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.
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.
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.
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:
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:
- This intern lacks social etiquette
- 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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I'd personally wait until you actually start, but I'm not saying that's the only way.
A lot of people put their status as "Incoming Summer Analyst at XYZ," then update it when the summer starts. You could do that. It doesn't really matter what you do though.
Don't be the guy who labels himself as "incoming" summer analyst, no one likes these guys. Just wait.
Post a facebook status to brag to your friends. Let the LinkedIn update wait.
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.
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?
Perfectly put.
Hi OP, what's the hurry? 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 =)
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wait til day 1 at 9:00.01
Listen to this guy.
Why would you do that? to make others envy you?
That isn't the entire point of LinkedIn?
(kidding)
When's the right time to add "incoming investment banking summer analyst" on LinkedIn (Originally Posted: 03/21/2015)
Not trying to sound like a little bitch but a lot of people have started updating their LinkedIns and I definitely want to update at some point but, I feel like doing it too early is kind of presumptuous.
Never?
Amen to that. Remember, the offer can always be revoked!
Even after I start the internship?
Why would you list yourself as "incoming..." after you've started the internship?
People who do this have zero sense of how they're perceived by others.
Can I write Aspiring Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs TMT guys? Can I write Aspiring Private Equity Associate at KKR guise?
this.
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.
when I made my resume I went ahead and put that I was a managing director at the firm I was applying to. It shows confidence.
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.
Looks like theres a reason you're not getting anything jackass
What does it say about you that you can't be out these people?
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"Prestige"
No offense, but if you were that much smarter and more deserving, you'd be the one with the job offer...
this moronic asshole got the job and you didn't. so who is the real moronic asshole. :P
Could be an attitude problem.
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.
It has nothing to do with being presumptuous about receiving the position... It is just awkward. Really awkward.
I'd only put that down once you've signed the offer and they've received it.
Best time to do it is before you get the interview. Don't forget to have a professionally done linkedin photo, and make sure you wear a Swiss watch and Italian suit to the interview (both need to be high profile brands). We need to figure out who's a good cultural fit.
Bonus pts if you rent a Ferrari.
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.
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)
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?
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.
This is true, I posted mine not to be some sort of asshole, but I didn't want to e-mail every single one of my contacts to update them on my progress.
Does putting "Incoming investment banking summer analyst" on your LinkedIn profile help you pull chicks at the university bar?
Do you put "future non-virgin" on your Tinder profile as well?
I could never be a career counselor at a target school.
Slow down young grasshopper.
Just wait a few weeks until you are into the job then update your profile.
I don't know what the big deal is here. I think it's entirely up to the person who decides to update their Linkedin. As long as you're focused on securing that summer internship and getting a full-time return offer, that's what it matters at this point.
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.
Last I checked you can only list current and past employment on Linkedin...you can't list future start dates like "incoming intern - June 2015".
Sure you can - "incoming intern - March 2015" then, "Post-Incoming Intern - June 2015"
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
Is anyone able to quantify the increase in social retardation throughout the population over time? I would love to read a study like that to confirm what we have all witnessed in this thread.
Proportional to the square root of the number of smartphones in the world maybe.
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...
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.
Kids these days.
If you grew up before the age of smartphones you at least learned social graces. I'm an older millennial but these new kids are already turning me into a grumpy old man.
Back to my rusty honda. Need to take a selfie of me and my awesome car and post it on Instagram.
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.
I will never understand WSO. Some guy asks a question, a bunch of Certified Users all give essentially the same answer, and then a bunch of college kids flame them and tell the Certified Users that they have no clue what they are talking about.
Even though everyone told you not to do it you did it anyway. Why do you even care about linkedin at this point, recruiters aren't going to be fighting over you...
the best is incoming investment banking spring analyst ... spending 1 week at a bank makes people entitled to call themselves analysts...
You forgot the "insight days" where kids spend 6 hours touring around the office and stuff. People put them on their profile too...
hear, hear!
I'm going to start applying for interviews next year, can I put "Aspiring 2016 Goldman Sachs 1st round IBD Summer Analyst interview Candidate" or do you think that's too much?
I'm going to start applying for interviews next year, can I put "Aspiring 2016 Goldman Sachs 1st round IBD Summer Analyst interview Candidate" or do you think that's too much?
