How a College Student Used a LinkedIn Ad to Land an Internship

Villanova University freshman Nicolette Weinbaum is spending her summer working as an intern at a tech company in New York City, thanks to an ad she placed for herself on LinkedIn.

Villanova University freshman Nicolette Weinbaum is spending her summer working as an intern at a tech company in New York City, thanks to an ad she placed for herself on LinkedIn.

After hearing that only rich kids whose parents were “somebody who knew somebody” could land an internship at a top company, Weinbaum decided to use social media to expand her network. She took the $200 she had earned as a lifeguard and bought an ad on the professional networking site to promote her services.

She

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