Author: Michael Caddell

Featured Jobs and Internships of the Week – Local Opportunities

Each week the Career Services team will highlight new or unusual opportunities in for undergraduates, graduate students and alumni. This edition features positions in and around the Princeton area.

Handshake Jobs & Internships:

UCAN Internships*:

Do you have any questions? Are there any specific employers or industries that you’re interested in? Let us know!

*UCAN is an internship-only site that is shared by 20 member schools, including Princeton. To use UCAN in addition to Handshake, you’ll need to register for a new account. Instructions on using UCAN are available here.

Featured Jobs and Internships of the Week – International Opportunities

Each week the Career Services team will highlight new or unusual opportunities in for undergraduates, graduate students and alumni. This edition features international positions.

Handshake Jobs & Internships:

UCAN Internships*:

Do you have any questions? Are there any specific employers or industries that you’re interested in? Let us know!

*UCAN is an internship-only site that is shared by 20 member schools, including Princeton. To use UCAN in addition to Handshake, you’ll need to register for a new account. Instructions on using UCAN are available here.

Featured Jobs and Internships of the Week – Jan. 17, 2018

Each week the Career Services team will highlight new or unusual opportunities in for undergraduates, graduate students and alumni. This edition features positions in, well, all sorts of things. While there may not be a single industry or theme uniting this week’s postings, they were all great opportunities so we decided to share them together.

Handshake Jobs & Internships:

UCAN Internships*:

Do you have any questions? Are there any specific employers or industries that you’re interested in? Let us know!

*UCAN is an internship-only site that is shared by 20 member schools, including Princeton. To use UCAN in addition to Handshake, you’ll need to register for a new account. Instructions on using UCAN are available here.

Featured Jobs and Internships of the Week – PCA Picks, pt. 2

Each week the Career Services team will highlight new or unusual opportunities in for undergraduates, graduate students and alumni. This edition features picks from Anna Dong ’20 and Cara Yi ’19, one of the Peer Career Advisers (PCAs).

Handshake Jobs & Internships:

  • NASCAR: NASCAR Diversity Internship Program
    The NASCAR Diversity Internship (NDIP) is an opportunity for a student studying in any discipline to join a network of Motorsport industry professionals. Interns will explore and apply their interests to innovations both on and off the track in this 10-week, paid internship.
  • International Leadership Foundation: Civic Fellowship Program
    The Civic Fellowship Program is a prestigious leadership program for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders to cultivate their leadership potential. This program provides development and training in politics, public service and governance with current leaders. Following the development portion of the program, fellows will be provided 8- to 10-week public service internships at federal agencies, scholarships, a federal job fair, and a variety of seminars and workshops on civic engagement and career, personal, and leadership development.
  • Terex: Talent, Diversity and Inclusion Intern
    The talent, diversity and inclusion internship represents an opportunity to strengthen the diversity of the talent acquisition process and employee training at a global manufacturer of cranes, lorries and other processing equipment. Interns would get hands-on training for working in the HR department and get the opportunity to build new diversity and inclusion programs.
  • SEO Career: Paid Diversity Internships & Professional Development Program – Summer 2018
    This program for Black, Native American and Hispanic undergrads interested in investment banking or consulting offers a complete development program in preparation for employment with a Fortune 500 company. Participants will complete an online preparation, followed by personalized training with an SEO professional and a week long training session in New York City. Following the program, participants will get the opportunity to interview with a partner of the program, all of which are industry leaders.
  • Nathan Kline Institute: Clinical Research Internship
    Offers 3 internship tracks: General clinical research, neuropsychology focused clinical research, and outreach. For students in psychology, neuroscience, biology, social work or related mental health field.
  • Macias PR: Business/PR/Journalism/Marketing
    Interns will ghost write editorials, write media pitches, press releases and get published under their own name with sites like TechNewswires, client blogs and online news sites.
  • AeroDynamic Advisory: Internship
    Boutique aerospace consulting firm for engineers, economists, finance/math/statistics students.

Do you have any questions? Are there any specific employers or industries that you’re interested in? Let us know!

Featured Jobs and Internships of the Week – PCA Picks

Each week the Career Services team will highlight new or unusual opportunities in for undergraduates, graduate students and alumni. This edition features internship picks—and explanations—by two of the Peer Career Advisers (PCAs), Cara Yi ’19 and Anna Dong ’20.

