Nowadays It’s really hard to get a job or get a better network. In that case, there’s a platform where you can showcase your skills as well as get a network which will help your career. It can really be helpful and enhance your chance of getting new opportunities. More importantly as a student you can use LinkedIn to establish a professional network which is important for getting various opportunities, internships, jobs.
Are you on LinkedIn or not? Get ready to know more about LinkedIn benefits and why you should be active in your student life.
- Professional Networking
Networking is very important for every sector of your life. Linkedin is a platform that lets you make connections with professionals, professors, and alumni. Building a professional network when you are a student will be a great help in your career life. You will be able to know about various university professors and also get to connect with a lot of amazing people that may change a lot of things. You will learn a lot by being connected with them.
- Virtual Resume
Whether It’s resume or CV, none can put every information he wants to. In LinkedIn you can showcase your skills, achievements, and a better way to let others know your ideas. Your every achievement and every work you showcase it will be seen by recruiters which will be a great help for you. Just by a Linkedin account and make it useful for being able to be seen by many recruiters. So LinkedIn can be your virtual resume for getting many opportunities.
- Career
It’s hard to find jobs in the job market. But if you have a linkedin account and if you can make it helpful for your career then it’ll be easier to get a job. You should actively participate in various job posts, internships, volunteer opportunities and engage with industry related posts. For a better career you should follow what skills are necessary for the jobs which will be helpful for your future job aspects.
- Recommendations
LinkedIn has a feature which lets other people recommend you. If someone has a lot of recommendations that will be helpful for getting a better chance. By building connections, you can receive recommendations from your professors, supervisors and alumni or you can ask them for the recommendations. It attracts employers attention which will definitely help you.
- Skills
LinkedIn has a feature to show your skills and It’s not just 10-15 skills you can show, you can show 30+ skills. To showcase your skills, first you will have to develop your skills and you can put a lot of skills.
- Endorsement
By showing skills, others can endorse you for your skills which actually let others know your capability of those skills. It’s beneficial to get endorsement and for getting endorsement you need to showcase your worth of that particular skill.
- Opportunities
After building a professional network and your skills, endorsements, recommendations, it will help you to get many opportunities. Such as internships, volunteer opportunities, jobs etc. You can also get opportunities through your network. There are a lot of opportunities for studying abroad, you can also find professors and keep an eye on their field of work. Also if you know alumni, it will be a great help for you for opportunities.
- Information & Insights
Unlike other platforms, where you get distracted by various useless contents and posts, here LinkedIn has a lot of useful information. By connecting and following groups, persons, professionals, you will know the information that is worthy of your time. By being active in your student life, It’ll be much helpful for knowing information early.
- Community Engagement
There are a lot of communities where you can find your desired and like-minded people and their contents. By making content and posting in that community, it’ll help you to engage with the community. You can participate in discussions, ask questions and share your opinion which can help you build a better network.
- Know Your Desired Company
It’s very important to know details of your desired company. If you know which company wants which skills and the responsibility of the work, It’ll help you when you apply for your job. That’s why keep an eye on your field related companies.
- Personal Branding
After all of this showcasing your work, academic achievements, skills, projects, this will be helpful for the personal branding. Make your profile enhancing and more attractive to recruiters.
As a student, the earlier you start being active on LinkedIn during your student life is not just about creating an online resume; it’s about building a professional identity, expanding your network, and staying connected with the dynamic world of work.
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Towhida
Intern, Content Writing Department
YSSE