Nonprofit organizations and volunteering go hand in hand. Organizations rely on volunteers to support their programming, spread awareness of their mission, and help keep them attuned to what’s going on in the world, while volunteers gain valuable networking and professional …
PhDs and postdocs – career fairs are not just for undergraduates! Many employers who attend career fairs are also very interested in meeting with PhDs and postdocs. Career Services’ next on-campus career fair – the BioSciences Career Fair on September …
Hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency
This fall, 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 …
Veronica Baladi, COL ’27, Fair Lawn, NJ
This summer, I was a teaching fellow at Breakthrough Greater Boston. I designed my own curriculum and ran a daily social studies classroom on controversial federal laws. My audience was thirty-five eighth-grade public …
Annie Liu, WH ’26, Philadelphia, PA
This summer, the scholarship I received played a crucial role in allowing me to work with underprivileged students and support higher education in lower-income neighborhoods. The funding provided essential support, covering my living expenses …
As fall approaches, we prepare for a change in seasons. Whether you’ve shifted in your career focus during your degree program or came to Penn with a transition already in mind, here are some strategies to consider.
Do some self-assessment …
Shermont Bradwell, Perelman Master in Public Health ’25. Syracuse, NY
Over the summer, I had the amazing opportunity of working at Prevention Point. My honest reaction is that I was shocked by the conditions in which I saw in Kensington …
Francesco Barone, WH ’26, Hamilton, NJ
This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to intern at JNK Securities in New York City as a Research Analyst. From June to August 2024, I immersed myself in the fast-paced world of equities …
Are you a PhD or postdoc who’s still deciding between faculty and non-faculty positions? Maybe you don’t have to choose just yet. Check out this blog post from The Chronicle of Higher Education to learn more about tandem job searches—how to …
Welcome to Season Ten! Michael and Natty welcome our new producer, Lorna Lin (COL ’27), and talk about the many career-related stresses we’re already hearing about during the first week of school…and how to put them at ease!
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