How can I improve my profile?

My portfolio at the moment is a very basic version of what you can do with the power of LinkedIn and therefore there are a lot of different thing that I can improve upon from the little pieces to the bigger issues that I need to address to make my profile reach more people within the professional industry. Below are some of them that I have created an action plan to help my portfolio within the future:

·         build up my experience – as I have stated before my experience element is lacking therefore what I need to do is add to this section, therefore the way that I can go this is by gaining some internships with companies that work in print which is my chosen area of the market. Therefore the action plan is to apply to different companies to see if I could gain some experience under within the summer holidays where I will have time to commit to them. This in turn would help me develop more knowledge and understanding about the industry which is useful to hold as it will aid to my skills to make me as good as possible within what I do.

·         add my connections – I need to be very focused and forward on adding to my connections to build up a network of expertise that can help me within my development as a designer, therefore the action plan is to look at different people that appeal to me and that I identify with in my area of the market (both deign based and also on the more business side) and add them to my connection list if they allow me to do, resulting me in the build up of a collection of people that can help me develop.

·         follow more people –again I need to add more contacts to the people that I follow as these will showcase the area that I identify with while giving me some feedback/documents that can aid me build myself as a professional designer. The plan is to look into different groups that I feel will be beneficial to me and follow what they are doing to see if it can help me or if it effects me in any way, resulting in me moving forward in the industry where others may struggle as the people that you follow can be very insightful to the industry I am going into.