Here you’ll find guidelines for building your professional network and connecting with mentors. For industry-specific advice, be sure to check out the Career Communities.



If your LinkedIn headline reads, “Student at Grinnell College,” you may be missing a valuable opportunity offered by the LinkedIn platform. Think of your LinkedIn headline as a public-facing one-line overview of your personal brand: who you are, what you …

Take a moment to customize your LinkedIn URL.
When you create your LinkedIn profile, you’re assigned a default URL. The first part is standard: linkedin.com/in/firstname-lastname. But what follows is a run of computer-generated letters, numbers, and symbols. If you customize …

Students: You will never be more interesting to the average Grinnell graduate than you are now. We have all been right where you are today—in small, safe Grinnell wondering about our future in the “big world.” Some will tell you …

by Philip Kiely ’20
Effective cold emails are concise and focused. Like a viral tweet, you only have a few …
Enjoy a conversation with someone whose professional journey inspires your own.
One important tool for developing your career is to …
Writing thank you notes goes beyond the handmade card you sent to a relative after receiving a gift. While that …
Eager to start building connections with Grinnell alumni? Learn more about Student-Alum Virtual Meetups and MentorGrinnell as two ways to …
Find Grinnell Alums on LinkedIn to learn more about their unique career journeys, and to explore your own potential career …
What you need to know about visa, privacy, and career success
Building your presence on platforms like LinkedIn is an …
LinkedIn Learning courses are available to all current students. For Alumni Access please visit LinkedIn Learning to start an account.















When it comes to job success, it’s not only what you know: it’s who you know. Every year employers fill …
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