LinkedIn provides graduate software engineers with a platform to showcase skills, projects, and work experience. It’s important your LinkedIn profile looks professional and has relevant details to help you secure an interview.

For students graduating in 2023, March is an excellent month to spend time completing your LinkedIn profile and have it ready for when the job-hunt starts after exams have been completed.

Here’s 3 LinkedIn Must-Haves for graduate software engineers.

1. Link to your Github profile

As  a graduate software engineer, it’s important to have a Github profile with sample projects to show your technical coding skills. The purpose of these projects is to show employers that you have the skills to be a valuable member of their team, and to allow them to view your code if they wish.

Use the ‘Featured’ section and the ‘Contact Info’ sections of LinkedIn to include a link to your Github profile.

Here is an example of how your Github profile can look on LinkedIn.

2. Give details about your College Projects

It’s important to provide details about projects you have created, including the technology stack you used and the purpose of the project. This provides recruiters with evidence of your technical skills, teamwork and communication. Recruiters will evaluate how these skills will contribute to their organisation. It increases your chance of securing an interview.

Here is an example of an excellent final year project description on LinkedIn.

3. Introduce Yourself in the About Section

Use LinkedIn to give an introduction to who you are and what technologies you enjoy working with. The About section of LinkedIn allows you to communicate these details to recruiters. It helps your profile to look professional and makes a great first impression when recruiters are searching for graduates.

Here is an excellent introduction for a graduate software engineer on LinkedIn.