#4: Add your personal email address

Don't run the risk of losing your LinkedIn access when you change job.

Add your personal email addressesMake sure you can always control your LinkedIn account even if you change jobs.
You can add more than one email address to your LinkedIn account.And when you'e done that, you can login using any of the addresses you have set up.You can also choose to make a new email account your primary address. This means that all LinkedIn notifications and messages go to that address.The process is simple, and here's the shortcut to it: — https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/manage-email-addresses

Adding email addresses to LinkedIn [click to zoom in]

I recommend having at least one 'backup' email address, ideally your personal email and not your company email. You can activate this if circumstances change for any of your email addresses.People can find you and connect with you on LinkedIn if they know your email address. So keeping 'old' addresses makes sense if you move on from one organisation to another.

Tip: Even if you first set up the LinkedIn account using a work email, you can retire it as the primary address. This means notifications go to your new email. You can also log in using the new email address along with your existing password.

Is your email actually visible?You should also check your email address visibility on LinkedIn. It makes sense if you allow everyone on LinkedIn to see your email, but you may get more unwanted messages.You can restrict its visibility. This means less email spam. But recruiters and those interested in your services or skills can't contact you as easily.You control this at https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/settings/email-address-visibility and your options are available in a radio button list.

Control the visbility of your email address on LinkedIn