{"id":1901,"date":"2022-03-28T13:53:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T13:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/?p=1901"},"modified":"2022-03-28T13:54:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T13:54:47","slug":"linkedin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/2022\/03\/28\/linkedin\/","title":{"rendered":"Update Your LinkedIn Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LinkedIn is a powerful platform for connecting with each other, especially in professional capacities. According to Jennifer van Alstyne (of <a href=\"https:\/\/theacademicdesigner.com\/\">The Academic Designer<\/a>), it&#8217;s a helpful tool for networking, looking for academic and non-academic jobs, and highlighting your work. Watch her video on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/y7DoZGAMAzM\">LinkedIn for Grad Students<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other benefits of a LinkedIn profile include: (1) building your personal brand, (2) building a personal network, (3) staying informed on news and trends, (4) search and apply for jobs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/learning-linkedin-graduate-students-becky-mcrae\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some additional tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theacademicdesigner.com\/2021\/linkedin-profile-tips-for-graduate-students\/?msclkid=998aee5cae9b11ecaeb087e43eeabee1#headline\">Your headline should be descriptive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theacademicdesigner.com\/2021\/linkedin-profile-tips-for-graduate-students\/?msclkid=998aee5cae9b11ecaeb087e43eeabee1#photo\">Profile photos that focus on your face are easier to recognize<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theacademicdesigner.com\/2021\/linkedin-profile-tips-for-graduate-students\/?msclkid=998aee5cae9b11ecaeb087e43eeabee1#about\">Write an About section with a friendly bio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theacademicdesigner.com\/2021\/linkedin-profile-tips-for-graduate-students\/?msclkid=998aee5cae9b11ecaeb087e43eeabee1#contact\">Let people know how to contact you<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theacademicdesigner.com\/2021\/linkedin-profile-tips-for-graduate-students\/?msclkid=998aee5cae9b11ecaeb087e43eeabee1#links\">Share links in your Experience and Education sections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialsellingcoach.ai\/10-stunningly-good-graduate-student-linkedin-summary-examples\/?msclkid=998c5895ae9b11ec9d2ef31b4266e0b0\">10 Stunningly Good Graduate Student LinkedIn Summary Examples<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/proactivegrad.com\/graduate-student-linkedin-summary\/\"><span style=\"color: revert;font-size: revert;font-weight: revert\">7 Tips to write a Perfect Graduate Student LinkedIn Summary (With examples)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LinkedIn is a powerful platform for connecting with each other, especially in professional capacities. According to Jennifer van Alstyne (of The Academic Designer), it&#8217;s a helpful tool for networking, looking for academic and non-academic jobs, and highlighting your work. Watch her video on LinkedIn for Grad Students. Other benefits of a LinkedIn profile include: (1) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":1902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[24,29,30,8,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1901"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1904,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901\/revisions\/1904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}