Launch your career using LinkedIn

Your online CV that never sleeps

What is LinkedIn?

Put simply, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals.

LinkedIn is for anybody and everybody who's interested in taking their professional lives seriously by finding new opportunities to grow their careers and to connect with other professionals.

LinkedIn is a living and breathing network where other students, recent graduates, professionals and employers can interact with and contact you. Your profile is a great way to share – not only your experience – but also your personality and interests.

LinkedIn support

We can offer you LinkedIn support in a variety of ways:

To explore how to make the most of your LinkedIn profile, attend one of our 'Master LinkedIn' workshops.

LinkedIn Learning – an online training library where you can learn more about specific skills, software and programmes.

If you have created a LinkedIn profile and would like additional one-to-one support from our Employability Assistants, please come and visit us in the Student Hub in the Library.

Building your LinkedIn profile

Write an information profile headline
Pick an appropriate photo
Show off your education
Develop a professional summary
Fill 'Skills & Expertise' with keywords
Update your status regularly
Show your connectedness
Collect diverse recommendations
To increase the professional results that appear when people search for you online, set your LinkedIn profile to 'public' and create a unique URL
Share examples of your writing, design work, or other accomplishments on your profile, where you can share rich media or documents

Create the perfect profile using our LinkedIn fact sheet