Establish yourself on LinkedIn to connect with professionals, recruiters, and peers, explore possible opportunities, share information about yourself, and look for jobs and internships. If LinkedIn is not the go-to digital job search tool for your target market, establish yourself on the appropriate platform for that market.
Actions:
🧠 Know
✅ Watch this LinkedIn Learning course to “Rock Your LinkedIn Profile.” Update your profile using the parts you like best. (Enter LinkedIn Learning through Duke OIT for free access.)
📈 Update Your Profile
✅ Get started with the LinkedIn Profile Checklist for University Students, available on their website.
✅ Write your headline. Read about How to write your LinkedIn headline. Your headline is one of the first things employers see when they look at your profile, and you’ll want to make sure your’s is strong.
✅ Write your summary. Here are some useful examples that can help as you develop your LinkedIn Summary.
✅ Update your Experience. Highlight your most relevant achievements in this section. Similar to your resume, you want to show what you’ve accomplished, and ideally the impact to demonstrate why it matters. Check out12 Tips to improve your work experience section on LinkedIn for ideas.
🖐 Improve Your Profile and Build Your Network
✅ Look at LinkedIn profiles of successful alumni or people you admire to see ways they use the platform.
✅ Build your network. Because LinkedIn shows you the profiles of people you know firsthand or through shared contacts, growing your network is important. Read 10 tips to maximize your LinkedIn profile and grow your network to get ideas about how to do this.
✅ Not Sure What to Say When You’re Reaching Out to Someone on LinkedIn? Here’s a Havard Business Review article on the topic that includes scripts you can modify and use. 
