TBG U: Lock In with LinkedIn
Therapy for Black Girls
iHeartPodcasts and Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.
4.8 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Congratulations, you’ve been accepted into the inaugural class of Therapy for Black Girls University. Whether packing for a new year on campus, thinking through your gap year, enrolling in a community college, or grabbing your stoles for graduation, TBG U is here to help you thrive at this stage of your life and beyond.
Your professors and older mentors have probably nagged you at least once about creating a LinkedIn profile, and while it may be easy to roll your eyes at this request, when utilized correctly, professional platforms like LinkedIn can be your gateway into securing your next internship or job opportunity.
Joining me today to discuss how she’s leveraged online platforms for career success is photographer and full-time student Denise Stephanie Hewitt. Since her debut magazine cover for Marie Claire at 17, Denise’s work has graced Vogue, Hypebae, V Magazine and more. Denise was dubbed “The NYU Student Ditching Class to Shoot the Met Gala” by Cultured Magazine.
In our discussion today, Denise and I explore what things should and should NOT be on your LinkedIn, how to strike a balance between personal identity and professionalism, and advice for impressing your employers in an internship.
Where to Find Denise
AFFIRMATIONS
My dream internship is within my reach.
I have the ability to secure the job I want without sacrificing all of the things that make me, me.
I don’t have to choose between my career commitments and my academic commitments. I have the ability to balance both while still making time for self-care.
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Our Production Team
Executive Producers: Dennison Bradford & Maya Cole Howard
Producers: Fredia Lucas & Ellice Ellis
Production Intern: Zariah Taylor
TBG University Host & Coordinator: Jayna Ellis
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| 0:00.0 | Congratulations, you've been accepted into the inaugural class of therapy for Black Girls University. Whether packing for a new year on campus, |
| 0:15.5 | thinking through your gap year, enrolling in a community college, or grabbing yourselves for graduation, |
| 0:21.5 | TBGU is here to help you thrive at this stage of your life and |
| 0:25.0 | beyond. |
| 0:26.0 | Hi, I'm Zaria Taylor and I'm the TBG Podcast Production Intern. |
| 0:31.0 | We'll return to Ja right after the break. |
| 0:34.0 | Your professors and older mentors have probably nagged you at least once about |
| 0:46.5 | creating a LinkedIn profile and while it may be easy to roll your eyes at this |
| 0:51.1 | request when utilized correctly, professional platforms like LinkedIn |
| 0:56.0 | can be your gateway into securing your next internship |
| 0:59.8 | or job opportunity. |
| 1:02.0 | Joining me today to discuss how she's leveraged online platforms for career success |
| 1:07.2 | is photographer and full-time student Denise Stephanie Hewitt. |
| 1:11.8 | Since her debut magazine cover for Marie Claire at 17, |
| 1:15.6 | Denise's work has Grace Foe, Hyde Bay, B magazine, |
| 1:19.6 | and more. |
| 1:20.9 | Denise was dubbed the NYU student, Ditching class to shoot the Met Gala by |
| 1:25.2 | cultured magazine. In our discussion today, Denise and I explained what things should |
| 1:31.1 | and should not be on your LinkedIn, |
| 1:34.0 | how to strike a balance between personal identity |
| 1:37.4 | and professionalism, and advice |
| 1:40.2 | for impressing your employers in an internship. Here's our conversation. |
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