Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp (GPTMC): Research Analyst

Interested in Philadelphia tourism opportunities? GPTMC is seeking a Research Analyst who will join the in-house research department and track marketing programs as well as consumer behavior in order to facilitate decision making. Great opportunity to conduct research on various demographics and social trends.

All Star Baseball Academy: Event Operations or Office Operations Internship

Three strikes and you’re out! It’s baseball season of course! As an event operations intern, you’ll be assisting in game management and record event data. With the office operations role, event social media marketing and data collection will be your primary tasks!

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: Marketing Public Relations Intern

If you’re passionate about medicine and want to take one step forward in curing cancer, try your hand in nonprofit management! Writing press releases, media alerts, and assisting in media coverage during special events will be your tasks at this organization that specializes in lifesaving blood cancer research.

Vanguard: Client Relationship Specialist

Named one of the best places to work, Vanguard is seeking a Client Relationship Specialist who will either join the Business Development Group, Retail Client Account Services, or Flagship group and assist clients in their financial goals. Learn investment tools of the trade from the best of the best!

Mobilize.org: Pennsylvania Community Organizer

Growing from only 10 students to a national Millennial movement, Mobilize.org is seeking an entrepreneurial Community Organizer to work with local partners, and build an influential community-based coalition that increases engagement and leadership throughout the community!

You can contact Robin at rss66@drexel.edu

After successfully completing seven internships in college and going on countless number of interviews throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, and California, I’ve brought back a tip or two on how to turn your interviews into successful internships!

So you’ve applied for the role, got the green light to come in for the interview. What do you do next?

1. Research, research, research. I can’t stress that enough. I’ve gotten questions that ask what the employer does, what year they were founded, the whole nine yards. By researching beforehand and knowing your information, you’ve not only impressed the employer, you now know what the company you’re interviewing for does! How can you be successful at the position if you don’t know what products or services the company sells or what market the clients are in?

2. Be prepared to answer common questions the interviewer may ask you. A list of common questions can be found online. They will ask you to tell them about yourself, why you applied for that specific position, what’s your strength, what’s your weakness and more. You may also have to describe situations where you didn’t get along with an employer or a situation when you showed leadership at a job or school organization.

3. Have questions prepared for the interviewer. This is your opportunity to show enthusiasm about the company and your chance to learn more. Ask how they came to be where they are today or the day-to-day tasks of the role. You could ask about the company culture, how does the company maintain work-life balance, etc. These are questions I ask all the time. People love to talk about themselves so your interviewer should have no problem telling you their story!

4. Have a conversation with the interviewer. This is my favorite one. I love having a conversation with the employer instead of going back and forth and just answering questions. The interview flows better and now they have a sense of your personality. Show the employer your personality and what your interests are outside of the work environment. Do you like to collect things, traveled to a cool spot? Tell them that. Be personable!

5. Dress the part. Self explanatory.

These are tips coming from my own personal experiences. Following these will help you land the internship of your choice this summer. You’ll be well on your way to working and gaining experience in the job market!

You can contact Robin at rss66@drexel.edu

Vanguard: Client Relationship Specialist

Passionate about investments and finance but also looking for a career that involves working with people?  This career choice is knocking on your door! Vanguard is currently seeking a Client Relationship Specialist who will work with the Retail Investor Group to help clients reach their financial goals.

Black Teal Brick and Steel: Assistant Fashion Designer and Production

Have a passion for fashion? Alright that sounded a bit cliche. Black Teal Brick and Steel is looking for an experienced fashion design and apparel student to cut, sew, and produce a new fashion line! It’s called, you guessed it: Black Teal Brick and Steel. You’ll even get a chance to attend the fall Philadelphia Fashion Week! Okay you better take up this awesome deal before I do!

Mobilize.org: Pennsylvania Community Organizer

Growing from only 10 students to a national Millennial movement, Mobilize.org is seeking an entrepreneurial Community Organizer to work with local partners, and build an influential community-based coalition that increases engagement and leadership throughout the community!

