LinkedIn Resource Page

📷 Profile Photo

Having your profile photo will allow your profile to be viewed more likely. The photo should be one that is recent, professional, and represents who you are.

• This is your first impression for others before they look at your profile! Choose a photo which you want to be recognized by others as a professional

• Your look in the photo should be updated and similar to your normal look, where people will be able to recognize you easily

• In order to have a better quality profile photo, ask someone to help take the photo! The ideal profile photo size is between 400 (w) x 400 (h) pixels and 7680 (w) x 4320 (h) pixels

• Have an individual photo (not group photo) with your head filling about 60% of the frame and avoid having a distracting background, with a soft, natural lighting, to allow more focus to be on you, but not other elements in the picture

• Have appropriate clothing on! Choose to wear what you will wear to work

🗣️ Headline

Headline is a professional short statement right under your profile photo on your profile page, which allows others to get to know more about you.

• List your current field of study / faculty and school

• Ex. Kinesiology Student at University of British Columbia

• UBC BKin

• Kinesiology + MM candidate at UBC

• If you are hoping to find jobs, or you currently have a position, you can add your skills to the headline as well

• Ex. BKin Student at UBC | Student Trainer

• Kinesiology Student at University of British Columbia | Certified Regional Badminton Coach

How to change?

Click onto the “pencil” button on your profile and scroll down to “Headline” to edit!

❓About Section

You can include a few brief sentences to summarize your years of experience, industry, or skills. People also talk about their achievements or previous job experiences.

Some inspirations of information to include:

• Talk about your education – Why did you choose UBC Kin? What did you learn in the program?

• Reveal your character – talk about your experience

• Talk about what you do outside of school – Work or volunteer? Hobby?

• Highlight your success – a takeaway from your experiences

• Explain your current role – What is your job position about? Skills obtained?

How to add?

Click onto the “Add profile section” and under “Core”, choose “Add about”

❗Experience Section

You can include your previous job or volunteer experience in this section. Add your job title, organization, start and end date, location, short description, and skill learned.

How to add?

Click onto the “Add profile section” and under “Core”, choose “Add experience”

🎓Education Section

You can include your previous and current education in this section. Add your school, degree, field of study, start and end date, activities and societies, description, and skill learned.

How to add?

Click onto the “Add profile section” and under “Core”, choose “Add education”

🧠Skills & Endorsements

Having your skills listed might allow others to search for your profile more easily with the use of filters. This will also allow those who view your profile to learn more about what you are capable of doing, and to know more about you before networking!

How to add?

Click onto the “Add profile section” and under “Core”, choose “Add skills”

Press the plus sign, choose a skill, and include the experiences where you learned or applied those skills