Shaq's LinkedIn Profile Needed Some Serious Copyediting

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Megan Hess
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Shaq's LinkedIn Profile Needed Some Serious Copyediting
NBA basketball great Shaquille O'Neal on Sept. 6, 2013, at Orr Elementary in Washington. Credit: Manuel Balce Ceneta

There are two schools of thought on LinkedIn. One is the group of people who truly believe LinkedIn is a magical place, ideal for connecting with individuals in your field and finding jobs and touting your experience. The other is a group that mocks phrases like "thinkfluencer" and "guru" and rolls its eyes whenever someone actually talks about LinkedIn. (But secretly, that latter group is still honing their LinkedIn profiles regularly and lurking on people from high school.)

As of late, a third group has crept in: celebrities on LinkedIn. Conan O'Brien joined the network in September 2013, and this week, we found out Shaquille O'Neal had a profile, too.

But unlike Conan's profile, which was clearly picked over with a fine-tooth comb (most likely by his PR team), Shaq's leaves much to be desired. Yes, it's a good laugh -- his main title is "owner, a lot of companies" -- but there are typos galore.

Thus, I took the liberty of cleaning it up a bit, using the best tool I knew how: the red paint pen in Photoshop (click to enlarge).

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Credit: LinkedIn
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Credit: LinkedIn

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