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Looking Towards 2024

Best wishes from the Career Services team to all Penn students finishing up papers and final exams as we close out the 2023 year.  We wish you a restorative and relaxing winter break after a long semester!  Our hope is …

By Barbara Hewitt
Barbara Hewitt Executive Director
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Inflation: What You Need to Know

Inflation. It is hard to avoid, impossible to run from, and seems to be seeping into our thoughts on a more frequent basis. Inflation is simply defined as the rate of increase in prices over a set period. What causes …

By Laura Brasch
Laura Brasch Associate Director, The College
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Are Unions Making a Comeback?

The past couple of days have brought a rash of headlines about union victories at the National Labor Relations Board—most of which are based on decisions that the NLRB has made that theoretically make it easier for workers to form …

By Firsthand
We help applicants, students, job-seekers and professionals like you find the right career path using the power of firsthand experiences.
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Welcome to Fall 2023 from Career Services!

Welcome to the Fall 2023 semester! I always love the start of the academic year with the hustle and bustle of Locust Walk and a whole new semester of ideas to explore and experiences to pursue.

Amid all of this …

By Barbara Hewitt
Barbara Hewitt Executive Director
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9 Steps To Recession-Proof Your Career In 2023

We’ve all seen the headlines: record inflation, rising interest rates, tumbling stocks, and looming recession. With talk of hiring freezes and layoffs, employees are anxious about what could happen to their careers in this troubled economy.  

The concerns are justified. …

By Ivy Exec
Ivy Exec is your dedicated career development resource.
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Striking a balance between working and being a graduate student

Welcome to the spring 2023 semester! Many of the master’s students at Penn are part-time students who work full-time as well. Whether you are new to your master’s program, or your studies are well underway, you area aware that striking …

By Dianne Hull
Dianne Hull Senior Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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Pathways to Purposeful Careers: The Unique Narratives of Penn’s Career Advisors

As part of an ongoing effort to explore the people that make University Life a diverse community of educators and humans, I sat down with an ordained minister, a chicken expert, a geographer, an actor, and a …

By Career Services
Career Services
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Clinical Volunteering at the VA Medical Center

This entry was authored by Magnolia Wang, a junior in the College majoring in Biology, with minors in Chemistry and English. As part of the UScholars program, she has received funding for the summer, and she also serves as a …

By Mia Carpiniello
Mia Carpiniello Associate Director, Graduate School Advising
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How To Study or Work Abroad No Matter Who You Are or What you Do

by Natalie Jesionka on the themuse.com

Have you ever thought about studying or working abroad but shrugged it off because you didn’t think it would be doable or relevant for your career?

If so, you’re not alone. Recently, the White …

By Esther Ra
Esther Ra Associate Director, Nursing/Education/Social Work
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How the COVID-19 Pandemic Could Lead to a More Pet-Friendly Workplace

For many people, working from home during the pandemic meant getting accustomed to working alongside their pets. Not only did pets provide comic relief on Zoom calls, but being close to our animals has also offered some much-needed stress relief.

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