter. Perhaps you show up on the recruiting radar earlier?

Get busy living
 
BTbanker:

Reality Check: Nobody gives a fuck that you'll be working in two months. I think you can keep your connections in high suspense for a little while longer even though they're dying to see how cool you are.

QFT What do you gain? Headhunters chasing you down for new opportunities cause - get this - he starts at X firm in two months? Nah, constrain your excitement, show a little mystery. "Shit, this guys worked at GS for three months and he only just updated his linkedin? F*kin BSD right there"
 

Whenever I see one of these threads, I go onto Linkedin to check if our incoming interns have listed this. Fortunately for them, they have not.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, post threads about how to do it on WSO.
 

Not to be a dick, but seeing posts like this make me wonder how the fuck some of these kids get into the industry. I'm sitting here busting balls trying to break in, and the industry is full of fucking moronic ass hole shit heads who don't know their elbow from their ass.

 
CheddarBunny:

Not to be a dick, but seeing posts like this make me wonder how the fuck some of these kids get into the industry. I'm sitting here busting balls trying to break in, and the industry is full of fucking moronic ass hole shit heads who don't know their elbow from their ass.

What does it say about you that you can't be out these people?

 
CheddarBunny:

Not to be a dick, but seeing posts like this make me wonder how the fuck some of these kids get into the industry. I'm sitting here busting balls trying to break in, and the industry is full of fucking moronic ass hole shit heads who don't know their elbow from their ass.

"Prestige"

 

If you've accepted the offer and signed the letter, you are contractually locked into the job (given that you pass the drug test and what have you). I don't see why it is presumptuous to list "Incoming IB Summer Analyst" when you have signed a contract that secures the position.

 

This thread is ridiculous.. none of you have a clue about any of this. At my school (target) basically everybody puts on LinkedIn where they're incoming. It's partly so HR people at other places know to leave you alone and also so people you know don't think you're a jobless loser. It's not nearly as big a deal as you make it out to be.

 
Jack McCoy:

At my school (target) basically everybody puts on LinkedIn where they're incoming. It's partly so HR people at other places know to leave you alone and also so people you know don't think you're a jobless loser. It's not nearly as big a deal as you make it out to be.

I am trying to figure out why, despite a good argument, this post makes me more confident in my view that putting a future job in your linkedin profile is a bad move.

I am also going to throw out a shot in the dark and ask if you go to one of those schools where the students all missed Harvard by a millimeter. (I am actually thinking of a school in NYC right now, although there are several schools like this)

 
Jack McCoy:

This thread is ridiculous.. none of you have a clue about any of this. At my school (target) basically everybody puts on LinkedIn where they're incoming. It's partly so HR people at other places know to leave you alone and also so people you know don't think you're a jobless loser. It's not nearly as big a deal as you make it out to be.

Do you get headhunters contacting you all time as a junior/senior in college? And if you're going to judge someone that hard based on their LinkedIn title, then you are beyond help.

 

Well given that a lot of people on here actually did go to a target (I did), I think most people DO have a good idea about this. FYI, I went to just about the biggest undergrad target for banking and I can't remember a single person I know who put this crap on their LinkedIn before they started.

Second, who do you think it's more important to listen to? Your 19 year old classmates who've never had a real job, or the people who actually have the jobs you're trying to get?

 
Jack McCoy:

This thread is ridiculous.. none of you have a clue about any of this. At my school (target) basically everybody puts on LinkedIn where they're incoming. It's partly so HR people at other places know to leave you alone and also so people you know don't think you're a jobless loser. It's not nearly as big a deal as you make it out to be.

You really are beyond helping...

For thread: It's not rocket science, the LinkedIn experience section is to put a job that you currently hold as well as previous jobs. Last I checked being an "incoming" anything isn't a job. That aside it screams insecurity like no tomorrow... Oh and this BS about "letting HR at others firms know" is laughable, sit down and admit that you're just showing off to your classmates and that if you really were getting calls it'd be nothing more than an ego stroke for you anyways.

 

Honestly it doesn't matter.You putting Incoming IB SA won't push the needle on anything, except that your LinkedIN connections will now know. If that is what you want, then do it. What will matter will be what you put on after the internship and whether or not you get the return offer.

During your job please don't be asking these kinds of trivial questions. Focus on being prepared for the internship and what you plan on getting out of it.

 

Does putting "Incoming investment banking summer analyst" on your LinkedIn profile help you pull chicks at the university bar?

Those who can, do. Those who can't, post threads about how to do it on WSO.
 
new_era:

this is so dumb...some people on this site are so insecure

Social media generation?

There is no such thing a self-satisfaction. Achievements only mean something if you post a status update and at least 5 other people "like" it.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, post threads about how to do it on WSO.
 

