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    The Positioning Gap

    If Your LinkedIn Profile Does Not Stop the Scroll, It Is Not Working

    1 min readBy Lindsay MustainThe Hireability Gap™
    The Positioning Gap

    If Your LinkedIn Profile Does Not Stop the Scroll, It Is Not Working

    Lindsay Mustain · Talent Paradigm

    If your profile doesn't stop the scroll, it's not working hard enough.

    This is your digital handshake - and top decision-makers are already judging it.

    Make it magnetic. Make it matter.

    Ready to close your Hireability Gap™ and become the obvious choice before the role even posts? The full Theory of Hireability™ manifesto is at TheoryOfHireability.com.

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    Published July 28, 2025