Lindsey Pollak

Lindsey Pollak

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New York, New York, United States
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Bio

Lindsey Pollak is a bestselling author, consultant and internationally recognized expert on next generation career trends. She is currently collaborating with Levi’s on their new "Shape What’s to Come" initiative for Millennial women. Lindsey is also a Global Spokesperson for LinkedIn and the author of "Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World" (HarperCollins). Her advice and opinions have been featured in such media outlets as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR and NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. She appears on several Best People to Follow on Twitter lists, including Mashable’s list of top non-fiction authors on Twitter and Marie Claire‘s 100 Twitters Every Woman Should Follow. Lindsey’s career advice blog was named by Forbes as one of the Top 100 Websites for Women. With over a decade of experience advising both young professionals and organizations on next generation work and career trends, Lindsey has delivered consulting, keynote speeches and seminars for over 100 corporations, universities and conferences. Clients and audiences have included ESPN, IBM, Merrill Lynch, Time Inc., Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Duke, MIT and many others. Lindsey is a graduate of Yale University and received a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship to Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, where she completed a master’s degree in women’s studies. She currently serves as the vice chair of the New York Board of Directors for Step Up Women’s Network. Lindsey lives in New York City with her husband.

Areas of expertise

Career Trends, LinkedIn, Managing Generational Differences, Millennial Generation (Gen Y)