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The Complete LinkedIn Profile Checklist
35 items across every section of your LinkedIn profile. Work through it in 30 minutes and know exactly what to fix — photo, headline, About, experience, skills, and more.
Student Personal Branding Guide
What personal branding is, why it matters for students, the 4 pillars of a strong personal brand, and the mistakes that hold most students back. With a 7-day action plan.
Networking Starter Guide
LinkedIn networking, alumni outreach, events, and cold messaging — with ready-to-use templates for reaching out to professionals and following up without being awkward.
Placement & Internship Preparation Guide
Finding placements, writing applications, preparing your CV and LinkedIn, interview preparation using the STAR method, and a 30-day preparation timeline.
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Graduate Job Search Guide
Strategy, LinkedIn optimisation, applications, and tracking — a complete guide to finding your first graduate role without burning out or applying to everything.
5 LinkedIn Mistakes Students Make (And How to Fix Them)
The most common things that make student profiles invisible to recruiters — and the exact changes that fix each one in under 10 minutes.
The Student LinkedIn Headline Checklist
Your headline is the first thing employers see. This checklist tells you exactly what a strong student headline needs — and what to remove immediately.
How to Write a LinkedIn About Section That Actually Works
Most About sections say too much or say nothing. This guide walks through a simple three-part structure that communicates who you are and where you are headed.
How to Frame Part-Time Work on Your LinkedIn Profile
Working in hospitality, retail, or customer service is leadership and communication experience. Here is how to describe it so employers see the value.
Turning Society Leadership Into Career Evidence
Running a society or sports club is real leadership experience. This framework helps you describe it with the language employers are looking for.
Updating Your LinkedIn After a Placement or Internship
Your placement is one of your strongest assets. A step-by-step guide to making sure it reads like the professional experience it was.
How to Open a Cover Letter Students Actually Read
The first line of a cover letter determines whether the rest gets read. These five openers work — and why the typical opener does not.
A Template for Reaching Out to Professionals on LinkedIn
Most cold messages get ignored because they ask for too much, too fast. This template is designed to start a conversation, not land a job in one message.
Writing a Personal Brand Statement as a Student
One sentence that describes who you are, what you do, and where you are heading. This guide helps you find yours.
How to Write Experience Descriptions That Show Impact
Swapping vague descriptions for outcome-focused language is the single fastest way to improve a LinkedIn profile. Examples and a rewrite formula included.
How to Get Into a Graduate Scheme
What graduate schemes are, how competitive they really are, when to apply, what assessors look for, and how to build an application that stands out from thousands of others.
Assessment Centre Survival Guide
Group exercises, case studies, competency interviews, presentations and psychometric tests - what to expect from each one and how to perform well on the day.
The STAR Method - How to Answer Competency Questions
Situation, Task, Action, Result. The framework every recruiter wants you to use, how to structure strong answers, and 10 example questions with model responses.
How to Write a Graduate CV That Gets Noticed
Format, structure, length, and language - everything you need to write a graduate CV from scratch, with a section-by-section breakdown and common mistakes to avoid.
Using LinkedIn Actively in Your Job Search
Having a good profile is step one. This guide covers how to use LinkedIn to find roles, get noticed by recruiters, and turn connections into conversations.
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