Helping colleges and universities close the gap between academic qualifications and career opportunities
Colleges spend years helping students become qualified.
Who's helping them become known?
Jen Fort is a college career-readiness keynote speaker who helps students build human connection skills, professional visibility and confidence to create opportunities in an AI-saturated job market.
Speaker | Author | Catalyst | Creator of Connectworking™
WARNING!
This talk may cause students
to stop waiting for opportunity
and start creating it.
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The Talks That Gets Students... Talking
Colleges and universities work hard to prepare students for what comes next. They earn the degree, build the résumé, gain experience and develop the skills employers are looking for. But there’s one part of career readiness that’s rarely found on the syllabus: how to connect with people, become known and stand out when everyone else looks qualified, too.
That’s where Jen Fort comes in.
Through humor, real-world stories and audience participation, Jen helps students build the confidence and human connection skills to start conversations, create meaningful relationships and turn their qualifications into opportunities.
About Jen
Jen Fort believes opportunity has always had a human side.
As a keynote speaker, #1 bestselling author, career transition coach and creator of Connectworking™, Jen helps people build genuine relationships, become more visible and create opportunities through human connection.
For students and emerging professionals, learning these skills early can change not only how they launch a career, but how they build one... one conversation, relationship and opportunity at a time.
Through humor, candid stories and audience participation, Jen makes connection feel less intimidating, less transactional and a whole lot more doable.
Featured Keynote
Talk to Strangers
and other things not on the syllabus
How Connection Creates Opportunities You Can’t Plan For
Talk to Strangers takes the awkward out of networking and shows students how to turn everyday conversations into meaningful connections.
Using Jen’s Connectworking™ philosophy and practical T.A.L.K.™ framework, students learn to start conversations, ask better questions, build real relationships, and follow through in ways that make them seen, remembered and connected.
Because being qualified matters.
Being CONNECTED creates more chances for what comes next.
What People Are Saying
- "Jen was a fantastic guest. We talked reinvention, Connectworking™, confidence, and next steps. Exactly the guidance our audience needed. 10/10 would recommend."Dr. Michael Ayalon, CEO, Greek University
- "She brings a wonderful energy and warmth to the stage. She connects naturally with the room and communicates with confidence and authenticity. As an event planner, I also appreciate her professionalism, organization, and reliability."Melanie T., Event Planner
- "Jen is smart, witty, and down to earth. That combination spells relatability, and in Jen's case, it's relatability with wisdom. She's a wonderful guest."Pat Wentzel, Podcast Host, A Bump in the Road
- "I've had the great pleasure of seeing Jen Fort in action both as a speaker and an emcee. She has a compelling presence on and off stage! She is a dynamic, engaging speaker who shares relatable stories and very practical advice."Eileen Filliben, JD, MBA, Speaker, Coach, Author
- "Jen brings authenticity, wisdom, and a depth that you can feel the moment she speaks. Jen doesn’t just write powerful words, she lives them. Thoughtful, genuine, and the real deal."Kim Sorrelle, Podcast Host, The Kim Sorrelle Show
INVISIBLE IS EXPENSIVE
Students can have the degree, résumé and experience and still be invisible to the people who could open their next door. Jen helps students become seen, remembered and connected without turning themselves into walking LinkedIn profiles.