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April 12, 2021 4:21 PM Subscribe
My global company was acquired by another, larger global company a few years ago. Before the acquisition, I was the Executive Assistant to the CEO. Now, at the new company, my boss is a C-level person but not the CEO. How should I reflect this on my Linkedin profile?
I work for the same person; my job is essentially unchanged. At the time of the merger I changed the company name and my title to reflect my boss's new position, but now my profile doesn't reflect those years when I was the EA to a global CEO. I might be looking for a new job soon and this is pretty important, I think.
Should I list this as two separate positions entirely? If I do this it'll look like two shorter-term jobs rather than one longer stint. Or put it in the job description somehow? Just leave it as-is? The company is not so well known that people outside our industry would be aware of the merger.
I work for the same person; my job is essentially unchanged. At the time of the merger I changed the company name and my title to reflect my boss's new position, but now my profile doesn't reflect those years when I was the EA to a global CEO. I might be looking for a new job soon and this is pretty important, I think.
Should I list this as two separate positions entirely? If I do this it'll look like two shorter-term jobs rather than one longer stint. Or put it in the job description somehow? Just leave it as-is? The company is not so well known that people outside our industry would be aware of the merger.
Could you update your description to be a little more generic such as Executive Assistant to C-level Executives, including CEO + [boss's new title]? LinkedIn doesn't need to know they're the same person, and you still get to refer to the CEO.
posted by cgg at 5:37 PM on April 12, 2021
posted by cgg at 5:37 PM on April 12, 2021
I personally would list them separately. If people ask, just explain the company got acquired, so the title changed.
posted by kschang at 6:34 AM on April 13, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by kschang at 6:34 AM on April 13, 2021 [2 favorites]
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If I'm correct, I would just list your entire time at your current company as being for the current company (even prior to acquisition). It's not lying - you're not exaggerating your time at the company, and you are correctly indicating where you work. For what it's worth, I did the same thing when one of my companies was acquired, and nobody has ever blinked an eye.
If you want, in the description of the job, you can add something like:
Executive Assistant to Cxx, $NEW_CORP, $OLD_DATE to current
[job description]
Executive Assistant to CEO, $OLD_CORP, $START_DATE to $OLD_DATE
[job description]
posted by saeculorum at 5:30 PM on April 12, 2021