21 Years on LinkedIn: The Real Career Security Isn't in a Company

21 years ago today, I joined LinkedIn. Same head tilt; completely different life.

I made this profile when I was 22.

Just a baby corporate recruiter at the start of my career.

Somebody told me LinkedIn was "six degrees of Kevin Bacon, but for professionals." That was all I needed to hear.

I had LinkedIn before I had MySpace.

Six months later I lost the job I thought I'd spend the next decade with.

That's when I learned "stable career" is a story we tell ourselves.

LinkedIn became the thing that saved me.

Not the algorithm or the website.

Not "networking."

The people. Humans. The relationships.

That's what changes everything.

21 years later, I run a seven-figure business teaching the job search playbook I had to figure out the hard way in the Great Recession.

Career security isn't inside of a company or a job. It's the connections you build before you need it.

Most people wait until they're scrambling. I don't want that to be you.

Happy 21st birthday to my LinkedIn profile.

I wouldn't be the person I am today without you.

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