Friends Center City: Mobile App Designer

If technology is your thing and you’re innovative enough to write a mobile app, this could be your new project. Friends Center City is looking for a designer that can design, program, test, and implement a new app that will make key elements of the website accessible to all members!

Philadelphia Chocolate Tours: PR Marketing Intern

Remember that Johnny Depp film, Chocolat? Well speaking of chocolate, Philadelphia Chocolate Tours is seeking an intern who can market tours, assist in certain events such as Chocolate and Fashion tours, and work with an energetic team that believes in the glory that is chocolate. And hey, free chocolate would be your added bonus!

You can contact Robin at rss66@drexel.edu

Rutgers-Camden Market Major Awarded “Philly’s Future” Scholarship

Amelia Kaselaan of Rutgers-Camden is the latest recipient of the Philly’s Future award as presented to her by the Philly ad Club. A Haddonfield native, Kaselaan is one of 10 recipients awarded scholarships by the Philly ad club. Her’s in particular is worth $2,500 and is to be used for the future of her education at Rutgers-Camden! Way to go!

Bryn Mawr Student Name 2013 Watson Fellow

As a newly named Watson Fellow, Sarah Aubrey’13 is the recipient of a $25,000 grant to travel anywhere outside of the United States to study up to a period of a year. Aubrey wants to go to Indonesia, Laos, Thailand, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Chile, and Brazil as a part of her studying on how different cultures, religions, and ethnic groups perceive what makes a space a “home.” She is very excited to begin her studies soon!

Millersville students win 2013 National CyberWatch Center Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition

A team of students from Millersville University recently won the 8th National CyberWatch competition for their region for the first time! Other schools in the top three were North Carolina State University, and Radford University. The students are very excited about their victory!

Six Students for Haverford’13 named Haverford House Fellows 

Six Haverford graduation students were recently selected to become the new Haverford House Fellows. Selected for their commitment to social justice and community action, these students will spend the next year working four days a week with nonprofit organizations within the Philadelphia region!  Their fifth day will be dedicated to coming up with projects that serve and “engage the college and local groups!”

Arcadia Named One of 10 Campuses You Have to See to Believe

Arcadia’s famed Grey Tower Castle is an architectural wonder for a college campus and as such, it has not gone unnoticed. World Wide Learn.com has posted their list of 10 unbelievable college architectural wonders and Grey Towers has earned a place on the list! Dating back to 1898 this historic landmark awes it’s fans from far and wide!

Vintage 1854 Apparel Co.: Fashion Designer

Get your design on with Vintage 1854. This cutting edge company is looking  for a highly creative individual with high-quality technical skills in pattern cutting, grading & garment construction, and more. If you have a passion for fashion this paid internship could help build up a portfolio, but more importantly it will give you a great deal of experience.

GRID Magazine: Community Engagement Internship

Keep your finger on the pulse of the publishing industry interning for GRID Magazine. Grid is looking for students interested in sustainability and strengthening their community through hands-on experience researching, marketing and reporting on events. Go green with Grid.

Lumiere Media Inc.: Television Production Intern

Get a hands-on experience in what it takes to work in a production company. This internship includes organizing footage, simple editing, helping with on-site projects and more. If you land this internship you can walk away with stronger skills in animation, producing, editing, and more. Oh and a sense of humor is a plus.

Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp (GPTMC): Administrative Assistant

This full time position is an ideal match for someone who is interested in learning more about the daily routine in marketing, advertising, or public relations. An administrative assistant at GPTMC should be organized and ready to help keep things running smoothly.

A2Z Global: Localization QA Technician

A great opportunity to work with a global leading company that helps with translations for many different industries and fields including technology, defense, telecommunications, and more. This paid internship requires strong Arabic language skills, as well as strong computer skills.

You can contact Robin at rss66@drexel.edu

Last Wednesday your very own Campus Philly, hosted an event called I Love My Science Job in conjunction with the Philadelphia Science Festival! In case you weren’t lucky enough to come out and meet the sci-super stars that came to speak, here is what you missed!

