When advancing in your healthcare career, personal references can have a significant impact on potential opportunities. They offer an unbiased assessment of your skills, character, and accomplishments. Optimizing how you select and use references could be a game-changer in securing …
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This summer, we will be featuring blog posts written by PhD students who participated in Career Services’ Career Exploration Fellowship (CEF), a program that helps doctoral candidates explore their career interests through networking opportunities with …
Felicitas Tananibe, COL ’26, Philadelphia, PA
During my spring semester of last year, I knew I had to work in a research lab. For the longest time, I had the dreamt of being surrounded by microscopes, algar plates, and pipettes. …
Euel Kebebew, COL ’25, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to work alongside Dr. Julia Gray on her research about international organizations (IOs). These organizations, often operating behind the scenes, play a significant role in global …
Ah…failure! Nothing like reading about failure during your day! The job search is a LOT like baseball. If you may or may not be familiar with baseball, it is certainly a sport of failure. A .333 batting average has been …
Chaily Derecskey, COL ’25, Wilmington, DE
This summer, my Penn Career Services funding award allowed me to complete an internship at Charity Brands, a consulting firm specializing in nonprofit fundraising. During my internship, I gained valuable entry-level experience in the …
Petros Kaklamanis, COL ’24, Athens, Greece
During the summer I worked as an intern at the Computational Communicative Development Lab (CoCoDev) which is part of the Aix-Marseille University (Marseille, France).
As an intern at the Computational Communicative Development Lab, I …
While this blog will not be published until July, commencement is only a few days away at the time of writing. Commencement has me reflecting on my own winding career path, and remembering how it can be scary (but also …
Hosted by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
This summer, we will be featuring blog posts written by PhD students who participated in Career Services’ Career Exploration Fellowship (CEF), a program that helps doctoral candidates explore their career interests through …
Jonathan Lamothe, WH ’25, Pennsauken, NJ
This summer I had the opportunity to work with the team at the African American Resource Center (AARC) at Penn. The AARC is a valuable resource for both the Philadelphia and University of Penn …