Let's play a game of pros and cons of adding it to your Linkedin: pros: You might impress classmates that are even more insecure than you, and have fuck all to offer you career wise cons: You will most likely be perceived as an assclown by the people working in the industry you want to work in

 
DatesExcelModels:

Let's play a game of pros and cons of adding it to your Linkedin:
pros: You might impress classmates that are even more insecure than you, and have fuck all to offer you career wise
cons: You will most likely be perceived as an assclown by the people working in the industry you want to work in

I can think of about 100 things that you can do to your LinkedIn profile that'd make you look more like an assclown than writing that you're an incoming intern. Namely, lists of stuff you've done in internships or clubs, summary/bio sections, stupid pictures, listing student clubs as jobs, etc. I don't know much about what B school people do on this front, but if everyone else at your school is doing it I just don't see how that makes you look bad.
 

No one cares - want to put it? Go for it. What's the downside? None - you are just updating your network on where you are going this summer. What's the upside? None - no one cares, and you already got the job and are not looking to move right away.

Sometimes you shouldn't worry about little things like that, there are a lot more important things you can potentially fuck up.

But word of advise: If you are having any doubts, don't do it. You are wondering on a public forum whether yes or no it's a good idea. Then your answer is always no. But that's for life in general. ESPECIALLY the "should I really send that pissed off email?"

 

Figured I'd update all of you. I ended up adding it to my LinkedIn. In the roughly 24 hours since then, I've been spammed by 9 random students from schools I've never heard of, begging me for interview wisdom, resume reviews and tips for having long and successful career in finance.

Seems like there are other people more hopeless than me...

 
Big Shot Hopeful:
I ended up adding it to my LinkedIn.
Why bother asking the question then? Every or virtually every credible answer was that it's a bad idea or neutral at best. A student or two thought it was good or acceptable. So, once again, why ask a question if you intend on doing what you intended to do all along?
 

In your original post you said "not to be a little bitch" and now you said others are more "hopeless than" you. Stop being self deprecating, esp on an online forum. If you can't have confidence online where you can essentially be whoever you want then...

Not trying to be a dick just trying to be real. Go into the internship with confidence and the aim to kill the 10 weeks you have. Then brag (with as humility as possible) about it as much as you want in your résumé and interviews afterwards.

 
Big Shot Hopeful:

Figured I'd update all of you. I ended up adding it to my LinkedIn. In the roughly 24 hours since then, I've been spammed by 9 random students from schools I've never heard of, begging me for interview wisdom, resume reviews and tips for having long and successful career in finance.

Seems like there are other people more hopeless than me...

Yeah, that happened.
 

A fair amount of kids do it at my school as do I, and for what it's worth I've had a bunch of MM PE guys viewing my profile? Haha I honestly didn't think this was such a big deal....... now I'm just starting to think I'm an assjack......

 

Regardless of how many undergrads are doing this, they should be aware that many of the older people who will be on their teams find it annoying and toolish. I'm in business school and you never see anyone at any top schools do anything like this. Out of the TONS of MBA student profiles I've come across I've only seen one person list that they're an incoming associate at McKinsey; the only reason I'm even aware of that person is because several current McKinsey employees were making fun of him. There's really no reason to be that guy.

 

Good god, I just checked one of my incoming grads LinkedIn titles and he'd put "Incoming..." etc. I've told him to cut that shit out.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, post threads about how to do it on WSO.
 

If you got a job at as an SA at a BB but don't brag about it to all your friends nor post it on LinkedIn, did you really get the job at all?!?!?!!

Incoming Spring Discovery Day Participant at J.P. Morgan Stanley
 

No one of any importance cares either way because they're not looking at your LinkedIn and won't until your in/done your internship and either get a job (when again no one will look because you have a job) or are networking for a job, or better job. The only people who would come close to caring are your college buddies who are bragging. And it's something that matters for how many months? Very small amount of time in the overall scope of the universe, or at least your life. Congrats on your internship, kick ass in it. Concentrate on getting an offer. Put extra-terresterial phlebotomy intern and see if anyone notices.

 

In another thread, there is a kid who is a "prospective" Wharton undergrad when he wont be applying to colleges for another 1.5 years.

Why don't you get a head start, make a LinkedIn for your future son, and put "prospective Harvard undergrad" and "incoming SA" too while you're at it?

Why stop there? If you end up not getting a FT offer, just put, "Incoming-not-coming analyst". Boom.

 

It's meant to be for those who have finished their degree and are waiting for their job start. This way they have something like "Incoming IBD Analyst" on their profile so it doesn't look like they finished their degree and are jobless. That I can fully understand.

These days I have even seen people go as far as "Incoming Spring Insight" and listing workshops on their LinkedIn/CV... Oh and you also have the people who leave their internship title as their headline for the rest of their studies. I don't have to explain that the correlation between "Incoming Summer Analyst" and leaving the headline on afterwards is close to 1.

I have a piece of advice for those people. Ask for business cards while you're at the internship. When they ask why, say it's for client meetings and for distribution after the internship.

