Want a quick fix/review of your LinkedIn profile? Look at your Industry and make sure it reflects your current position.
1. Log in.
2. Check your industry in the “Edit profile” section. Correct it if necessary. It is invisible to the naked reader (I mean to their naked eye; no COVID-wardrobe judgment here) but recruiters or clients using search functions can sort by industry, so it could be useful to you.
There are no “rules” so you can just scroll through the list and choose what looks good. OR search colleagues' and competitors' profiles to see what resonates and choose their industry. (Caution: they might be wrong or obsolete also.)
For your convenience, I have typed up a list of all of the Industry Categories currently available in Linkedin,
August 2020
LinkedIn INDUSTRY CATEGORIES
Accounting
Airlines/Aviation
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Alternative Medicine
Animation
Apparel & Fashion
Architecture & Planning
Arts & Crafts
Aotomotive
Aviation & Aerospace
Banking
Biotechnology
Broadcast Media
Building Materials
Business Supplies & Equipment
Capital Markets
Chemicals
Civic & Social Organization
Civil Engineering
Commercial Real Estate
Computer & Network Security
Computer Games
Computer Hardware
Computer Networking
Computer Software
Construction
Consumer Electronics
Consumer Goods
Consumer Services
Cosmetics
Dairy
Defense & Space
Design
E-learning
Education Management
Electrical & Electronic MAnufacturing
Entertainment
Environmental Services
Events Services
Executive Office
Facilities Services
Farming
Financial Services
Fine Art
Fishery
Food & Beverages
Food Production
Fundraising
Furniture
Gambling & Casinos
Glass, Ceramics & Concrete
Government Administration
Government Relations
Graphic Design
Health, Wellness & Fitness
Higher Education
Hospital & Health Care
Hospitality
Human Resources
Import & Export
Individual & Family Services
Industrial Automation
Information Services
Information Technology & Services
Insurance
International Affairs
International Trade & Development
Internet
Investment Banking
Investment Management
Judiciary
Law Enforcement
Law Practice
Legal Services
Legislative Office
Leisure, Travel & Tourism
Libraries
Logistics & Supply Chain
Luxury Goods & Jewelry
Machinery
Management Consulting
Maritime
Market Research
Marketing & Advertising
Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
Media Production
Medical Device
Medical Practice
Mental Health Care
Military
Mining & Metals
Motion Pictures & Film
Museums & Institutions
Music
Nanotechnology
Newspapers
Non-profit Organization Management
Oil & Energy
Online Media
Outsourcing/Offshoring
Package/Freight Delivery
Packaging & Containers
Paper & Forest Products
Performing Arts
Pharmaceuticals
Philanthropy
Photography
Plastics
Political Organization
Prmiary/Secondary Education
Printing
Professional Training & Coaching
Program Development
Public Policy
Public Relations & Communications
Public Safety
Publishing
Railroad Manufacture
Ranching
Real Estate
Recreational Facilities & Services
Religious Institutions
Renewables & Environment
Research
Restaurants
Retail
Security & Investigations
Semiconductors
Shipbuilding
Sporting Goods
Sports
Staffing & Recruiting
Supermarkets
Telecommunications
Textiles
Think Tanks
Tobacco
Translation & Localization
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Utilities
Venture Capital & Private Equity
Veterinary
Warehousing
Wholesale
Wine & Spirits
Wireless
Writing & Editing