Handshake Jobs & Internships:

  • U.S. Department of Energy: Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship Program
    Paid summer research opportunity specifically with the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy
  • City of Boston: Citywide Analytics Team Summer Fellowship
    Paid; open to undergraduates from any major, but program specifically in data science, analytics, performance management, GIS, and data engineering.
  • Hudson Institute Political Studies: Summer Fellowship
    Paid; seminars in political theory applied to understanding public policy and American political principles.
  • Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC): Summer Internship
    Paid; financial services industry.
  • Vimeo: Upload Engineering Internship
    Vimeo is the largest, ad-free video platform, and this Internship offers the chance to explore the infrastructure behind its success. For computer science majors or other students passionate about programming, this represents an opportunity to learn and grow with a leading company in an inclusive, diversity-centric culture.
  • Global Health Fellows Program II: Maternal and Child Health Research Intern
    GHFP-II’s goal is to improve the effectiveness of USAID health programs by addressing the Agency’s immediate and emerging human capacity needs. Interns will be central to promoting diversity and will become important members of a pool of future global health profession leaders. The maternal and child health intern will research across the Bureau for Global Health as well as developing a deep understanding of USAID’s work and the general Child Healthcare system.
  • Changing the Present: Intern or Volunteer
    Changing the Present is a fast growing nonprofit which provides the opportunity for Americans to channel their gift-giving into the experience of a shared donation. Interns will have the opportunity to get involved in the organization’s core in leadership positions. The organization works to improve a variety of issues including women’s rights, mental health, LGBTQIA+ representation and many more and an intern would have opportunities to work on projects that interest them.

Do you have any questions? Are there any specific employers or industries that you’re interested in? Let us know!

Featured Jobs and Internships of the Week – Motley Edition

Each week the Career Services team will highlight new or unusual opportunities in for undergraduates, graduate students and alumni. This edition features positions in, well, all sorts of things. While there may not be a single industry or theme uniting this week’s postings, they were all great opportunities so we decided to share them together.

Handshake Jobs & Internships:

UCAN Internships*:

Do you have any questions? Are there any specific employers or industries that you’re interested in? Let us know!

*UCAN is an internship-only site that is shared by 20 member schools, including Princeton. To use UCAN in addition to Handshake, you’ll need to register for a new account. Instructions on using UCAN are available here.

Featured Jobs and Internships of the Week – Service & Nonprofit

Each week the Career Services team will highlight new or unusual opportunities in for undergraduates, graduate students and alumni. This edition features positions in service and nonprofit.

Handshake Jobs & Internships:

UCAN Internships*:

Do you have any questions? Are there any specific employers or industries that you’re interested in? Let us know!

*UCAN is an internship-only site that is shared by 20 member schools, including Princeton. To use UCAN in addition to Handshake, you’ll need to register for a new account. Instructions on using UCAN are available here.

Featured Jobs and Internships of the Week – Public Service & Government

Each week the Career Services team will highlight new or unusual opportunities in for undergraduates, graduate students and alumni. This edition features opportunities in public service and military.

Want to learn more about opportunities out there and how to apply? Come to our Public Service Fellowship and Internship Information Session.

Handshake Jobs & Internships:

UCAN Internships*:

Do you have any questions? Are there any specific employers or industries that you’re interested in? Let us know!

*UCAN is an internship-only site that is shared by 20 member schools, including Princeton. To use UCAN in addition to Handshake, you’ll need to register for a new account. Instructions on using UCAN are available here.

Featured Jobs and Internships of the Week – Communications

Each week the Career Services team will highlight new or unusual opportunities in for undergraduates, graduate students and alumni. This edition features opportunities in communications ahead of next week’s Communications and Media Meetup.

Handshake Jobs & Internships:

UCAN Internships*:

  • CN Communications International Inc.: Internship
    This position is based in New Jersey and has a stipend.

Do you have any questions? Are there any specific employers or industries that you’re interested in? Let us know!

*UCAN is an internship-only site that is shared by 20 member schools, including Princeton. To use UCAN in addition to Handshake, you’ll need to register for a new account. Instructions on using UCAN are available here.

Class of 2017: Hallowinning in Your Job Search

Okay, it’s a bit corny (no pun intended), but Halloween is a good time to confront your scariest job search fears. The savviest trick-or-treaters know that having a solid plan, knocking on a lot of doors, making a great first impression and overcoming rejection are all part of a “hallowinning” strategy. 

 1. Find the best targets.

 Applying online can feel like you are dropping your resume into a black hole. You may never hear anything back from the employer and this leaves you waiting and wondering—and feeling rejected. Refining your approach by identifying and reaching out to alumni who work at the organization can help you get your application noticed and build your network. Ask alumni for their advice and insights about working at the organization and any tips they can share for how to get your resume to the hiring manager.

 2. Knock on more doors.

 As a child on Halloween night, you might have taken time to scope out your route to ensure you would cover the most ground possible. For some, the very idea of reaching out to strangers may be terrifying. Step out of your comfort zone and network, network, network. It may feel strange initially — or maybe you’re a natural — but the more you network, the easier it gets.  

Read this great article for more great tips on how to overcome your job search fears and develop a Hallowinning strategy! Before you know it, your treat will be “Thanksgiving” a new opportunity! 

Any updates to share?

If you have recently accepted a position or made a decision about your next step–congratulations! Please let us know by updating your responses to the First Destinations Survey. Be sure to also let us know if you had conversations with alumni that helped shape your plans by updating that question as well. Thanks!

Evangeline “Eva” Kubu (@eva_kubu) is interim executive director of Career Services at Princeton University where she leads efforts to help prepare and empower all Princeton students and alumni as they pursue meaningful careers — she is also known as the #fairyjobmother.