Category: The Student Perspective
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Embracing Challenge and Finding Community: Ofri’s CareerVillage Story
Ofri has never been afraid to chart her own path. A transfer student who has moved through three different schools, community college, a state university, and now Brandeis University, she has always been willing to pursue something more challenging. She is taking on rigorous math courses in pursuit of her psychology and neuroscience double major,…
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How Sydney Explored Her Future of Entrepreneurship with CareerVillage
A student with a keen interest in business and a dedicated golf player, Sydney is in the midst of an exciting, pivotal moment that will shape her future: navigating the prospects of colleges she may commit to studying and playing golf at. Next year, she envisions herself attending a college somewhere with warm weather (hopefully…
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From Wallabies to Yeast DNA: Amber’s CareerVillage.org story
Looking for specific career guidance, Amber turned to CareerVillage.org—a community where professionals answer students’ real questions about careers.
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From Cadet to Career Clarity: Layla’s CareerVillage.org story
Suddenly unsure about her career path, Layla turned to the community on CareerVillage.org
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From Rejection to Resilience: Stephanie’s CareerVillage.org Story
After some difficult news, Stephanie turned to CareerVillage.org
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The Student Perspective: Meet Tyler
Written by: Corina Chen and the CareerVillage.org Team “I’m different. My head is in the game. I’m going to start my freshman year of college and want to prepare for medical school now. I want to go to the best medical school possible.” -Tyler “Ever since I was little, my life has been about two…
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From Skepticism to Social Work: Meet Stephanie
Written by: Corina Chen and the CareerVillage.org Team “I always signed up for the college or virtual talk to talk to a current student. I picked up that habit because of the advice I received on CareerVillage.“ – Stephanie An ad plays telling you the next Great Chicken Nugget is on sale tomorrow at your nearest McDonalds.…
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The Student Perspective: Meet Augusta
Written by: Corina Chen and the CareerVillage.org Team “CareerVillage has helped me answer the questions that came to my mind that I didn’t think reading a book would be able to answer in the specificity I needed.” -Augusta Augusta first joined CareerVillage in 2013 when she was in high school and first started thinking about college. “All of a…
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AIG Volunteers Advise Youth On CareerVillage.org, Impacting Thousands
Today we’re celebrating CareerVillage volunteers working at AIG, who in just a few short weeks collectively reached and impacted over 3,800 young people with inspirational career advice. Last month, several groups of AIG employees got together in their New Jersey office and answered career questions from high school students about everything from what college courses…