Lindsey Pollak is a bestselling author, speaker and consultant specializing in Generation Y career and workplace issues. She has a decade of experience teaching young professionals how to build successful careers and advising organizations on how to maximize the potential of the new workforce.

She is the author of the popular career advice book for college students and recent grads, Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World (HarperCollins) and writes a top-rated career blog, the Lindsey Pollak Blog. She is also the Global Campus Spokesperson for LinkedIn.

A noted expert on career issues, Lindsey’s advice has been featured in such media outlets as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, CNN.com, National Public Radio, Martha Stewart Living Radio and NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. She is also listed in a variety of “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 is also the co-author with Diane K. Danielson of The Savvy Gal’s Guide to Online Networking (Or, What Would Jane Austen Do?) and contributes columns to FastCompany.com and The Huffington Post.

Lindsey’s professional speaking includes frequent keynote speeches and seminar presentations at universities, conferences and corporations around the country. College audiences have included Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Duke, Harvard, MIT, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, UT-Austin and many others.

In her corporate work, Lindsey facilitates training workshops on such topics as managing generational differences, business writing, social networking, negotiation and presentation skills. She has worked with such organizations as Citi, Credit Suisse, Fidelity, Merrill Lynch, MTV Networks, the National Basketball Association and Time Inc. She is affiliated as a corporate trainer with The Madison Consulting Group and Negotiating Women.

A graduate of Yale University, Lindsey received a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship to Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, where she completed a master’s degree in women’s studies.

She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Step Up Women’s Network (New York) and serves on the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship Selection Committee in her home state of Connecticut.

Lindsey currently lives in New York City and in her spare time she loves to bake and decorate cupcakes.