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    How She Got a Job at YouTube Without Tech Experience

    September 17, 2018

    When you have several amazing, but different internships that you could take, how do you choose the right one? What happens when you choose the least obvious one? And is it really better to be vegan in California? Xoro Media founder Rosana Rabines shares her experience going from years of  consulting for nonprofits to spending her summer working at YouTube. She speaks to how she applied her analytic and quantitative skills from her classes to consulting for teams within YouTube, despite not having done internships in tech or business. She also shares how she learned that helping others and working in a for-profit company are not mutually exclusive, and where…

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    How the Next Indiana Jones Spends Her Summer After Graduating

    August 6, 2018

    Sylvia Cheever has been checking off boxes to become the next Indiana Jones for years. First thing she did was get in to the University of Chicago. Now freshly graduated with a degree in Anthropology, she’s taking a year to do research before getting her PhD, and she’s doing an internship. Sylvia shares her best advice for students interested in doing research, how she likes doing archeology in the field, and why she’s ready to come back for more! Before you know it, she could be off searching for the Lost Ark! Name: Sylvia Cheever Job Title: Archaeological Research Assistant for the Center for American Archeology Location: Kampsville, IL. Population:…

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    How She Found Her Second NASA Internship

    July 9, 2018

    A lot of little kids dream of being an astronaut when they grow up, but what does it really mean to spend your summer working for NASA. Two-time NASA intern (and co-host of Get This Girl a Job), Katie Melbourne shares her experience doing research at NASA Goddard and how she sees astronomy research fitting into her dream of a career in science policy. Name: Katie Melbourne Job Title: Astrophysics Research Intern at NASA Goddard Location: Greenbelt, Maryland College: Yale University Year: 2.5 Major: Astrophysics What are you doing this summer? I am working on extending and improving previous analysis completed for Measurements of the Ultraviolet Spectral Characteristics of Low-mass…

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    Working at an Investment Bank in Texas as an International Woman

    July 2, 2018

    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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    How Working with a Playwright Inspired this Musical Theater Major

    June 21, 2018

    What does it mean for your summer internships to pursue a career in performing arts? Olivia Hytha shares how, with the support of one of her professors, she stepped into the life of a playwright producing a new work. She learned how to balance relationships with the creative team and was inspired when seeing how a style of writing different from her own translated to the stage. Name: Olivia Hytha Job Title: Playwright’s Assistant Location: Boston, MA College: Boston Conservatory Year: Senior Major: Musical Theater What are you doing this summer? I’m assisting a Playwright putting up a new work. View this post on Instagram Meditations 1 @ MASS (thank…

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    When every job in your chosen field requires grad school, how do you find a summer internship? Sarah McDonnell knew she wanted to use her Psychology degree, but hands-on clinical work without an advanced degree is really difficult to find. After applying to jobs in other fields that could tangentially apply her degree, she restructured her job search, figured out what she was (and wasn’t!) willing to compromise on, and eventually found herself a summer internship, near home, working with patients. Name: Sarah McDonnell Job Title: Adult Day Program Instructor Intern at Gatepath Location: Burlingame, California College: Wake Forest University Year in School: Rising Senior Major: Psychology What are you…

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    Being a Good Mentee | Ask GTGAJ Ep. 4

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    The fourth episode of Ask Get This Girl a Job is here! Katie and Rosana answer your questions about using your minor in the job search, how to be a good mentee, and what to do if you haven’t heard back from a job you applied for. Get This Girl a Job is a podcast that tries to demystify the job search by sharing the stories of recent college graduates as they made their way into the workforce for the first time! Ask GTGAJ is a special episode, that Katie and I co-host, where we try to answer your questions about your own job search. You can read more about…

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    Attending Conferences and Choosing your Summer Opportunity | Ask GTGAJ

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    The third episode of Ask Get This Girl a Job is here! Katie and Rosana answer your questions about networking, references, and how to approach finding your first job. Get This Girl a Job is a podcast that tries to demystify the job search by sharing the stories of recent college graduates as they made their way into the workforce for the first time! Ask GTGAJ is a special episode, that Katie and I co-host, where we try to answer your questions about your own job search. You can read more about GTGAJ here! This week talked with Priya Lingutla about the value of attending conferences and how to approach…

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    Informational Interviews for Nonprofits | GTGAJ S1E4 feat. Stephanie Miklaszewski

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    In this week’s episode of Get This Girl a Job, Rosana talks to Stephanie Miklaszewski about her journey to working for Junior Achievement of Chicago, a nonprofit in Chicago that teaches financial literacy to students k-12. Get This Girl a Job in Nonprofits! Stephanie graduated from UChicago in 2017. She juggled part time jobs and school, trying to find the right path for her and making the most of her time and effort. When she decided not to go to grad school, she had to scramble to find the right alternative. With the skills she had picked up through those part time jobs and her work with her sorority, and…

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