If you find a company where you're interested in applying for work, here are some steps you can follow to see if any of your instructors know someone at the company, or know someone who knows someone, etc.
(instructions are accurate as of late August 2020, but subject to change if LinkedIn changes their UI)
- Connect with your instructor via LinkedIn. (eg, https://linkedin.com/in/iandouglas736)
- Once connected, click on your instructor's profile.
- In their profile you should see how many connections they have (or just "500+ connections"). Click on that as a link. (it won't be a clickable link until you're directly connected with your instructor)
- Click on the "Current companies" dropdown at the top, and type in the name of the company and click Apply.