Although in all seriousness, from my experience, the guys who put "incoming" either all come from state schools or have some sort of ego problem.
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.
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?!?!?!!
Same thoughts for London? Target school and most mates I know who secured SA or A jobs put it on the title at least...
LinkedIn Profile: Put "Incoming Summer Analyst" now or wait one month to do so? (Originally Posted: 05/02/2015)
Hi all- so far most people at my school who have received SA offers (I would say about 70-80% or so), have put "Incoming Investment Banking Summer Analyst" on their LinkedIn profiles. This isn't just something that is particular to my school--I've noticed that students at most universities are doing this nowadays.
I haven't added this to my LinkedIn profile yet, since it just feels dumb and vain, but considering most people have already done it, I don't want to stand out from the crowd and give off the impression that I am above everyone else or something.
Do you guys think that I should add "Incoming Investment Banking Summer Analyst" to my LinkedIn right now, or wait one month until the internship starts and then just add "Investment Banking Summer Analyst"? I'm curious as to how you guys who actually work in the industry view this practice.
How in the world does NOT doing something vain and pretentious make it seem like you're better than the rest?..
Don't. Just put summer analyst when you're a summer analyst. I search LinkedIn for incoming SA and FTs to identify the prestige whores and insecure kids before they start
Judging by how prolifically you start threads betraying the tiniest insecurities, I'm guessing this could be a rough summer for you.
Put "investment banking analyst offer accepted with xx bank in xx department. Will be starting July xx."
This is industry standard
Make sure to include how many interviews (first and second rounds) and offers you got as well, for maximum prestige.
Just put "Summer Analyst." It's May so most programs start later this month.
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.
Just put down summer analyst
For the most part, people put "Incoming Summer Analyst" to show off. If you want to show off, then go right ahead.
^this
One day, I hope to be the CEO of Goldman Sachs, so my LinkedIn profile says "Incoming CEO of Goldman Sachs".
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.
Honestly though OP if you're thinkin of M7 MBA then it's never too late to put "GMAT: preparing to score 800" in the test score section
This way they know
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.
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?
If you have that analyst position down pat, then there's no harm in putting option 2 up. Since you're going FT, this is common practice. Also, this would be good for networking, as you'd appear under a search for that bank's name.
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!
It's a topic every year - some people think it's douchey, some think it's risky because your offer may be rescinded and some think it's great for networking. Bottom line is always the same: nobody gives a shit
Nothing rustles my jimmies more then kids who change their LinkedIn headline to Incoming Investment Banking Summer Analyst (Originally Posted: 02/20/2015)
TryHards, man... If you are one of these people, please explain your rationale.
Prestige whores. I've seen one who did this before have their contract rescinded before he started due to dwindling headcount.
I don't mind actually, it's how I know someone is an automatic prestige obsessed douche.
Who looks at Linkedin anyway, unless they are looking for a job and trying to spruce up their public domain resume?
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.
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
I'm more frustrated when people use "then" instead of "than". But I really don't care.
Perfect.
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.
Note my comment is specifically for incoming FT Analysts. I think putting Incoming SA is a bit aggressive, but I see no issue with a senior wanting to show that he/she will be coming back.
I agree but I think if it can help, then I'm all for it.
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?
OP if this bothers you, good luck with your career and life.
+1 for "rustles my jimmies."
OP, I think it's no big deal. In fact: http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/481/115/4cd.gif
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...
This
It doesn't bother me but it is weird.
"Incoming Analyst at X" on LinkedIn- why do people do this? (Originally Posted: 10/14/2014)
If you know you have a position for next year, would you recommend an 'Incoming Analyst' LinkedIn headline? This may get you on headhunters' radars earlier if in IBD (?), but why else do people do this?
think about the kind of people that are attracted to IB and you should have no trouble answering that question
^ THIS.
It's because LinkedIn doesn't allow hashtags, check their Twitter feed for what they really want to say.
Remember when Facebook required you to have a college email address to join? And then as soon as you were accepted somewhere and you got one, you immediately joined the network, even though you were still in college? Same situation.
Bragging rights
You jelly
Low self-esteem
when to add new job on linkedin (Originally Posted: 11/26/2012)
When you start working.
What. The. Fuck!!!!
Your offer should be rescinded for asking this question.
lmao
When you start working. Until then put it in the summary section.
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