Startups, Entrepreneurship & Freelancing

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The following sampling of tools and resources should be combined with your own research. We suggest you use targeted keyword searches to find representative employers and opportunities, explore professional associations, join LinkedIN groups, and browse additional job board postings. Remember to also search LinkedIN and MyPenn (formerly QuakerNet) to connect with Penn alumni in fields related to your interests. Additionally, the sample jobs and employers are only a small selection of what’s posted in Handshake – log in to see much more!

We also suggest using the Career Exploration section of our website for more information or researching by major.

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Path to a C-Suite Role

February 2, 2021

Regina Jaslow, W’97, President of the Wharton Club of New York.

The business degree I attained at Wharton was in marketing, entrepreneurial and strategic management. The one highly valuable thing I didn’t learn at Wharton was sales skills. The ways …

By Career Services

CS Radio – Episode 124: “Your Personal Board of Directors”

February 1, 2021

CS Radio is back for 2021! Michael and Mylene take a look at the concept of having a personal “board of directors” and how they can help shape your career.

Show Notes:

Building a “Personal Board of Directors” Can Transform …

By Michael DeAngelis

What Size Company Is Right for You? Here’s What I’ve Learned Going From Startups to a Fortune 500 Company

January 27, 2021

Last year, after a decade of working at small startups, I set my sights on larger, established companies: Series Bs, recent IPOs, and the Fortune 500. Recently married, in my mid-30s, and staring down a global pandemic, I was looking …

By Neal Shyam - The Muse

Summer Funding Expands

January 27, 2021

The intricate red brick walls of the Furness Fine Arts building in stark contradt with the bright green leaves of the trees that line the walk in front of it

Career Services is proud and delight to announce our new partnership with Student Registration & Financial Services to expand our Summer Funding Program with an additional $500,000 to support 125-150 middle-income students pursuing summer research and internship opportunities.

“We really …

By Michael DeAngelis

A Virtual Dive into Early Stage Tech

December 8, 2020

This is part of series of posts by recipients of the 2020 Career Services Summer Funding Grant. We’ve asked funding recipients to reflect on their summer experiences and talk about the industries in which they spent their summer. You can …

By Career Services

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Handshake is Career Services’ powerful platform for University of Pennsylvania students, postdocs and alumni served by our office.  Handshake uses …

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Freelancer.com is the world’s largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace by number of users and projects. They connect employers and freelancers …

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