Number of Salesforce certifications and Trailhead badges in LinkedIn profile: good or bad practice?

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I’d put certifications on LinkedIn but wouldn’t put trailhead badges. The badges are more just training - they wouldn’t hold much value when I’m looking at candidates for my team. As with any other areas of tech/IT, certifications only hold so much weight alone and it’s more valuable to show the combo of certifications and professional experience surrounding the things the cert proves you know.

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Don’t, just put your name. Appending a title makes you look like you’re compensating. Certs in the cert section, skip the badges, all you need to do

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You can put certs in the certs section. Please don’t be that guy who lists all their badges as individual certifications.

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Put your number of trailheads in your introduction section.

You could write a section in your bio that highlights some of the Trailhead Super Badges, certifications and real life experience that differentiates you. ( example Einstein, security, Lightning) anything that might give you a competitive edge over your peers. Awesome that you are pursuing Trailheads and Certifications. It’s okay to publicize your passions, just be mindful of how you message and brand yourself.

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How about number of certs in the headline?

I’m gonna continue to brag as it gets me exit opps.

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I assume you mean Superbadges? I think some of the responses so far are talking about regular badges

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