Make the most of the largest professional social networking platform, LinkedIn, by engaging with the resources and tips linked below.
With over 500 million people on LinkedIn members, including 40 million recent graduates and current students, use the tips below to develop a profile that stands out and is unique to your amazing skills.
Ways to use LinkedIn:
- Locate & connect with organizations
- Stay in touch with contacts
- Join groups to expand your network
- Explore career paths of UMD alumni
- Platform to advertise your professional brand
Use LinkedIn to:
- Use LinkedIn's Alumni tool to explore career path options. See a tutorial video
- Explore organizations: The World’s 100 Most In Demand Employers
- Review salary ranges for your job title of interest
- Starting a profile tips and LinkedIn profile checklist
- Use a professional photo and enhance it with these tips
- LinkedIn Video: Show Your Experience and Perspective
- Tips for Building the Perfect LinkedIn Profile
- Building your brand
- Customize your profile's URL
- Add background to your LinkedIn photo | 10 LinkedIn background photo examples, Forbes
- Stop LinkedIn from sharing your Profile on Microsoft Word's Resume Assistant (mobile app only)
- How to Make Resume Assistant Work for You
- How to Add Recruiters to Your LinkedIn Network (with Sample Messages), job-hunt
- 9 expert-backed ways to use LinkedIn to find a job, Business Insider
- 4 Steps to Joining the Professional Conversation on LinkedIn
- This Is What Recruiters Look For On Your Social Media Accounts, Fast Company
- Write a LinkedIn Message, tips to consider
- Join Groups: University of Maryland College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (sample)
- Follow organizations of interest
- Informational interview tips
- Communication features, how to's
UMD students, faculty, and staff have free access to Linkedin Learning, an online learning service that can help professionals learn software, design, and business skills to achieve their personal and professional goals. Log in screen shots. Students: Linkedin Learning must be accessed using your UMD credentials to be free. You will be asked to share your LinkedIn profile, but it is not required for access.
Curated LinkedIn Learning videos for BSOS students:
- Create Your Brand
- Tips for applying for Internship/Job Openings?
- Create an Internship/Job Search Plan
Add a new skill (sample topics below):
- Analytics
- Big Data
- Business Skills
- Data Analytics
- Data Science Tools
- Ecommerce
- Excel 2019
- Finance
- Illustration
- Photoshop & Lightroom
- Python
- Social Media Marketing
- SPSS
- R for Data Science
- Web Design
- PLUS MANY MORE
Setting tips to increase your visibility, Business 2 Community
Manage your privacy- read this BEFORE connecting with professionals on LinkedIn
