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in the search for the perfect summer internship at college students like Varga yella gala Wadi are turning to LinkedIn I view this thing I kind of look up all the recruiters for every job I'm interested in and I just kind of go and look at their profiles that strategy has paid off a recruiter contacted verge on LinkedIn and she's now up for the internship of her dreams at NPR students shouldn't feel intimidated about contacting recruiters but LinkedIn's head of recruiting says they should do their research first about the company MIT's products and the position they're interested in best of those communications is instantly differentiates that student I say this is someone who's been thoughtful they've been ambitious enough to reach out and they're highly insightful about their communication that will immediately rise to the top of the stack similarly profiles should be carefully created with emphasis on unique qualities but what can students add to their profile when some haven't even landed their first job so many mushu's understands that if someone's a sophomore at university that they're not going to have a myriad of corporate experience but they could have a job at they out in high school some of the project work they did in school is surely worthy of being called out in a meaningful way on a profile ending the volunteer experience clubs are involved in extracurricular activities intramural sports students should keep in mind that recruiters find candidates by searching for keywords when you're out looking at job descriptions or job postings take a look at what's in these job descriptions in terms of language skills and experience and if you have those skills and experience weave them into your profile I mean it's gonna really help sort of tighten up the alignment of your background and someone who's out there searching to fill that job Dana Garda recruits interns for Walmart ecommerce she says resumes with typos and candidates who simply apply for every job available send up red flags taking the time to invest that you've got a very good resume and really kind of putting together a plan as to what you're looking for what type of position do you want what type of a company do you want to work for another way to gain an edge embrace mobile sure you can share your resume from your smartphone just a few ways to increase the odds of hearing those two keywords you're hired in Mountain View California I'm samhitas scenic for CBS News