When Alex Neff of Indianapolis was struggling to find her first post-college job back in 2009, her dad, Matt, helped her with networking using his LinkedIn account and through that landed a great job!. Now he’s hoping to give the same boost to her love life by sharing her dating resumé on his LinkedIn page.
“Dating apps don’t work for many people,” Matt writes alongside the dating resumé. “And if you’re reading this post, and know of a young man that could be a match for Alex, I would encourage you to reach out to me to introduce them. She’s brilliant and successful and tired of dating apps.” But this is actually a family affair, as Alex’s mom, brother and his wife are all using their social media to help find dating prospects for her.
As for Alex, she tells People she's all in on this idea. “I had a lot of friends who said, 'You will not believe what your dad just posted on LinkedIn. Have you seen it?’ I said — 'Of course, I have consented,' ” Alex Neff tells PEOPLE. “So I think a lot of people just assumed that my dad took it on himself, but this was a family decision.”
Matt has now received over 4-thousand impressions on LinkedIn, with a lot of them saying they have someone for his daughter to meet. “We thought maybe this might get me a few dates and might get me connected to new people, and that certainly has happened,” Alex says. “But I think the bigger takeaway we've both had is this has spoken to the power of human connection in a post-COVID world.”