Tag: career advice
Student Internship Stories: Anna Pham (COM ’21)
Anna Pham participated in her internship in the summer of 2020 at MuddHouse Media in Boston. Tell us about your experience. What were your responsibilities? In the summer of 2020, I had the pleasure of working as an intern at MuddHouse Media, a podcast startup company created by incredibly talented people! We had shows that ...
Student Internship Stories: Brigid Kane (COM’22)
Brigid Kane participated in her internship in the summer of 2021 at Katch Media in California. Tell us about your experience. What were your responsibilities? I was a media genome analyst with Katch Media. My responsibilities included watching and analyzing movies in order to code them via the Katch Media Genome, rating movies on the ...
Student Internship Stories: Ankur Bamezai (CAS ’22)
Ankur Bamezai participated in his internship in the summer of 2021 at the MIT McGovern Institute for Brain Science Research in Boston. Tell us about your experience. What were your responsibilities? This summer, as a research assistant (RA), I was tasked with managing the feedback collection process for the "Executive Function Game" project. For the ...
Student Internship Stories: Nyah Jordan (COM ’22)
Nyah Jordan participated in her internship as an online intern for The Years Project in Boston. Tell us about your experience. What were your responsibilities? My responsibilities included researching candidates’ history with climate change, the environmental rollbacks that are taking place with the current administration, and keeping track of events that are exacerbated by climate ...
How to Build Mentorship Into Your Career
Mentorship is a powerful tool for career development that can help you achieve your personal and professional goals, access helpful resources and advice, gain “insider” knowledge and insights from someone with vast experience, and build your professional support network. Mentorship is the gift that keeps on giving, and you’ll find that professionals who are years ...
Student Internship Stories: Mayowa Hassan (QST’23)
Mayowa Hassan participated in her internship in the summer of 2022 at the Social Innovation Forum (SIF) in Boston. Tell us about your experience. What were your responsibilities? My experience was super nice. As a Program Intern, I worked intimately with the program team of the Social Innovation Forum. My tasks were mostly concerned with ...
Dismantling Bias and Embracing Identity at Work
Earlier this semester, the Center for Career Development’s student leaders hosted an event, “Code-Switching & the Workplace,” at the Howard Thurman Center. We are excited to share some photos, highlights, and takeaways from this event with the BU community! This event’s media, research, and content were produced and thoughtfully curated by POC student leaders, in ...
Strategies to Overcome Job Search Fatigue
Job hunting can be an exciting journey of self-discovery and new opportunities, but of course it's not without its challenges. If you feel like you’ve been applying to job after job and not seeing any results you may start to experience job search fatigue. The continuous cycle of applications, rejections, and waiting can take a ...
Ghosted? What To Do If You Don’t Hear Back
In today's competitive job market, silence after an interview can be frustrating and leave you questioning your performance. Unfortunately, the practice of ghosting – disappearing without explanation – has become increasingly common in the professional sphere and is no longer confined to the world of dating. While being ghosted by an employer shouldn't define your ...
Student Internship Stories: Maya Shavit (CAS’25)
Maya Shavit (CAS '25), took part in her internship at The Conversation, in Waltham, MA. How did you learn about this internship opportunity? What career resources from BU or elsewhere did you use during the application and interview process?I learned about the opportunity through a networking connection with someone at the company. I used BU ...
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