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LinkedIn is a job-hunting application used by people across all age groups and has extensive scope of networking and job postings. As per Forbes maximum users of this application are college students. However, graduating students and freshers get intimidated approaching company HRs. These hindrances limit students to make the best use of this professional platform. The aim of this research was to (1) design a user-friendly application which is an extension of the current LinkedIn specific to graduate and undergraduate students and (2) aid students to create contacts, hunt jobs. Online surveys and interviews lead to concept generation followed by prototypes. Usability testing and Nelson’s heuristic evaluation were applied on the working prototype of LinkedIn Students. The prototype satisfied the heuristics and the interface perceived as more useful and easier to use than the existing LinkedIn. Hence, it would indeed be beneficial for college students aiding them to create a professional network, accelerate their job-hunting process and interact with professionals.
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Loha, P., Chowdhury, A. (2021). LinkedIn Students: An Extension of LinkedIn Designed for College Students to Enhance Their Job-Hunting Experience. In: Chakrabarti, A., Poovaiah, R., Bokil, P., Kant, V. (eds) Design for Tomorrow—Volume 1. ICoRD 2021. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 221. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0041-8_36
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