The Panelists…of Science 

Stephanie Baum – As the innovation reporter for MedCity News, Baum spends her days entrenched in the wondrous world of science, but opposed to actually being a scientist she gets to stick with her love of journalism and write about it! “If you told me when I was 18 that I would be standing up here talking about why I love my science job, I would have thought that you were crazy!” she joked to the audience. However, past premonitions aside, Baum loves her job,  proving to all of those who are “not so gifted in the science field, that they too can “love their science jobs.”

Pamela Dalton, Ph. D, MPH - This research scientist from the Monell Chemical Senses Center, nose how to sniff  out the science behind the odors that affect your everyday! A guest star on Myth Busters “the Halloween special,”  a contributing creator of the feces smelling military stink bomb, and a guest star on the Discovery Channel, Dalton proves that even science can be exciting. “My Job really stinks!” she joked, but Dalton loves every minute of it. Dalton figures out mysteries every single day with the simple power of a “sniff” and some elbow grease and that is why she “loves her science job!”

Courtney Kronenthal, Ph. D - “My job is to talk about it!” Kronenthal proclaimed at the panel in reference to her career. All day long, as the Communications Director for the Coriell Institute for Medical Research,  Kronenthal gets to gush about her love for science. Staring out as a curious kid in the backyard with a microscope, she claims she was bitten by the science bug at an early age, but she found it to be too solitary. Kronenthal proves, that even the field of science, work can be social! She loves to interact with others and also loves the buzz of a lab. At Coriell her two loves become one. That is why Kronenthals “loves her science job!“

Benjamin Pascal – As an entrepreneur and the CEO of Invisible Sentinel, part of Pascal’s job is to make sure all people who eat, do not get sick. So… in other words  his job is to make sure EVERYONE on planet Earth does not get sick from food and he does it with a tool that is small enough to fit in your pocket. Pascal and his colleagues at Sentinel, developed a diagnostic tool to test what you eat for food contamination! He proves to us that the traditionally boring world of science is actually not as boring as we thought.  “It has been one of the most exciting experiences of my life!” he announced and that is why Pascal really “loves his science job!”

Nithin Raikar – Raikar, a market engineer for SABIC, spends his days essentially making sure that most of what you touch from a lacrosse stick to a bike peddle was developed, sold, and deemed fit for the purpose that it serves. He explained that as a kid he spent a lot of time analyzing what makes a thing, a thing and now he gets the opportunity to do that everyday. So next time you play with that lacrosse stick and it for instance, doesn’t break in half on the field,  say a little thank you to people like Raikar because their minds and marketing skills made that possible and that is why Raikar “loves his science job!”

Nathan Solomon – A man of many talents, Solomon never would have predicted that he would end up in a science job. Originally a film student at the American Film Institute, where his colleagues were people like the cinematographer of Batman [!!!], he soon discovered that he was more interested in how the camera worked, than actually working the camera. This led him down a long and windy road of multiple different eclectic careers until he arrived as a Video Game Developer/President for the Philadelphia Game Lab. In his work, Solomon combines his loves for technology and art into one happy union and boy is he enthusiastic about it. “We bring a lot of technology to Philadelphia and we love building those relationships!” he said, and it is for that reason that Solomon truly does, “love his science job!”

Top Five Career advisories as stated by the Panel

1. Ask a lot of Questions!

2. Strive for your goals and don’t be afraid to fail

3. You may fall into a specialty that you weren’t educated for: if you love it embrace it and learn what you can

4. If you are going for science supplement with a business degree

5. “Learn to deal with Humans and be flexible while doing it!” – Nathan Solomon

Welp folks, that is all there is but here is my last and final piece of advice to give you before you go; next time you here about a Campus Philly event, GO! As you can tell, this past one was an event that those in attendance will not forget!

Simple Twisted Frozen Yogurt: Team Leader

Simple Twisted Frozen Yogurt is opening another location and is looking for someone who is self-motivated and loves talking with customers. Get some hands-on experience with daily store operations and leading associates to a successful new location  Treat yourself and work in a cool place (yes, we love puns).

