Introducing the . . .
Tufts Career Center
2014-2015 Social Media Interns
After a seriously involved application and interview process (we required a writing sample and candidates came in for second interviews!), I'm happy to announce that we hired three new Social Media/Blogger Interns to start in the fall.
As supervisor to our bloggers, I am excited to have a senior, a junior and a sophomore join our staff. Their primary responsibility is to share their personal career experiences during the 2014-2015 academic year, and get paid for doing so! I think that's a pretty sweet deal.
And to throw some intrigue into this post, I'm going to hold off on introducing them by name - I'll let them do that on their own in their first posts in September. However, because I can't contain my excitement about their credentials, I offer a few clues to keep you tuned in:
- We selected our rising senior because she is a social media pro, with presence on Twitter, Pinterest, and Tumblr, among other media, and for the way she described herself in her interview: "Writing is my hobby - I feel more eloquent through text." Here's another clue: she has an obsession with the character who said, "It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me." Incidentally, a lot of people feel that way about their career - it's their work that defines them. And after this summer's virtual internship (ooh, what's that!?), she should have some interesting content for us come fall.
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| (C) Chris for OPENPHOTO.NET CC: Attribution-NonDerivs-NonCommerical |
- Our rising junior is a student athlete, and we're interested in hearing about how she balances school, career, sports and extracurriculars. Plus, her team made it to the Final Four this past year. Did I just reveal which team she played for? Want to know what we discussed in her interview? Pottermore. She's a Harry Potter fan, I'm a Harry Potter fan - what else is there to say? Be prepared for the part of an interview where the employer asks you questions about your hobbies and interests because they want to get to know the real you.
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| (C) Michael Jastremski for OPENPHOTO.NET CC: Attribution-ShareAlike |
- One intern, a rising sophomore, attended the Career Fair as a freshman. Can you imagine going to the Career Fair in Gantcher during your first month on campus? Well, this student did, and we were mightily impressed, so we hired him. (In fact, one of our peers in the "ten best career services blogs", Oregon State University, posted something on this very subject a couple of months ago, check it out: 10 Reasons to Attend the Career Fair as a First Year Student.)
I just can't wait until the fall!
Nicole Anderson
Assistant Director/Career Counselor
Tufts Career Services
