📄 How to Update Your CV from LinkedIn Profile

🎯 Quick Instructions

I’ve created a comprehensive CV template with modern formatting. Now you need to fill in the specific details from your LinkedIn profile.

🔗 Your LinkedIn Profile

Visit your LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bogdan-prelipcean-98ab6647/

✏️ Step 1: Update Education Section

Find on LinkedIn: Education section

Update in CV (_pages/cv.md):

Replace these placeholders:

- **Advisor**: [Advisor Name - *Please update from your records*]
- **Thesis**: [*Please add your thesis title from LinkedIn/records*]

With your actual information from LinkedIn.

💼 Step 2: Update Professional Experience

From LinkedIn Experience Section:

1. Copy exact job titles from LinkedIn
2. Copy company names and locations
3. Copy employment dates
4. Copy job descriptions (enhance with technical details)
5. Add specific accomplishments with numbers/metrics

Key Fields to Update:

### **Your Actual Job Title** | Start Year - End Year
**Company Name** - City, Country
- **Responsibility**: Specific details from LinkedIn
- **Achievement**: Quantified results (X% improvement, Y million users, etc.)

🏆 Step 3: Update Achievements Section

Look for on LinkedIn:

• Honors & Awards
• Certifications
• Publications count
• Patents
• Speaking engagements

Update these placeholders:

- **Academic Contributions**: [X] peer-reviewed publications
- **Open Source**: Released tools with [X]+ GitHub stars  
- **Speaking**: Presented at [X] international conferences

🛠️ Step 4: Add Skills Section

From LinkedIn Skills section:

## 💡 Core Competencies

### **Technical Skills**
- **Programming Languages**: Python, Java, C++, JavaScript, [your languages]
- **Security Tools**: [List from LinkedIn]
- **Frameworks**: [List from LinkedIn]
- **Cloud Platforms**: AWS, Azure, GCP, [your platforms]

### **Research Skills**  
- **Methodologies**: [List from LinkedIn]
- **Analysis Tools**: [List from LinkedIn]
- **Verification Tools**: [List from LinkedIn]

### **Leadership & Management**
- **Team Leadership**: [Details from LinkedIn]
- **Project Management**: [Details from LinkedIn]
- **Mentoring**: [Details from LinkedIn]

🎖️ Step 5: Add Certifications & Awards

From LinkedIn Licenses & Certifications:

## 🏅 Certifications & Awards

### **Professional Certifications**
- **[Certification Name]** | [Issuing Organization] | [Year]
- **[Certification Name]** | [Issuing Organization] | [Year]

### **Awards & Recognition**
- **[Award Name]** | [Organization] | [Year] | [Description]
- **[Award Name]** | [Organization] | [Year] | [Description]

👥 Step 6: Add Professional Memberships

From LinkedIn or your records:

## 🤝 Professional Memberships

- **[Professional Organization]** | [Role/Level] | [Years]
- **[Professional Organization]** | [Role/Level] | [Years]
- **Editorial Board Member** | [Journal Name] | [Years]
- **Program Committee** | [Conference Name] | [Years]

📊 Step 7: Add Languages

If listed on LinkedIn:

## 🌍 Languages

- **Romanian**: Native
- **English**: Fluent/Professional
- **French**: [Level from LinkedIn]
- **[Other Language]**: [Level]

🎯 Step 8: Add Key Metrics

Look for quantifiable achievements on LinkedIn:

Replace generic text with specific numbers:

• “Led team of X researchers”
• “Systems protect X million users”
• “Processed X million samples”
• “Reduced false positives by X%”
• “Published X papers with Y+ citations”

📱 Step 9: Update Contact Information

In _config.yml author section:

author:
  name: "Dr. Bogdan Prelipcean"
  bio: "Your actual bio from LinkedIn"
  location: "Your location from LinkedIn"
  employer: "Current employer from LinkedIn"
  email: "your-email@domain.com"
  linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/bogdan-prelipcean-98ab6647/"

📄 Step 10: Add PDF Download

Create a PDF version:

1. Copy CV content to a Word document
2. Format professionally
3. Save as PDF: files/cv/bogdan-prelipcean-cv-2024.pdf
4. Add download link to CV page:

<div style="text-align: center; margin: 2rem 0;">
  <a href="/files/cv/bogdan-prelipcean-cv-2024.pdf" class="btn btn--primary" target="_blank">
    📄 Download PDF Version
  </a>
</div>

🔄 Quick Update Workflow

1. Open LinkedIn profile in one tab
2. Open _pages/cv.md in your editor
3. Copy information section by section
4. Replace placeholders with actual data
5. Add quantifiable metrics wherever possible
6. Commit and push changes

💡 Pro Tips

• Be specific: Replace generic descriptions with concrete achievements
• Use numbers: Quantify your impact wherever possible
• Keep updated: Review and update quarterly
• Match tone: Professional but not overly formal
• Highlight uniqueness: What makes you different from other researchers?

Need help? Send me your LinkedIn profile URL and specific sections you’d like help formatting!