Unlocking Potential Through Honest Conversations: The Coach-Student Relationship
From navigating the first week of college to negotiating a first job offer, conversations between students and coaches cover many topics. A coach becomes a student’s trusted advocate, their cheerleader, the person they turn to for both wins and failures, and a person they trust to help plan their future.
Finding Your Community in College: Five Simple Ways to Make Friends
Whether you are entering your first or last year of college, or are somewhere in between, I hope these tips help you make friends and find community on your college campus.
From Opportunity to Achievement: Insider Strategies for Career Advancement
An accomplished business leader, Daniel Shaw has bachelor’s degree in business from Morehouse College and an MBA from UCLA. He has extensive experience in the health and wellness technology space and he’s sharing his tips for career advancement.
Advice From a First-Gen Grad: College is About the People You Meet
Jonathan Negrete, a Chico State grad and relationship manager at Fidelity, shares his tips for networking and gaining career experience during and after college.
Five Tips to Stand Out in Your Internship
Internships offer hands-on experience, opportunities for mentorship, a paycheck – and some even lead to future job offers. So, how do you make the most of your limited time with this employer?
How We’re Ensuring Our Core Values Aren’t Just Words on a Wall
Drive impact. Build community. Do hard things. Learn and grow. Promote equity. These are the five core values that guide the work of Making Waves Education Foundation. Making Waves chief operations officer and people and culture manager share the ways that Making Waves instills their core values throughout the organization.
Pursuing a Law Degree and Advocating for Representation in Law
A Wave-Maker and graduate of Loyola Marymount University, she is currently a second-year student at the UC Davis School of Law, working hard every day to achieve her dreams.
Being a First-Generation Professional in Healthcare and Finding Your Right Path
Grace Zhang, a Wave-Maker alumni and graduate of San Francisco State University who majored in nursing, shares more about what going into the nursing field is really like along with her journey to becoming a health care professional.
Insider Tips from a Recruiter: How to Avoid Mistakes and Stand Out
As you navigate your career and how to showcase yourself, many questions might come up. A recruiter, Ariadna Diaz shares an inside scoop into career development and what matters most in job applications and interviews.
Ten Tips to Help You Ace Your Job or Internship Interview
As college students and recent college graduates applying to internships and jobs, preparing for interviews is critical. This article includes ten detailed tips for acing interviews.
Finding and Prioritizing Yourself in College
“Whatever you want to be in life, be the best you can be at it,” shared Allison Cubillas, a first-gen graduate from UC San Diego who graduated debt-free and started a full-time role at Meketa Investment Group.
Promoting Equity and Giving Our Best Offer: Why We Removed Salary Negotiations
Research shows that salary negotiation is an inequitable process that marginalizes women and people of color. On July 1, 2022, a no negotiation policy took effect at Making Waves Foundation as a part of a revised compensation model that allows for greater transparencies and a bolstering of equity.
