19 terrible LinkedIn mistakes you're making

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Microsoft just announced that it's buying LinkedIn for a whopping $26.2 billion, and it's as good a time as any to remind yourself that there are some things you just shouldn't do on LinkedIn.

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Kim Brown is an assistant director for Syracuse University's Career Services department. She spends a good portion of her day looking over LinkedIn profiles for job seekers and students.

She makes sure candidates are putting their best foot forward on LinkedIn.

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Here are the most common mistakes Brown sees job seekers make on LinkedIn.