tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204798846936066894.post57383954693008069..comments2023-11-03T06:32:01.206-07:00Comments on Modern Educator: Truckee Alum at President Obama's Town Hall with LinkedIn: "We are in this thing Together" | The White HouseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283513292373164610noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204798846936066894.post-83715721991880313582011-09-29T17:41:25.098-07:002011-09-29T17:41:25.098-07:00Thanks for the shout out Mr Halvorsen! This was a...Thanks for the shout out Mr Halvorsen! This was an awesome experience and quite surreal to see our President less than 5 feet away.<br /><br />Working at LinkedIn has been an amazing experience and the company is growing at an unbelievable pace (15-30 new hires a week). I wish I had this tool growing up as the effectiveness of Monster, CareerBuilder, Craigslist have little to no comparison.<br /><br />I recommend all students take a look at this site: http://learn.linkedin.com/students<br /><br />We had over 80+ interns this year and plan to have over 200 next summer (over half were converted and offered jobs in areas from Sales to IT to Engineering). If anything, you learn the power of networking and gain the experience within a Corporate environment. <br /><br />Remember, every person you know/meet is a potential connection who can help you out in the future :)Joshhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/joshfurr1noreply@blogger.com