Earning a last-minute interview is exciting, as it can mean that the hiring manager is eager to meet with you or wants to hire you for the position right away. Making it to the last-minute interview can also impress the …
Author Archives: Amanda Nell
Excerpted from Handshake Student Blog
There’s nothing quite like receiving a job (or internship) offer. It’s almost always a moment filled with excitement, promise, and much-deserved celebration! But for Black new hires, especially those just taking the first steps in …
The Ecdysis Foundation is launching a study that aims to investigate regenerative agriculture across the United States. The 1000 Farms Initiative is one of the largest projects to date that will gather data on agricultural management practices, soil and water …
Carlson Family Farm was started in southwest Iowa in 1973. It survived the farm crisis of the 1980s and then the conventional hog market crash in 1998. When Josh Carlson returned home after graduating college in 2011, he knew he …
As the world continues to depend more on digital environments to get work done, the health of internal networks will increase in importance to company leaders. Many, if not most, of today’s business functions, require a network to operate, whether …
If you have a disability, you may know that you have the right to reasonable accommodation in the workplace—and that Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) backs you up. But it can be intimidating to ask for …
Mentees to mentors: Two Summer Welcome leaders on what motivates them to help students.
How am I going to make friends? I don’t know anyone here.” That was one of the thoughts running through Helen Green’s mind when she attended Summer …
I felt it was important to have work experience on my resume and to gain a greater appreciation of American culture, so I aimed to find a part-time job while I was enrolled in school. While the process was a …
“Are you all right?” the student asked as she passed me in the hallway. I was in the final stretch of lab work before writing my dissertation. The student, who was 4 years behind me in the same Ph.D. program, …
