An important part of your LinkedIn profile is industry selection. You may find the list to be incomplete. While you may not find a perfect match, do your best to select the industry most like yours.
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When others search LinkedIn to find other people and companies this can result in new business for you. They often use industry list/classification as a way to narrow their search results. So, it’s important to choose the industry most prospects are likely to use when searching for profiles like yours. Here is a complete LinkedIn industry list (view on LinkedIn).
LinkedIn’s Full List of Industry Classifications
Over the years, we’ve developed client LinkedIn profiles covering many industries:
- Automotive
- Biotechnology
- Computer Hardware
- Computer Software
- Defense and Space
- Entertainment
- Environmental Services
- Financial Services
- Food and Beverages
- Furniture
- Health, Wellness, and Fitness
- Hospital and Health Care
- Human Resources
- Information Technology and Services
- Insurance
- Internet
- Law Practice
- Luxury Goods and Jewelry
- Medical Devices
- Medical Practice
- Mental Health Care
- Military
- Music
- Outsourcing/Offshoring
- Publishing
- Real Estate
- Staffing and Recruiting
- Telecommunications
- Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
- Warehousing
- Wireless