How to Reorder LinkedIn Sections

Your LinkedIn profile isn't just a digital resume, it's your professional storefront. Controlling the order of your profile sections allows you to tell your career story your way, putting your most impressive skills and achievements front and center. This guide will show you exactly how to reorganize your LinkedIn presence step-by-step, transforming your profile from a simple history log into a powerful personal branding tool.

Why Reordering Your LinkedIn Sections Is a Game-Changer

Taking a few minutes to rearrange your profile isn't just about aesthetics – it's about strategy. A thoughtfully organized profile puts you in control of the first impression you make on recruiters, potential clients, and industry peers. Here’s why it’s so effective.

Control Your Professional Narrative

Think of your LinkedIn profile as a story. Do you want the first chapter to be about awards you won ten years ago, or the high-impact project you just completed? Reordering sections lets you be the author of your own career story. A software engineer might want to place their "Projects" section right below their experience to showcase building skills. A content strategist, on the other hand, could prioritize the "Featured" section to immediately display their portfolio of viral articles.

Highlight Your Most Relevant Strengths

The top half of your profile is prime real estate. Visitors spend most of their time "above the fold" before deciding whether to scroll further. By moving your strongest sections up, you immediately capture their attention with what matters most. For example:

• If you recently earned a sought-after certification like a PMP or AWS Cloud Practitioner, move the Licenses &, Certifications section up to show off your new expertise.
• If you’re pivoting into the non-profit sector, making your Volunteer Experience section highly visible can demonstrate commitment and relevant skills that your paid experience might not reflect.

Tailor Your Profile for Specific Audiences

Your professional goals should dictate your profile’s layout. A one-size-fits-all approach doesn't work when you are trying to attract a specific audience. Customizing your section order helps you speak directly to the people you want to reach.

• Job Seekers: Place your Experience and Skills sections high up to align with the keywords and qualifications recruiters are searching for.
• Freelancers &, Consultants: Lead with social proof. Move your Recommendations and Projects sections near the top to build trust and display a portfolio of results.
• Founders &, Entrepreneurs: Use the Featured section to highlight your company’s pitch deck, a recent podcast interview, or a product demo video.

The Anatomy of a LinkedIn Profile: What You Can (and Can't) Reorder

Before you start rearranging things, it's essential to know that LinkedIn locks certain core sections in place while giving you complete freedom over others. Understanding this structure will save you time and frustration.

The Fixed Sections (These Don't Move)

LinkedIn considers some sections foundational to your professional identity. You cannot change their order relative to each other. These are the main pillars of your profile:

• Intro Card: Your name, photo, headline, and contact information. This is always at the very top.
• About: Your professional summary. This lives directly below your Intro Card.
• Activity: A feed of your recent posts, comments, and shares. LinkedIn wants this active element displayed prominently.
• Experience: Your work history. This follows your Activity.
• Education: Your academic background. This comes after your Experience.

While you can't move the entire Experience section above the About section, you can reorder the individual jobs listed within the Experience section. The same goes for the Education section. We’ll cover how to do that later.

The Flexible Sections (Your Customization Playground)

This is where you have total creative control. All of the following sections can be dragged and dropped into nearly any order you'd like (after the fixed sections).

• Featured: A showcase for links, articles, documents, and media.
• Skills: A list of your professional abilities, endorsed by your network.
• Recommendations: Written testimonials from colleagues and clients.
• Publications: Articles or works you've authored.
• Projects: Specific projects you've worked on, either professionally or personally.
• Honors &, Awards: Recognition you've received.
• Courses: A list of relevant coursework you've completed.
• Licenses &, Certifications: Official credentials you've earned.
• Volunteer Experience: Unpaid work that highlights your skills and values.
• Organizations: Professional organizations you're a part of.

Step-by-Step Guide: How to Reorder Your Movable Sections

Ready to customize your profile? The process is straightforward and best done on a desktop computer, as the interface is much easier to navigate than the mobile app. Here's how.

