What does a day in life working for NPR look like? Jane Jozefowicz shares what she loves about working in public radio, how it felt to move to LA, and how she has managed to balance her job with checking off everything on her LA bucket list! Name: Jane Jozefowicz Job Title: Engagement Intern (KPCC, Southern California Public Radio) Location: Los Angeles, California College: University of Chicago Year: (Rising) Junior Major: Linguistics Major, Computer Science Minor What are you doing this summer? This summer, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity of interning for 89.3 KPCC, NPR’s leading Los Angeles affiliate station. KPCC’s news team produces daily and enterprise journalism across a…
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How One Psychology Major Got Her Job in Silicon Valley
What do you get when you combine a passion for business and a psychology major? A summer in Silicon Valley! University of Chicago student Marianne Dolan is spending her summer as an Innovation Intern for Health2047, an offshoot of the American Medical Association. She shares what it’s like to look for a job tangential to her chosen major, her best advice for looking beyond the job posting, and how she’s making the most of her summer when there isn’t an opportunity for a return offer. Name: Marianne Dolan Job Title: Innovation Intern, Health 2047 Location: Menlo Park, CA College: UChicago Year: Fourth Major: Psychology What are you doing this summer?…
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Summer of A Future Astronaut: Balancing Military Training and Physics Research
Everyone toys with the idea of being an astronaut at some point in their childhood, but when that childhood dream doesn’t fade, what can you do to make it a reality? Rutger’s University student Esha Rao shares how her summer internship doing physics research fits into her dream of becoming an astronaut. She balanced her summer schedule with military training and shares her best advice for going after opportunities when you might not fit all the requirements. Name: Esha Rao Job Title: Research Assistant (Cyclotron Institute at Texas A&M University) Location: College Station, TX College: Rutgers University – New Brunswick Year: Rising Junior Major: Astrophysics and Professional Physics What are…
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A Day in the Life of a Facebook Intern
Sure, we all have Facebook accounts (that might have been how you found this post!), but what is it really like behind the scenes to work at Facebook? Nicole VacaGuzman shares how she navigated tech recruiting, the importance of teamwork, and why her dream is to be at Facebook long term. Name: Nicole VacaGuzman Job Title: SMB Account Manager Intern (Facebook) Location: Austin, Texas College: University of Chicago Year: Rising Senior Major: Global Studies What are you doing this summer? I work within the SMB team, supporting Small and Medium businesses who work with Facebook. What do you want to be when you grow up? I’d love to ultimately manage…
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How Getting a Job at a Chicago Venture Capital Firm Made Her an Advocate for Women in Finance and Tech
When more than 20% of the graduating classes of elite colleges are taking jobs in financial services after graduating, it’s impossible to ignore the women on the front lines! Welcome to finance week in Internship Diaries! Erin Martinez used the resources at her school to find a job in Chicago at a venture capital firm! She shares how her degree in finance has helped her in recruiting, her newfound love of the intersection of finance and technology, and how she hopes to be an advocate for women in this field. Name: Erin Martinez Job Title: Summer Associate at Origin Ventures Location: Chicago, IL College: University of Notre Dame Year: Rising…
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Working at an Investment Bank in Texas as an International Woman
When more than 20% of the graduating classes of elite colleges are taking jobs in financial services after graduating, it’s impossible to ignore the women on the front lines! Welcome to finance week in Internship Diaries! Jenny Lim shares her experience working for an investment bank and experiencing life in Houston! She manages long hours learning about the energy sector with office happy hours and her own exercise regimen. Name: Jenny Lim Job Title: Investment Banking Summer Analyst, Tudor Pickering Holt Location: Houston, TX College: University of Chicago Year: Rising 4th Major: Economics What are you doing this summer? Working at an energy focused boutique investment bank! We advise energy…
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Introducing Xoro Media
In December 2016, I was just a girl going to college 3000 miles from home, and struggling to find enough time in a day to do my homework, go to class, exercise, eat, and see friends. A little (some might say too) obsessed with personal organization systems and in need of a creative outlet, I started my blog Xoxo, Rosana, writing posts once a week in the dining hall. Things have changed: every other post is written by one of the amazing women in my life, and our podcast Get This Girl a Job just finished it’s first season. Now at the end of my third year of college, I…
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BRB
You might see some changes around here over the next couple weeks. Here’s a sneak peak of what you can expect and your chance to tell me what you’d like to see here. With the school year ending in a couple weeks, and my end of year review under way (you know how I like my end of year reviews), I realized that Xoxo, Rosana is very different than the blog I started in 2016. In addition to chronicling my own experimentations in adulthood, over the last 6 months, the amazing women in my life have stepped up to share their own experiences. The first season of our podcast, Get…
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Seeking out Mentors and Surviving Disappointment | S1E11 GTGAJ feat. Leah Fulmer
Welcome to the eleventh episode of Get This Girl a Job! In this podcast, Rosana and I interview recent college graduates to talk about the steps they took to get their first jobs in different industries. The questions follow the development of their career from their first year of college, to how their field of study changed, to the internships they had over the summer, to how they got hired for their very first job! We take turns conducting interviews, and every third week, we co-host a mini-episode answering questions from the audience. Finding Your Support Network I learned so much interviewing Leah Fulmer for today’s episode of Get This Girl…
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How To Make Your Study Abroad Romance Last
The sun is shining, summer is almost here, and with it, comes the question that thousands of college couples will face: should we stay together over the summer? In this week’s installment of Ro&Co, Arushi is back, and sharing her tips for handling a long-distance relationship. Hi! I’m so happy to write for Rosana’s blog again. Dating in college is a popular topic of discussion. Should you break up with your high school partner? Should you jump into a long-term relationship one week into college, or ~discover yourself~ and keep things casual? I can’t answer those questions for you, but if at any point in your college life, you have…