About Alexandra Levit

Alexandra Levit is the founder and president of Inspiration @Work, a career consulting firm. A former nationally syndicated career columnist with Tribune Media Services and a current blogger for HuffingtonPost.com and Getthejob.com, Alexandra has authored several books, including the popular They Don’t Teach Corporate in College, How’d You Score That Gig? (Random House/Ballantine, 2008), and Success for Hire (ASTD Press, 2008). Her career advice has been featured in more than 800 media outlets including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, National Public Radio, ABC News, Fox News, the Greg Behrendt Show, the Associated Press, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and Fortune, and her articles regularly appear on the home pages of CNN, MSN, and Yahoo!.

Known as one of the premiere career spokespeople of her generation, Alexandra regularly speaks nationwide at conferences, universities, and corporations including ABN AMRO, Campbell’s Soup, CIGNA, the Federal Reserve Bank, and Whirlpool – on workplace issues facing young employees. She leverages a youthful appearance and a casual but no-nonsense style to influence twenty-somethings from the credible perspective of a peer who has recently been in their shoes. Her platform is based on the principle that, in school, twenty-somethings simply aren't taught the lessons required for business world survival and success. By introducing audiences to the types of challenges they'll face as young employees, she enhances their productivity and career potential.

Recently, Alexandra has also been called upon to speak to corporate C-suite audiences and Baby Boomer and Generation X managers about intergenerational talent issues. Specifically, she teaches strategies for working effectively with the new crop of twenty-somethings – known as the Millennials – that in the next 5-10 years will make up the majority of the workforce.

Alexandra also has ten years of experience providing integrated marketing communications solutions for Fortune 500 companies. She graduated from Northwestern University and resides in Chicago, IL with her husband Stewart.