Asen Nechev, COL ’28, Tromso, Norway & Sofia, Bulgaria
This summer, I had the honor of working as an intern at the Consulate General of Bulgaria in New York. Over the course of two months, I became part of a …
Networking is always going to be a part of your career. This is not a one off experience or a thing you do every once in awhile. In order to get the most out of networking and your network itself, …
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Lui Gardner, COL ’26, Haworth, NJ
This summer I interned at SpaceX in Los Angeles on the Business Operations Purchasing team. The role gave me the opportunity to contribute directly to projects that supported both day-to-day operations and long-term planning. …
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The academic job market is famously protracted. Job postings started appearing last summer for positions beginning this fall; we’re in March now, and new postings are still popping up. But we’ve reached a point in the semester when many PhDs and postdocs are facing down a difficult truth: “I may not receive a faculty job offer this year.”
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Beyond the resume: How to answer the new U.S. federal government’s ‘American Ideals’ essay questions
The shift in how the federal government evaluates talent has reached a tipping point this spring. As agencies prepare for the second half of the fiscal year, a common question is circulating through career centers and online forums: Is …
The federal workforce is currently undergoing its most significant structural shift in decades, leaving many veterans of the civil service and hopeful newcomers feeling like the ground is shifting beneath their feet. Amidst the rumors of department-wide realignments and “lean” …
Sophia Liu, COL ’26, Cincinnati, OH
Most people spend their summers at the beach, maybe with sand between their toes. I spent mine with flies crawling up the sides of test tubes. Not the houseflies buzzing around your picnic, but …
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Read more For recent graduates, today’s landscape presents a uniquely difficult challenge. A slow hiring environment, unpredictable recruitment cycles, and deeper structural shifts in jobs have combined to intensify competition for entry-level roles. Many grads find themselves wondering if there is a …
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Aksa Choudhry, COL ’26, Sicklerville, NJ
As a Health & Societies major with a concentration in Bioethics, I’ve always been drawn to the intersection of medicine, policy, and public health infrastructure. This summer, I had the opportunity to work as …
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Although some might perceive them as an additional hurdle to admission, Situational Judgment Tests (SJTs) are becoming an increasingly common part of the health professions school admissions process. Designed to assess qualities such as professionalism, ethical decision-making, empathy, communication, and …
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