This is mostly a marketing piece focusing on a tool called trovvit, designed to help students forge (and) maintain connections that help them get by and get ahead... by letting students showcase their skills and store their networks in one place." Or as founder Torrence Robinson says, "Think LinkedIn meets Instagram for students." Why is such a tool needed? "Students haven't yet had careers. Their 'work' does not fit into resume format. Lab experiments, peer mentoring, photography portfolios are not going to have meaning to LinkedIn connections because those connections cannot evaluate the work."
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