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Here are today's fresh opportunities for Thursday, June 4th:

Recruiters look you up on LinkedIn before they ever call. If your profile is half-built, you lose the interview before you knew you were in the running. Good news: a few fixes punch way above their effort.

1. Your headline is not your job title

Default LinkedIn makes it "Student at [school]." That's a wasted billboard.

Recruiters search by keywords, and nobody types "student." Change it to what you want to be found for:

"Finance student at [school] | Seeking summer analyst roles | Excel, financial modeling"

Now you show up in searches you were invisible for before.

2. Add a photo and a banner

No photo reads as inactive or fake. You don't need a pro headshot, just clear face, decent lighting, plain background, you in something you'd wear to an interview.

The banner behind it is free real estate. Even a clean color or your school's image beats the empty gray default.

3. Write the "About" in first person, 3 lines

Most people leave it blank or write a stiff third-person bio. Keep it short and human:

"I'm a [year] at [school] studying [major]. I'm focused on breaking into [field] and I love [one specific thing]. Currently looking for [role type], reach out anytime."

That's it. Three lines beats three paragraphs nobody reads.

4. Make your experience match your resume

If your resume says one thing and LinkedIn says another, that's a red flag to recruiters. Copy your strongest resume bullets straight over. They should tell the same story.

5. Turn on "Open to Work"

It's a free setting that tells recruiters you're available and what you want. You can show it to recruiters only, so your current boss or school doesn't see it. There's zero downside.

Do this today: Fix your headline and turn on Open to Work. Two changes, two minutes, and you're suddenly findable by the recruiters already searching.

You got this!
-Ford from Runway

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