LinkedIn to College

Yes, I know. I've been harping about this whole LinkedIn thing for the last couple of weeks now. Needless to say, I'm not your mother... So, I want to offer a change of pace. I've curated a list of my top professional development tips. Some will be related to LinkedIn and some won't. There's also featured advice from a few stellar connections I've had the pleasure of connecting with. If you want to purge LinkedIn from your life after this blog, at least take advantage of the other tips. Let's get to it!

If you want results, you need to put in the work I can't tell you how many times that creating a LinkedIn profile was advertised as a professional development cure-all. Need a job after graduation? Create a LinkedIn profile. Trying to land an internship? Create a LinkedIn profile. Want to find a mentor? Create a LinkedIn profile.  If I'm being honest, I bought into this "cure-all" they were advertising to me. It wasn't until I wasn't getting any results that I became skeptical.  So, what did I do? I connected with people who were doing something right on the platform. They were posting and receiving engagement. They were asking questions and getting answers. They were offering advice and selling their services. They were promoting themselves and landing jobs.  Sounds pretty good, right? Keep scrolling to see the 12 students and young professionals I connected with who inspired me when first beginning my journey on LinkedIn.    12 people