Word: internships
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...daunting task of exploring this stunning tropical paradise and the underwater world below while chronicling the adventures in a video blog series and photos to be posted online. “I was never going to work at an office job,” says Murphy, whose last summer internship entailed swimming with sharks in the Bahamas. His right hand still bears a distinct scar from an encounter gone awry. Murphy hopes that this past experience will give him an edge amongst over 34,000 competitors, including Cabot House resident Thomas R. Benson ’09. Benson says...
...Have you found that killer summer internship yet, Leo? The summer may still seem a bit far off, but make sure you get the ball rolling this week and you’ll feel a lot better about things. By the end of the week you’ll be ready to blow off some steam and spend some time bonding with your friends...
...light of the current economic situation, this mentality must change. In particular, the annual ritual of the junior-year finance internship search—which has given rise to a disturbing sense of entitlement—must be reined in. It is one thing to offer valuable pre-professional opportunities to interested students; it is entirely another to create a disturbing subculture of hyper-competitiveness that destroys the very foundation of the liberal-arts education Harvard claims to offer. And the devastating consequences of rejection can be damaging to one’s mental health—a concern...
Last semester, Martel spoke about her summer internship at Telemundo on an OCS panel for careers in media and entertainment. “It was sort of like the OCS was giving us blessing. They were saying it’s okay to be in the media,” she says...
...these firms don’t exist anymore—the offer letters I have now are historical documents.” Delle’s plight is hardly unique. This year, hundreds of Harvard students hoping to enter the finance industry are facing the most difficult career and internship marketplace in decades, as the firms remaining on Wall St. are shrinking their workforce and turning away even the most qualified applicants. Signs of the new crunch are not hard to come by, especially for young job-hunters immersed in the recruiting process.Kayley E. Laren...