1. Navigate to Your Profile: Log in to LinkedIn. Click the "Me" icon in the top right of the navigation bar, then select "View Profile" from the dropdown menu.
2. Enter "Edit Mode": Scroll down to any of the flexible sections you want to move (like Skills, Recommendations, or Projects). You don't need to click a specific "edit" button to start – the icons will be visible. Notice how the fixed sections (like Experience) lack this reordering icon."
3. Find the "Drag" Icon: To the far right of the section's title (e.g., "Skills"), you will see a four-line "drag" icon. It looks a bit like a hamburger menu with an extra line. Hovering your cursor over it should change the cursor to a four-way arrow or a hand icon.
4. Click, Drag, and Drop: Click and hold the drag icon. The section will appear to "lift" slightly. While holding the mouse button down, drag the section up or down to its new position. A faint outline or placeholder box will show where it will land. Release the mouse button to drop it into place.
5. Check Your Work: LinkedIn saves these changes automatically, so there is no "Save" button for reordering. The change is instant. Your chosen section is now in its new home. You can repeat this process for any of the flexible sections until your profile is perfectly organized.

Pro Tip: Take a minute to view your profile as a visitor would to confirm the new layout tells the story you intended. You can often find a "Public profile" link to see it from a fresh perspective.

Organizing Items *Within* a Section

Beyond reordering entire content blocks, you can also re-organize the items listed within them. This is especially useful for fine-tuning sections like Experience and Skills.

Reordering Your Experience and Education

In most cases, your Experience section should be in reverse-chronological order. However, if you're a consultant with multiple current roles or have a very relevant past position, you might want it at the top. Here's how:

1. Go to your Experience section and click the pencil icon at the top right corner to edit the entire section.
2. A new window will pop up showing all your listed positions.
3. To the right of each job title, you will see the same four-line "drag" icon.
4. Click and drag the positions into your preferred order, then click "Save." This same method applies to the Education section.

Pinning Your Top Skills

You can't manually drag and drop your skills to reorder them all, but you have something even better: the pin feature. LinkedIn allows you to "pin" your top three skills, which will be displayed more prominently and shown to viewers without them having to click "Show all skills."

1. Navigate to the Skills section and click the pencil icon.
2. You'll see a list of all your added skills. To the right of each skill, there's a pin icon.
3. Click the pin icon for the three skills you want to highlight most. Pinned skills will move to the "Pinned" section at the top of the list.
4. To unpin one, simply click the pin icon again. When you're done, click "Save."

Choose skills that directly align with your career goals. If you are a marketer aiming for a data-driven role, pin "Google Analytics," "SEO," and "Data Analysis" instead of more general skills like "Social Media" or "Content Writing."

Strategic Section Ordering for Different Goals

How you arrange your profile depends on your career goals. Here are three recommended layouts designed to attract the right kind of attention.

For the Active Job Seeker

Your goal is to quickly convince a recruiter you are a match. Your profile should be scannable for keywords and a clear demonstration of your qualifications.

• Order: Featured → Skills → Recommendations → Licenses &, Certifications.
• Why It Works: After your key Experience history, the Featured section can act as a mini-portfolio (e.g., a case study presentation). The Skills section immediately follows, validating keywords from the job description. Recommendations and Certifications provide the powerful social proof and credentials needed to land an interview.

For the Freelancer or Consultant

Your objective is to build trust and showcase results. Your profile is a sales page, and credibility is your most valuable currency.

• Order: Featured → Recommendations → Projects → Skills.
• Why It Works: Use your Featured section to link to your portfolio, services page, or client testimonials. Placing Recommendations right after is a powerful one-two punch of showing and telling your value. The Projects section offers detailed case studies of your past work, while the Skills section reinforces your areas of expertise.

For the Recognized Industry Expert or Brand Builder

Your goal is to solidify your reputation as a thought leader. The focus is less on job history and more on your ideas and public validation.

• Order: Featured → Publications → Honors &, Awards → Volunteer Experience.
• Why It Works: Your Featured section should highlight your best LinkedIn articles, a popular presentation video, or a link to your newsletter. Positioning Publications and Honors &, Awards prominently shows external validation of your expertise. Adding thoughtful Volunteer Experience can humanize your brand and show leadership outside of your core role.

Final Thoughts

Reordering your LinkedIn sections is a simple yet high-impact strategy to take full control of your professional brand. By intentionally organizing your profile, you guide visitors through your career highlights and tailor your story for recruiters, clients, and new connections alike.

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