I had the opportunity to intern at the Children’s Hospital for the King’s Daughters. I took a day of rest before I started my internship during intersession. After arriving at the hospital, I was introduced to everything that I needed to know. The same thing that every hospital intern should be aware, such as I cannot disclose patient information and what happens in the hospital stays in the hospital. Continue reading
My Princeternship experience at DonorsChoose.org started long before I stepped into their office. It started when I clicked onto their website, and I could immediately tell this organization was unique.
DonorsChoose.org seamlessly combines their mission of funding public school projects nationwide with an online platform, making it easier than ever for education supporters to contribute. So, I was ecstatic when I learned I would be visiting DonorsChoose.org! Before coming, Andrew gave me a gift-code to experience what it is like to be a donor on the website. After looking through the projects, it was hard to decide which to support, because they were all so meaningful.
My day at DonorsChoose.org started with a tour from Andrew, and I was impressed by the openness and creativity of the space. Andrew then led me over to the “Playground” (the rooms are given school inspired names) for my first meeting with Risa. She explained to me how, like Andrew, she decided during her time at college that she wanted to work for a nonprofit. Next, I spoke with talked with Taylor from Finance, whose journey through different careers made her realize that working in education was her passion. I then had the pleasure of sitting in on a marketing and community team meeting where I learned how DonorsChoose.org provides incentives to encourage teachers to start new projects. In Math, I met with Ali from partnerships, who, before working for DonorsChoose.org was a teacher. She told me firsthand how the interface of DonorsChoose.org has changed since its inception. Maggie, the product manager, then discussed her recent transition from a university to DonorsChoose.org and how she took what she was passionate about in college to her career.
Next, I met with Liam in Community Engagement. He showed me an inside view of the thank you packages that DonorsChoose.org sends out to their donors after projects receive full funding. As a fledgling engineer, I was very excited to meet with César, who completed a mechanical engineering undergraduate degree. He discussed with me how his passion for education led him to find DonorsChoose.org.
Once again in art, I met with Abby, from Marketing. Having worked at several online-platform companies, Abby had a lot of experience to share.
Finally, I met with Aubrey, who explained to me how new employees get hired at DonorsChoose.org. Her commitment to considering each applicant made the future process of applying to jobs a much less scary prospect for me.
As I left DonorsChoose.org, I realized why it is such a special place. Not only is it an enormous benefit to our schools and a great workplace, everyone there is incredibly invested in what they do. As I follow my path through Princeton and beyond, I have learned that as long as I continue working in what I am passionate about, I will be successful.
Each week the Career Services team will highlight new or unusual opportunities in for undergraduates, graduate students and alumni.
This edition features picks from Kimberly and Hayley, who make up our intrepid employer outreach team. They gather feedback from students about who they want to see recruiting at Princeton and work to make that happen. Each of the listings below are the result of your feedback. Are there any specific employers or industries that you’re interested in? Sound off in the comments.
Kimberly & Hayley’s Picks of the Week:
Bonus opportunity: Interested in entrepreneurship? Career Services is sponsoring 10 spots for students to attend the PEC Tiger Entrepreneurs Conference in Boston on Oct. 19-20. All travel, food and lodging expenses will be covered by Career Services. Learn more and apply in Handshake.
Each week the Career Services team will highlight new or unusual opportunities in for undergraduates, graduate students and alumni. This week we’re focusing entirely on internships and jobs posted by just a few of the more than 90 employers who are coming to the HireTigers Meetup next Tuesday.
Handshake Jobs & Internships:
You can see more opportunities and a full list of organizations attending here. Need some advice on how to get the most out of the Meetup? We’ve got you covered. We’re also holding walk-in hours on Monday to help you prepare.
Participating in the Princeternship program with Dr. Ganchi of Ganchi Plastic Surgery was an absolutely phenomenal experience. Before shadowing Dr. Ganchi, I had a very vague understanding of what a private plastic surgery practice entailed—all of my knowledge of plastic surgery had come from the media and “reality” television shows, both of which tend to do a poor job of documenting a true “day in the life.” Continue reading
I learned so much during my internship at Disability Rights Maryland – about the law, about the office environment and myself. When I first went into this Princeternship, all I knew was that I had a strong interest in law and a sense that I wanted to use that to help people. I wasn’t sure what that meant, and I most definitely didn’t know how I intended to do that. The biggest concern I had about my future profession was being able to mesh those two things together in a way that was interesting and made a difference. In talking to Leslie and all the other attorneys, paralegals and legal advocates at the office though, I saw that it was possible. Continue reading
I applied to this Princeternship because I wanted to get a glimpse at a day in the life of a doctor. Recently, I’ve been thinking that I ultimately want to do something related to mental health and counseling. I’ve been trying to decide whether I should fulfill pre-medical requirements with the goal of becoming a psychiatrist, or whether I should focus my attention towards my Psychology courses and research. As I am extremely indecisive (I’ve switched majors from Chemistry to Computer Science and now to Psychology, dabbling in Linguistics, Philosophy and Neuroscience along the way!), I wanted to make this decision about what to do with my remaining time at Princeton with as much information as possible. I thought shadowing a surgeon would provide me the extra information I needed to begin making an informed decision.
Over the course of the day, Dr. Hersh, Dr. Gelles and some of the technicians showed us around the office. They explained the process of preparing patients for surgery, performing the surgery and doing post-procedure follow-ups. For each surgery we observed, Dr. Hersh made sure to give us background information on the problems the patients were experiencing and on how the procedure helped correct it. He also made sure to give us many close-up views of patients’ eyes mid-procedure (very cool!) and explained what he was doing step by step. He took time to chat with us, answering all of our questions about his experiences at Princeton and about the path he took that lead him to ophthalmology.
One of my biggest takeaways of the day was that while planning is certainly useful, those plans tend to change along the way. Dr. Hersh explained that he had gone into medicine wanting to do orthopedics, and ended up doing ophthalmology mostly due to the quality of the ophthalmology program at his school. In hearing his med school and early work experiences, it was clear that he embraced change and was open to following the opportunities that were best for him at the time, opportunities which led him relatively far from where he initially saw himself. This strategy obviously worked out very well for him, and it’s comforting to see that letting plans go astray is not so bad after all.
At the end of the day, I was so happy that I had the opportunity to do this Princeternship. It was an incredible experience that helped push me towards deciding what I want to focus on in my next two-and-a-half years at Princeton.
Each week the Career Services team will highlight new or unusual opportunities in the Handshake and UCAN* systems for undergraduates, graduate students and alumni. Here are our picks for this week:
Handshake Jobs & Internships:
UCAN Internships:
*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.
Each week the Career Services team will highlight new or unusual opportunities in the Handshake and UCAN* systems for undergraduates, graduate students and alumni. Here are our picks for this week:
Handshake Jobs & Internships:
UCAN Internships:
*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.
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