LinkedIn 101 — Part I: A Comprehensive Beginners Guide To LinkedIn

Get started with this easy, step-by-step guide

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LinkedIn is a platform that many students want to start using, but, for many reasons, never do. Whether that’s waiting for the right moment to create a profile or not knowing where to start, the final outcome is the same.

This comprehensive LinkedIn guide is split over 2 articles and covers 8 different topics that I believe encompass the purpose of LinkedIn for a student. The topics are:

1. The importance of having a professional network
2. What is LinkedIn?
3. How is it useful?
4. The basic structure of a profile
5. How to make your profile stand out
6. Networking on LinkedIn
7. Posting on LinkedIn
8. LinkedIn ‘culture’

Additionally, I have included useful resources at the end. This article includes the first 4 topics. So, without further ado, let’s dive into the world of LinkedIn!

1. The Importance of Having a Professional Network

As a student, it may seem that developing a professional network is a task that can be put off until after…