{"id":"career-linkedin-headline-about-student","audience":"college","category":"career","technique":"constraints","track":"writing","title":"Write a student LinkedIn headline and About without buzzwords","free":false,"task":"You're a junior looking for a Summer 2027 data analyst internship. Get a first line that starts \"Headline:\" and includes \"Summer 2027 data analyst internship\", then a line \"About:\" followed by a short first-person paragraph, all under 120 words, plain text. Recruiters in your career class said to skip the words \"passionate\", \"driven\" and \"results-oriented\", and you must not overstate your SQL or Python.","materialLabel":"Your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"ABOUT ME NOTES (Keisha Morgan, junior, statistics major, Lewis State University)\n\nClasses: Intro to Python (A-), Database Basics / one SQL class (B-), Regression Methods (in progress)\nProjects:\n- analyzed 3 years of campus bike-share trips in Python for a class project, found weekend rides were 35% of trips\n- built a Google Sheets dashboard of dining hall wait times for Student Government (they used it to change the lunch rush staffing)\nWork: math tutor at the campus Learning Center, 8 hrs/week, 2 semesters\nClubs: Women in Data, events coordinator\nOther: I like running, and baking sourdough\nGoal: data analyst internship, Summer 2027, open to Chicago or remote\n\nMy roommate's version of my headline: \"Passionate, driven data scientist | Python & SQL expert\"\n-> no, I'm not a data scientist and definitely not an SQL expert","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":120},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not saying the exact labels","why":"The AI writes a headline but rarely names your goal, and it formats the parts its own way.","fix":"Show it: \"Line 1: Headline: ... Summer 2027 data analyst internship. Then About: ...\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Getting the buzzwords","why":"AI LinkedIn copy is full of 'passionate' and 'driven' unless you ban them by name.","fix":"Add: \"Don't use passionate, driven or results-oriented.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Letting the AI inflate you","why":"The AI copies your roommate's 'SQL expert' line because it sounds strong.","fix":"Add: \"I took one SQL class. Don't call me an expert or a data scientist.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Cap each part: \"headline under 20 words, About 4 sentences under 16 words each.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it's going","why":"AI adds bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in LinkedIn, which doesn't show bold.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Shows the exact labels","patterns":["headline:","about:"]},{"label":"Bans the buzzwords","patterns":["passionate","driven","buzzword"]},{"label":"Keeps it honest","patterns":["expert","data scientist","only.{0,25}(true|notes|facts)"]},{"label":"Names the goal","patterns":["summer 2027","internship"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"LinkedIn copy from AI sounds like everyone else's. Show it the exact labels and goal, ban the buzzwords by name, and say what you are not.","rubricLabels":["The first line starts with 'Headline:' and includes the phrase 'Summer 2027 data analyst internship', and a later line starts with 'About:'","Never uses the words 'passionate', 'driven' or 'results-oriented'","Doesn't call Keisha a data scientist or an expert in SQL or Python (listing the classes or projects is fine)"]}