LinkedIn Profile Update

Glen_Quagmire

My company has recently been taken over by another company and I need to update my LinkedIn profile.

The company that got bought are a reputable multinational organisation and a leader in the facilities management industry throughout the world. The company who bought them are also a reputable multinational organisation and leader in property management industry worldwide and now the facilities management industry also.

My question is, should I update my LinkedIn profile as follows :

1. Create a new position with the new company and leave the old company on the profile and time served with them which is approximately 3 years - this will show any potential recruiters down the line that I once worked with this company which could stand to me.

2. Update my profile and just change the company name to the new company that took over - this will show continuity in my position that I am not jumping from one company to the next, so in 1 years time I will have served 4 years served with this company instead of 1 year.

Any thoughts please?

Panda_Turtle

Glen_Quagmire wrote: »

My company has recently been taken over by another company and I need to update my LinkedIn profile.

The company that got bought are a reputable multinational organisation and a leader in the facilities management industry throughout the world. The company who bought them are also a reputable multinational organisation and leader in property management industry worldwide and now the facilities management industry also.

My question is, should I update my LinkedIn profile as follows :

1. Create a new position with the new company and leave the old company on the profile and time served with them which is approximately 3 years - this will show any potential recruiters down the line that I once worked with this company which could stand to me.

2. Update my profile and just change the company name to the new company that took over - this will show continuity in my position that I am not jumping from one company to the next, so in 1 years time I will have served 4 years served with this company instead of 1 year.

Any thoughts please?

An interesting conundrum.

Option 2 perhaps, with a brief mention of the previous company e.g. a bullet point like " - 2012-2015 with company x (taken over by company y)"

Could see what your colleagues do also.

3DataModem

I advise to show continuity of position above all else.

I suggest "Glen Quagmire, Giggidy Specialist at Quahog Estate Management (part of the New England Estate Management Group)"

Antarctica

3DataModem wrote: »

I advise to show continuity of position above all else.

I suggest "Glen Quagmire, Giggidy Specialist at Quahog Estate Management (part of the New England Estate Management Group)"

But does the name of the old company still exist? Because if it does not or will cease to exist in the future then you are stating that you are working at a now non existent company

bonyn

Just change the company name on your linkedin profile. I'd also suggest you add it as a new employment and close off your existing employment...so your profile will look like this:

Glen_Quagmire, 2012-present. NEW COMPANY NAME
Glen_Quagmire, 2012-2015. OLD COMPANY NAME

seamus

The break in continuity may not be that big a deal. It really depends on the industry I suppose. Pretty typical in technology to see people consistently moving every 18 - 36 months.
If it's a pretty high-profile purchase, then simply closing the old employment and creating the new one - exact same title & role, different company name - will make it obvious that it's the same continuous employment, and you didn't move employer. Anyone recruiting in the area will know about the merger. Some less clued-in recruiters will ask about the move and you can just explain that the companies merged, you didn't move. No biggie.

All that said, if you are actively looking for work right now, then leave the company name as-is for 6 months or so, so it doesn't look like you just changed jobs.

Glen_Quagmire

Thanks for the advise guys, I think I will see how my colleagues go about theirs first and make a call on it.

Eoin

I'd keep the one position, change the company name and just mention it somewhere in the description underneath ("Originally working for Company A, which was acquired by Company B"). I don't see the point in either listing your duties twice, or having an empty position as a placeholder.