RADFORD, Va., July 9 -- Radford University issued the following news release:

During her sophomore year, Loisy Frimpong '26 received a LinkedIn message from someone claiming to be an Amazon recruiter. She initially ignored the message, believing that it was spam. However, after mentioning the message to a friend, this suspicious message opened the door to initiate her career.

Frimpong's LinkedIn profile was what you might expect from a typical college student: a smattering of fast-food service experience, skills in multitasking and accepting feedback and a degree underway. But these experiences created the ideal candidate for Amazon: someone who knows how to keep a level head under pressure. "The only reason I responded," Frimpong said, ...