Upgrade Your LinkedIn Profile. Read this list of twenty things you can do to improve your LinkedIn profile. https://www.linkedin.com/business/sales/blog/profile-best-practices/17-steps-to-a-better-linkedin-profile-in-2017 Pick at least three items on that list and complete them. Here are some ideas: Link to and endorse one other person. This can be a professor, classmate, or co-worker. Write a nice endorsement for this person. Attempt to link to five people you already know. Attempt to link to five people you don't already know. (Colleagues of colleagues work best.) Add one piece of content. This could be a background image, a one-minute video introducing yourself, etc.