LinkedIn for JC Students

Linkedin for university and scholarship applications

As a student, you may find difficulty populating your LinkedIn profile adequately. But nonetheless, it is a start and during your university days, you can keep adding on and tweaking your profile.​ By the time you graduate, you will have a well-developed profile with a broad network of connections.

Use an appropriate photo

• Make sure the picture is recent and looks like you, make up your face takes up around 60% of it (long-distance shots don’t stand out), wear what you would like to wear to work, and smile with your eyes! Read more here.

Write a compelling headline and summary

• Think of your target audience e.g. university and scholarship provider and ask yourself what kind of qualities they are looking out for. This is the place where you write a story about yourself and entice the viewer to learn more about you.

• Read more on

  • 14 LinkedIn Profile Summaries That We Love

  • Best LinkedIn Summary Examples for Students

Include your experiences

• When you include an experience, please write briefly about what you did and what skills you learnt during your experience. If not, listing the experience is as good as redundant

• LinkedIn allows you to add media links to your experiences. Do make full use of this feature and add links to videos and photos of your experience. 

• For a JC student, experiences you can include are

  • Internships​ and work attachments

  • Workshops and seminars

  • CCA achievements, especially those that you organised

  • Academic achievements e.g. H3, Olympiads, research attachments

  • Volunteering experience

  • Hobbies and interests (only if relevant)

Network with the right people

• You could start reaching out to alumni of NYJC and making contact with them. Request for an informational interview to learn more about university life.

Examples of LinkedIn profiles of NYJC alumni

Lim Jian Hong,  Hoang-Anh Vu,  Edwina Zhao,  Kong Qi Herng,  Ho Zhuang Xian,  Thao Nguyen

For more information,

• 10 LinkedIn Tips for Students & New Grads

• LinkedIn 101: How To Craft A Stellar Profile