Career and Job Resources
Your internship and job search roadmap
This resource contains the steps to prepare, strategize, and carry out your internship or job search plan from start to finish.
Kaitlyn Endo
September 3, 2024
This resource contains the steps to prepare, strategize, and carry out your internship or job search plan from start to finish.
Internships provide valuable resume-building experience, help your confidence, and help you land a job after college graduation. Here are the eight reasons to get internships during college.
What do you want to focus on this term to help you achieve your bigger plans for college graduation and beyond? Dive into goal setting tips and student examples from Ayasha Tripp, senior college coach manager.
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.
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.
A first-gen college graduate, Estefan Cervantes obtained three corporate internships during his time at Northeastern University. “I’m looking forward to being financially stable and having the ability to explore the world,” he shared reflecting on his higher education journey and next steps after graduating from Northeastern debt-free thanks to the Making Waves scholarship.
“College and post-college can become a jumbled and confusing road. But the structure from Making Waves makes it all possible,” shared Abraham Segura (he/him), a first-gen grad who followed his passions and earned his degree from San Francisco State.
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.
Jonathan Negrete, a Chico State grad and relationship manager at Fidelity, shares his tips for networking and gaining career experience during and after college.
Richard Amaechi, a San Francisco native and San Diego State grad, shares his tips for recent graduates or job seekers pivoting in their careers.
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?
The scholarships and coaching from Making Waves made attending UC Berkeley attainable for first-gen college student Ale Paz, who has found community on campus, studied abroad, and completed a global internship. “College has given me so much freedom to explore these opportunities and figure out what’s best for me. It’s been a great journey,” Ale said.
