What does grade mean on LinkedIn?

Nowadays, LinkedIn has emerged as the top-tier social network for businesses. Generally, it helps to generate professional connections with people worldwide. So, in case you want to connect with the recruiters personally and get placed in a company that suits you best, you should create a LinkedIn account first. If you are already a LinkedIn consumer and wish to update your profile to get noticed by recruiters, stay connected with this article to know some great features LinkedIn offers.  We will explain what does grade mean on LinkedIn so keep reading.

Recently, LinkedIn has come up with a new feature to give more detailed information about a person to the recruiters. Now you can add your grade obtained during the course to show your performance in detail to employers. By reviewing your performance of student life, it will be easier for them to know more about your academic graph. 

Below, we have explained some steps that you can follow to add a grade to your profile. The following article will also make you understand what grade means on LinkedIn and how it works, so please read forward.

What does grade mean on LinkedIn?

In Education, the grade is the standardized measurement for varying levels of achievement for a course. You will get your subject-wise grade and overall grade (also known as GPA in the U.S) from your report card. You can also consider calculating it as per your institute’s rule if it is not there on the report card.

Now, let us introduce you to where you will get this grade section on LinkedIn. You will come across the grade section once you open your LinkedIn profile and add your degree in the education field. You will get a new area there that asks you to add your grade obtained during the course. The grade will define your performance throughout that course. So, you should mention it if you have secured a good one that can help you build an optimized profile.

How grade work on LinkedIn?

Education plays a vital role in making your LinkedIn profile stand out and be selected by recruiters. Not only because this information pops at the top of your profile, but it also helps your profile to achieve an All-Star Ranking. All-Star profiles refer to those profiles which have complete information about the user.

Also, it is to note that these profiles perform better in search results. The grade is a sub-field under the education field, for which it will also help in the process. It would help if you kept in mind that a recruiter can also hire you by viewing your quality from the profile. To understand it clearly, let’s take an example.

Suppose you and your friend may have the same qualifications, and both of you appear in a recruiter’s search for employees. If only one position is open for hire, you have a better grade than your friend. In that case, the recruiter will consider you as his future employee. Your friend will lose the opportunity only because of having a lower grade than you. 

What do you put under grade on LinkedIn? 

You have to enter your overall grade or GPA (GPA or Grade Point Average is the numeric grading system used in The United States) mentioned in your report card in the grade section. 

While entering your grade, you should never forget to put your grade on LinkedIn only if it’s a good one. To be more precise, we would advise you not to mention your grade on LinkedIn if it is an average one as it can harm your profile. But if it is a good one you should always highlight it.

You can also use your grade as a consideration if you don’t have any valuable experience in the past. You should note that new college pass-outs highlight their profiles in this way. It would be great if an employer learns how diligent you were as a student throughout your student life.

Also, read our blog How to let recruiters find you on LinkedIn

How do you list Education on LinkedIn? 

You must update your education section on LinkedIn to showcase your talents and achievements. The education section will not show on your profile if you do not enter any information. So, you should add your information in that section. If you wish, you can also edit your data whenever needed. Let us guide you through the steps that you can follow to list the institutions from where you may have studied in the education section.

If you are a mobile app user, you can go through the following steps-

1. Click on your profile picture appearing at the top left corner of the LinkedIn homepage.
2. Select on View Profile.
3. Click on the Add section.
4. Tap on the Background drop-down and select Education.
5. Fill the form with your educational information.
6. Click Save to update it to your profile.

Repeat these steps whenever you wish to add more entries.

If any mistake occurs and you need to delete an entry, follow the below-mentioned steps – 

1. Click on your profile picture appearing at the top left corner of the LinkedIn homepage.
2. Tap on View Profile.
3. Scroll down to the Education column.
4. Click on the edit icon situated at the right corner.
5. If you wish to edit any entry, click on the edit icon appearing at the right corner. Edit the fields you have to edit. Click Save to save your changes.
6. If you wish to delete any entry, click on the edit icon appearing at the right corner. Scroll and select Delete Education.

A desktop user will have to follow the same steps. But here, the difference is that you will go to your profile homepage by simply clicking on your profile picture that will appear at the top left corner of your screen.

How grade help to get hired? 

We always agree that grades do not decide the future, but if you are a recent graduate with no prior experience, 

then having a good GPA/grade in your resume will help you get a chance to sit for the technical interview round for your dream job. It is to note that some employers consider a student with a high GPA as a focused, motivated and disciplined person having the qualities needed as an employee to the company.

In such cases where the recruiter has to select between multiple job seekers with the same capabilities and qualifications, he considers the grades as a parameter to judge. Here, the person with a higher GPA gets the job. So, along with developing your technical and communication skills, you should also work hard to score a good grade to get your job.

Grade LinkedIn examples 

If you have a good grade on your report card, you can mention that directly. But if it’s an average or poor one, you can still consider saying it by following some tips and tricks which I have stated below. It might happen that you have worked hard to get a good grade but failed to achieve it. So, it does not mean you are not a good student overall. You can also express your grade without mentioning it specifically. Let’s see some examples –

1. I have earned a high GPA for taking school studies seriously.
2. My hard work helped me to achieve this position.
3. I have invested my time in studies that gave me a good grade in return.
4. Loved studying, and it helped me gain knowledge and a good grade.  
5. I have secured the highest grade on this subject.

 You can follow such examples. Also, you can create your own to put on LinkedIn. You will notice that we mentioned being a hardworking and good student without clearly stating my grades. You can even follow this pattern if you have an excellent grade to update LinkedIn. It will not allow the recruiter to compare your grade with others.

Conclusion

Your educational grade is just a parameter of your achievement. So, it’s your choice to show it on your profile or not. It’s not a compulsory field from LinkedIn. We all agree that grades do not decide our future.

So, having a poor grade does not mean you can’t get opportunities in life. But if you have secured a good grade, you must consider showing it as an achievement. A good grade on your profile will also attract an employer easily. It also works as a sign of achievement for recent graduates who do not have any prior work experience. Hence, according to your position, you have to decide whether you will consider mentioning it or leaving it.

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