By: Priscilla Akpabio With everything happening in the world right now, things like job searching seem even more impossible right now. In this post, I will be sharing some useful tips on how to get started with getting your dream
By: Xochitl Castel, Peer Career Coach If you are preparing to apply for an internship for the summer of 2021, chances are the position will be virtual. Having had a virtual internship myself, I would like to offer some advice
By: Xochitl Castel, Peer Career Coach Karina Aguilar is originally from Chihuahua, Mexico but has lived in Chicago since the age of 12. She has had an interest in architecture since high school and knew that IIT would be the
Edited By: Devyani Gauri Mrugami Mahadik graduated in May 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. She is currently working as a Consulting Analyst at Accenture within their Strategy and Consulting Applied Intelligence practice. Part of her job is
By: Maira Zamir, Peer Career Coach Does it matter if you go first or last in an interview order? Here is what you should know: Primacy Bias This is a concept that interviewers tend to remember the first candidate easily
By: Maira Zamir, Peer Career Coach A little networking 101 for you guys: learn how to master the art of conversation. It may seem like a daunting and impossible task at first but at the end of the day, it
By: Priscilla Akpabio, Peer Career Coach Before attending a career fair there should be a mental checklist you go through to make sure you have everything and are fully prepared. Our office has gone ahead to create this list and
By: Devyani Gauri, Peer Career Coach As an international student, the first time I ever got exposed to job searching was when I started looking for a job on-campus. As daunting as it seemed, with time and quite a bit
By: BJ Engelhardt, Director of Operations Thought exercise: think back to some of your favorite movies or TV shows about powerful people, especially powerful people in a modern context. Think about movies about world leaders, Presidents, big business tycoons/leaders of
By: Peer Career Coach Priscilla Akpabio I am currently a fourth year Mechanical Engineering student at Illinois Tech. I transferred into IIT in 2018 having a vague idea about what I wanted my career to look like after graduation. I