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I am a final year data science student. I want to enhance my Linkedin profile which I think it is weak.
We had special courses for data science I took. I was thinking of adding my individual university course papers to Linkedin under Education part.
Do you think is this a good idea?
On LinkedIn, there is a section for Courses under Accomplishments. I recommend you put the courses there. If you published papers, you can put them under Accomplishments > Publications section.
As a hiring manager, I place a lot more weight on your individual and team projects than just the courses you've taken. The project speak more to your practical hand-ons experience, which is what is needed for your job day-to-day.
Unfortunately, just having taken a class isn't usually a good indication of knowing the subject matter. For example, I took many high voltage courses (and got As in them!) and I remember very little from them - certainly not sufficient to use for anything practical.
So, you can add courses on LinkedIn, but be aware that course experience may not be valued as much as you think. However, it still shows that you have some exposure to the subject matter and may perhaps pick it up quickly in your work.
As jcmack noted, practical hands-on experience is generally more valuable. In some of my hiring experiences, I know that we've overlooked slightly lower grades (than our official/advertised cutoff) in lieu of practical experience earned either through group or hobby projects.
