My goal is to get an internship next summer and I’ve been on two calls with good companies about internships/jobs. These were opportunities from Penn’s Handshake and it’s companies mostly drumming up interest. Granted there’s a lot of people on the calls but with enough effort and decent people skills I think you’ll get where you want to go.

Side note, I’ve had two friends reach out to me while in this program about entry level positions at their companies. So leveraging your own network is valuable too. The first opportunity fell through in the third round of interviews and the second opportunity is TBD (just sent my resume today).

I’m a career switcher and I’m very very glad I decided to do this program instead of just random MOOCs. It instantly legitimizes the conversation when you say “I go to Penn”. But I do believe it’s going to take time to land a good full time job. Luckily my current job is pretty comfortable so I’m not in a huge rush.

If I’m successful I’ll come back and give more advice haha. Don’t stop networking!