I Cancelled LinkedIn Premium. 7 Claude Prompts Did the Job for Free.

I cancelled LinkedIn Premium.

I did not miss it. Seven Claude prompts did the job for free — my headline, my About section, my experience bullets, my keywords, my value proposition, and my elevator pitch.

Half of the claim is true. This article gives you all seven prompts, the way I use them, and tells you plainly which half is true.

What I expected — and what is actually true

LinkedIn Premium Career costs $39.99 a month when billed monthly, or $239.88 a year, according to LinkedIn's own plan pages checked in October 2026. Here is what that money buys, and what a prompt can and cannot replace.

So the honest version of the claim is narrower, and more useful: you do not need to pay $39.99 a month for a better profile. You need it for InMail and applicant data. If you only wanted a better profile, cancel away. If you message hiring managers every week, keep it.

One more honest note before the prompts: Claude writes well, and it also invents freely. It will happily add numbers, employers, and achievements you never had. Every prompt below ends with a check step for exactly that reason. Never let an AI put a fact on your profile that you cannot defend in an interview.

1. The headline prompt

Your headline is the one line every recruiter sees, in search results, in comments, everywhere. Most people waste it on a job title.

"Here is my current LinkedIn headline: [paste it]. Here is what I do and who I help: [two sentences]. Write 5 headline options, each under 220 characters. Each one must say the role, who I help, and one proof point — a result, a number, or a niche. No buzzwords like 'passionate', 'results-driven', or 'seasoned professional'. Tell me which one you would pick and why."

Paste your current headline and two honest sentences about your work. Pick the option that sounds like you on your best day, not the one that sounds most impressive. Then read it out loud. If you would never say it, do not publish it.

2. The About section prompt — under 260 words

My rule: keep About under 260 words. Nobody reads the fourth paragraph of an About section.

"Here is my current About section: [paste it]. Rewrite it in under 260 words. First line must hook a recruiter in one sentence — the problem I solve, not my job history. Then three short paragraphs: what I do, proof of it, and what I am looking for next. Plain words, no corporate filler. Keep every fact I wrote; cut everything that does not earn its place."

After Claude rewrites it, do one pass yourself and delete any sentence you would be embarrassed to explain in person. Short is only good if it is still true.

3. The experience bullets prompt — show the return

Recruiters skim bullets for numbers. Duties bore them; outcomes stop them.

"Here are my experience bullets for [role at company]: [paste them]. Rewrite each bullet as action + result + number. Keep only facts I gave you — do not invent metrics, percentages, or revenue figures. If a bullet has no number, rewrite it around scope instead: team size, users served, time saved, or volume handled. Maximum two lines per bullet. Remove weak verbs like 'responsible for' and 'assisted with'."

If you genuinely have no numbers, scope is your substitute. "Handled onboarding for a 12-person sales team" says more than "responsible for onboarding". Never let Claude invent a percentage to make a bullet look stronger. That is the fastest way to fail a reference check.

4. The full-profile fix — keywords a recruiter searches

LinkedIn search is keyword search. If your profile does not contain the words a recruiter types, you do not appear — no matter how good you are.

"Here is my full LinkedIn profile text: [paste headline, About, and experience]. Here are three job descriptions I want: [paste them]. List the skills and keywords that appear in the job descriptions but are missing from my profile. Then rewrite the three weakest sections of my profile to include the missing keywords naturally — no keyword stuffing, no skills I do not have. Show me before and after for each section, and flag any keyword I should not claim."

The flag step matters. Claude will happily add a keyword you do not actually know. Claiming a skill you cannot demonstrate is worse than not ranking for it.

5. The industry keywords prompt — without sounding like a robot

Keywords only help if a human still wants to read the sentence.

"My target role is [role] in [industry]. List 15 keywords recruiters in this industry actually search for, ranked by how often they appear in job posts. Then take my About section [paste it] and weave in the top 8 keywords where they fit naturally. Do not add keywords for skills I do not have, and do not repeat any keyword more than twice. If a keyword makes a sentence sound worse, leave it out and tell me which one you dropped and why."

