As a career advisor, I often look for common questions I hear from students that could inspire my blog posts. This past spring, several rising seniors asked me, “Is it okay to apply to companies I’ve applied to in the …
Louise Wang, COL ’24, Williamsport, MD
The warm Philly sun shines bright as I bike along South Street. My destination is the Robert’s Center for Pediatric Research, where I have been continuing my clinical research. Thanks to Career Services, my …
Kyla Jamison, COL ’25, Salem, OH
As a project development intern at Blackdog Contracting, I had the opportunity to develop skills and gain knowledge that will help me pursue a career in real estate. Working with the team of contractors …
Gabrielle Ryu, COL ’24, Newark, DE
This summer I had the great opportunity to continue working with Dr. Stephen Prouty who is the Senior Research Investigator at the Department of Dermatology at the Perelman School of Medicine. I originally applied …
Allison Mi, SEAS & WH ’26, State College, PA
If I asked you to describe Philadelphia, maybe many words would come to mind, or maybe none at all. Maybe some positive, and maybe some negative. But for me, I would …
Transferable skills, also known as portable skills, are those versatile abilities that you can bring to any role or industry—which is particularly helpful when changing careers. But you don’t need to be an expert to have them; these valuable skills …
Austin Pothikamjorn, COL ’25, Boise, ID
During my sophomore summer, I had the incredible opportunity of continuing my work at the Schmidt Lab of Neuropsychopharmacology. The Schmidt lab’s core focus is GLP-1R agonists, a class of drugs typically used to …
April Ng, COL ’24, San Francisco, CA
Returning to the Barash and Hand (Rader) Lab for a second summer has been a wonderful and worthwhile experience! I was able to continue developing my molecular cloning wet lab techniques and further …
Check out this post from the Carpe Careers blog published on the Inside Higher Ed website – written by PhD/postdoc career advisors for PhD students and postdocs:
Samuel Lee, SEAS ’24, Lansdale, PA
This summer, I worked as a software engineer intern at Keep.id. Keep.id is a nonprofit startup that provides an online ID platform where case managers can assist the homeless population in obtaining, storing, and …