DYEL
 

Old thread, but I've graduated and have a job starting next September. In the mean time I'll be working in a ski resort over winter/spring, then doing some travelling. What do I put on LinkedIn?

I'm thinking my options are for example (just picking random courses/firms/titles here): 1)Finance Graduate at XXXX University 2) Incoming Analyst at JP/UBS/etc 3)Resort Team Member at XXXX Holiday Company

I think option 1 is the best, and I can put something on my profile summary about my new job and current plans.

Thoughts?

 

Stick with option 1 mate. Gut instinct is usually the way to go with these things. Literally no one will care about the other two... Drop a line in your profile to say you'll be joining Group X at Firm Y in fall 2016 if you want.

Keep your eyes off LinkedIn and on the slopes. Enjoy - you've done the hard work!

"So who lost the hundy?"
 

Who looks at Linkedin anyway, unless they are looking for a job and trying to spruce up their public domain resume?

Those who can, do. Those who can't, post threads about how to do it on WSO.
 

The whole purpose of Linkedin is to market yourself, promote your 'brand', and to network. If putting 'incoming whatever' bothers you so much, you should get off Linkedin because you don't understand its purpose. Furthermore, to think of it in practical terms, you will probably get on the radar of recruiters faster. Just a couple weeks ago someone on here mentioned they got five or six FT F500 offers because of an internship they listed on LinkedIn.

 

promoting yourself is great and some times necessary. but promoting yourself when you're not even on the job is just boasting, or used to satisfy their internal urge to tell everyone "I'm going to Morgan Stanley." LinkedIn has a "start to end" date that doesn't allow you to put "future" employment for a reason. Thats why you see a ton of "Incoming Summer Analysts" starting January/February 2015 and for some SEO/diversity kids even earlier.

I'm pretty sure recruiters aren't going to be knocking on your doors just yet just because you're a incoming summer analyst or even incoming analyst. Some of these "incoming summer analysts" don't even get return offers for the same company.

But to each their own.

 
redrocksky:

The whole purpose of Linkedin is to market yourself, promote your 'brand', and to network. If putting 'incoming whatever' bothers you so much, you should get off Linkedin because you don't understand its purpose. Furthermore, to think of it in practical terms, you will probably get on the radar of recruiters faster. Just a couple weeks ago someone on here mentioned they got five or six FT F500 offers because of an internship they listed on LinkedIn.

On the one hand these bros are just playing the game and it's not fair to hate the player instead of the game itself. On the other hand most of these "incoming investment banking whatevers" are probably raging douches IRL if I had to guess. So mixed bag...life is complicated chit

 
Loki777:

I'm more frustrated when people use "then" instead of "than". But I really don't care.

Perfect.

Under my tutelage, you will grow from boys to men. From men into gladiators. And from gladiators into SWANSONS.
 

People who post about the fact that this bothers them either A) didnt get a return offer themselves, B) are jealous because that's the job they wanted and they didn't get it, C) are insecure for some other outside factor, or D) a combination of the above.

Seriously why do you care? It is a way of showing people that you got the return offer and that the one year gap in your job experience is justified. Also as an above user said, it can help with getting early looks from recruiters, at least on LinkedIn. There are no plausible reasons as to not do it except the claim that it shows you are a "prestige whore", however that claim alone does nothing but illustrate your own insecurity.

 
LevFinAnalyst93:

People who post about the fact that this bothers them either A) didnt get a return offer themselves, B) are jealous because that's the job they wanted and they didn't get it, C) are insecure for some other outside factor, or D) a combination of the above.

Seriously why do you care? It is a way of showing people that you got the return offer and that the one year gap in your job experience is justified. Also as an above user said, it *can* help with getting early looks from recruiters, at least on LinkedIn. There are no plausible reasons as to not do it except the claim that it shows you are a "prestige whore", however that claim alone does nothing but illustrate your own insecurity.

Agreed that for FT it's really not that big of a deal, but I don't think anybody is going to think there's a questionable one year gap in job experience considering everyone just goes back to finish their senior year.
 

I was mostly referring to incoming SA. If you're locked in for the summer and hopefully a FT offer, what really is the huge rush to make all your fellow prestige whores jelly?

 

I mean who hate on a college student who is anxious to start their career. I don't see anything wrong with it... It's a little more odd when they list working there in May when they don't actually start until August and it looks like their 3 months into the job already when they're in fact just moved into NYC....

Fact is we all have a little bit of douchebag in us in some capacity...

"If you want to succeed in this life, you need to understand that duty comes before rights and that responsibility precedes opportunity."
 

Bragging rights

I wish i could shove my dick so far up your dick that it creates a gaping vagina, because that's who you are. Just tell them that you're a ginormous douche-canoe with a gaping vagina. They'll understand.
 

What. The. Fuck!!!!

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