You’ve adjusted your LinkedIn headline a thousand times, hoping to capture the attention of your next boss… or at this point, anyone. You’re still not getting any attention. What’s missing isn’t polish—it’s click-magnet specificity. Right now, most LinkedIn headlines, which is the verbiage under your headshot, promise “transformation/excellence/growth” at a high level.

A LinkedIn headline is the section at the top of a LinkedIn user's profile where they can describe what they do in 120 characters or less. This brief description appears...