Read the result out loud. If it sounds like it was written for a search engine, it was. A recruiter is a person first and a searcher second.

6. The Unique Value Proposition — one line at the top of About

I put the value proposition at the top of About, and that is the right place for it. It is the first thing a recruiter reads after your headline.

"Based on this summary of my work: [three sentences — what you do, who you serve, one result]. Write 5 one-line value propositions for the top of my LinkedIn About section. Each must follow this shape: I help [who] get [outcome] through [how]. One line, plain words, one proof point maximum. No adjectives about me — only the outcome for them."

Pick the one a hiring manager could repeat to their boss without explaining it. If it needs explaining, it is not a value proposition yet.

7. The 30-second elevator pitch

Profiles get you found. Pitches get you remembered — in messages, in intros, in interviews.

"Turn this profile summary into a 30-second elevator pitch I can use in LinkedIn messages and interviews: [paste your headline + About]. Three sentences: who I am, the problem I solve, and one proof point. Spoken style — write it the way I would actually say it, not the way a brochure would. Give me two versions: one formal, one conversational. Tell me which sentences to drop if I only have 15 seconds."

Practice it once, out loud, before you use it. A pitch you have never said sounds like a pitch you have never said.

Run all 7 in 30 minutes

1. Copy your profile. Headline, About, and experience into one document. Five minutes.
2. Run prompts 1, 2, and 6 first. Headline, About, value proposition. These are what everyone sees. Ten minutes.
3. Run prompts 3, 4, and 5. Bullets, keywords, keyword weaving. Ten minutes.
4. Run prompt 7 last. Your pitch, once the profile is straight. Five minutes.
5. Do the honesty pass. Read everything out loud. Delete anything you cannot defend. Check every number against reality. Then publish.

Thirty minutes, seven prompts, one profile that reads like the person a recruiter actually wants to call.

What Claude cannot do for you

Prompts fix words. They do not fix the rest.

• InMail stays paid. Five credits a month on Premium Career, and no prompt sends a message to someone outside your network.
• Applicant insights stay paid. You will not know where you rank against other applicants without Premium.
• Proof stays yours. Claude can shape your experience; it cannot create it. The profile still has to be true.
• Outreach still needs you. A polished profile gets you found. It does not introduce you. That part is still a message from a person, not a prompt.

That is the real lesson here. AI removed the excuse of a weak profile. What is left is the work only you can do: the experience, the judgment, and the message you send after someone finds you.

If you want to see what that message can become, our guide on how to become an AI consultant in 2027 walks through the same logic for a whole business — one bottleneck, one client, one system that works. And if you are building in Dubai, the Dubai AI community meets in person to build these systems live.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need Claude Pro to run these prompts?

No. The free version of Claude handles all seven — you are pasting text and asking for rewrites, not running long analyses. If your full profile is very long, paste it in two chunks and tell Claude to wait for the second half before answering.

Do these prompts work with ChatGPT?

Yes. The prompts are written for Claude, but they work with any capable chatbot. The results will differ slightly in tone — Claude tends to be more concise, ChatGPT more expansive — so run the honesty pass either way.

Will recruiters know I used AI?

Only if it reads generic. A headline full of "passionate results-driven professional" reads AI-written because it reads like everyone else. A headline with your niche, your audience, and one real number reads like you. Edit in your own voice before publishing.

Should I cancel LinkedIn Premium?

If you only wanted a better profile, yes — the prompts do that part free. If you use InMail to reach hiring managers, check applicant insights, or watch who viewed your profile every week, Premium is still the only way to get those. Decide by what you actually use, not by what you pay for.

What if I have no metrics for my experience bullets?

Use scope instead of results: team size, users served, volume handled, time saved, or how often you did it. "Processed 40+ client onboardings a month" is a metric even without a percentage. Never invent a number to fill the gap.