Jade Walters — Helping Gen Z design their dream careers | TEDx Speaker + Gen Z @ Work Expert ft in Forbes, CNBC Make It + more | Career & Lifestyle Creator @theninthsemester (300K+)
Helping Gen Z design their dream careers | TEDx Speaker + Gen Z @ Work Expert ft in Forbes, CNBC Make It + more | Career & Lifestyle Creator @theninthsemester (300K+)
Jade Walters ranks #130 of 18,808 LinkedIn creators in Professional Training & Coaching, and is a standout voice in United States. They have 183.9K followers and published 26 posts in the last 60 days at a 0.2% average engagement rate.
- 183.9K followers
- 26 posts / 60d
- 0.2% avg engagement
- — follower growth / 30d
The roast
Jade is the patron saint of the ninth semester, mostly because she’s spent nine years in higher education without ever actually graduating into a real job. She has 180,000 followers who treat her posts like a career manual, which is impressive considering her main expertise is teaching them how to be unemployed consultants.
About Jade
Multifaceted and passionate, Jade Walters is a Social Media Marketing and Campus Recruiting professional with expertise in social media talent sourcing, social media creation + management, and brand marketing. With a 9-year-long career in content creation, she has honed her skills across a number of roles in Digital Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations,and Maternal-Child Health. Managing a community of over 200,000 followers, she serves as the Founding Editor of the early career resources blog, The Ninth Semester - an online platform that is the go-to resource for Gen Z seeking to get hired into corporate internships, campus rep programs, and entry-level roles. She has had the pleasure of collaborating on social media-based recruiting campaigns with 20+ Gen Z career-focused companies such as Handshake, WayUp, and Her Campus Media. She’s currently an influencer partner of the campus marketing agency, Wasserman Next Gen, sourcing over 1500+ students for their various campus ambassador programs. Jade’s work has been widely recognized and featured in prominent publications such as The Wall Street Journal, CNBC Make It, NPR, and more. Her content on LinkedIn includes her candid and authentic views on working as a Gen Zer, tips/advice for early career professionals and the people who hire them, as well sharing hot job opportunities for students and recent grads. Feel free to check out her socials and learn more about Jade & The Ninth Semester here: https://www.theninthsemester.com/ 💌 Business/Partnerships/Press: jade@cfg.co 💌 Inquiries: hello@theninthsemester.com or via Linkedin DMs for your campus/entry-level recruitment needs, brand partnership inquiries, article interviews, and more.
Highlights
- Big Audience — 183,920 followers · top 1%
- Top 1% in United States — Ranked #53 of 6083 creators
- Consistent Creator — 26 posts in 30d · top 5%
- High Impact — 279 avg engagements per post · top 10%
Recent posts
LinkedIn just launched their Top HBCUs for long-term career success list and my alma mater, Howard University is marked #1! 5 years ago, I had the pleasure of graduating from my dream school with a Bachelor of Science in Maternal and Child Health, Minor in Sociology. As a first-generation scholar and first in my family to attend college, going to an HBCU was a no-brainer. This was my chance to build a legacy for my future family and follow in the footsteps of greats such as Kamala Harris, Chadwick Boseman, Toni Morrison, and more. Howard was the place where I was inspired to unapologetical
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LinkedIn’s new collab post feature is LIVE and is exactly what we need to have better conversations at work 🤝 The LinkedIn Team invited me to their HQ to unveil the new collabs feature 🤯 where I got to spend the day with my new bestie Gabriel Gomez and so many of my favorite creators, like Brandon Smithwrick 🧠, Jahleane Dolne, Morgan Young, Jade Walters, and Allison Chen who sat down with me to talk about the workplace conversations they’ve been putting off, and how much easier they get when the people around you show up, too. Now that the collab post feature launched, you can co-post wit
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What's your hot take on group projects? Last month, I spent the day at the LinkedIn HQ in NYC with Piper Phillips to celebrate the launch of LinkedIn's new collaborative post feature and we asked a few creators their thoughts on group project dynamics, and their answers were very, very eye-opening With the new collab post feature, you're able to tag up to 5 people in a public LinkedIn post! Check it out today and let us know your hot takes on group projects below #LinkedInPartner #collabposts #grouprojects #career
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Last updated 2026-08-04