Vy Corporation: Software Engineer Internship Google Map

This paid summer internship will help strengthen your skills in developing shape detection capability within Google Maps. Experience with web development is required as well as familiarity with Google Maps API. If you know PHP, that will be helpful in landing this position.

Intelligent Capital Network: Agency Recruiter

Are you a recent grad. looking for a full time position this summer? This job will help you build up your networking skills as well sales and marketing approaches. You will be involved in conducting interviews, evaluating candidates’ information, and much more.

Co-Ed Supply: Campus Ambassador

When students are sometimes missing the feeling of home they might receive a care package from family or friends. Well Co-Ed Supply is a recent company that has emerged and is delivering care packages that can include anything from healthy snacks to toiletries. If you want a fall internship that dabbles in social media, marketing, advertising and more while putting smiles on students’ faces then you should apply for this internship!

First Financial Group: Financial Services Representative

If you are looking for a career in financial services, this one’s for you. This full time job will help strengthen your skills in networking, maintaining relationships with clients, and expanding your knowledge in financial solutions. Start your career now with First Financial Group.

“Finding your passion and building relationships is society’s secret tip for how to ‘get it done’ in Philly.” - Wayne Kimmel

In case you couldn’t snag a ticket to the quickly, sold-out event, we are bringing you up to speed with what you missed at the Philly Student Startup Summit, one of many events in support of Philly Tech Week 2013.

Levine Hall at University of Pennsylvania was filled with student entrepreneurs from a variety of schools in the Greater Philadelphia region. The event was hosted by nvigor, a student-led organization that strives to connect young entrepreneurs to local, successful business professionals throughout the city and help build their business ideas into something amazing. Students were intrigued by the speakers’ quick lightning-talks that included inspiring messages. There were two breakout sessions where students could get a closer look at how successful start-ups begin and grow.

Wayne Kimmel, Karen Griffith Gryga, Mark Headd, and Josh Kopelman shared resources, networking skills, and humorous stories of their business failures and triumphs during their main speaking segments. Kimmel said, “The most unfair advantage of Philly’s ‘natural resource’ is the incredible amount of brain power it contains.” He continues with, “Philadelphia has the potential to be the most influential start-up location for students of this generation if they never tell themselves ‘No,’ but instead give 100 percent.”

The day’s event concluded with time allotted for networking. If you are interested in learning more about this event, visit their website phillystudentsummit.com or search social media using #PHLstudentsummit and #PTW2013. These hashtags were used throughout the event by students and speakers to highlight key moments.

This article was covered and written by: Erika Campbell, Campus Philly Career Intern

Philadelphia Youth Network: Business Partnerships Intern

Join Philadelphia Youth Network to gain professional experience in business alliances and strategic networking! You’ll get hands on experience with event planning, marketing and communications, human resources, and partnership management. This role will surely develop your leadership and project management skills!

Health Market Science: Programmer Analyst

The pharmaceutical sector is hot hot hot right now! If you’re looking for a full time role as a programmer and you love technology, join Health Market Science! Knowledge of PERL, Ruby, and SQL is a plus.

Energy Efficient Buildings Hub: EEB Hub Undergraduate Internships

Show the EEB Hub your passion for creating energy efficiency and sustainability. The program will only be accepting 21 undergraduate and graduate applicants and it runs for only nine weeks so apply today! You’ll be lending planet Earth a helping hand in the long run!

The Communications Group: Assistant Video Producer Internship

Have a passion for film and broadcast media? The Communications Group is looking for an intern from May-July who will work with a film crew for a new internet talk show. Here’s your chance to show off your videography and editing skills!

Medical Mission Sisters Thrift Shop: Administrative and Marketing Intern

You’ll get hands on experience on the day-to-day operations of a shop. Share your ideas to improve processes that govern shop operations and outreach. Become a summer intern today!

You can contact Robin at rss66@drexel.edu

This week we’re bringing you the cover letter edition: Cover letter Do’s and Don’ts.

Since I recently graduated, I’ve had to deal with the daunting task of writing cover letter after cover letter. They can be tricky because you want to include enough but not everything. What gave me inspiration to write this piece was the fact that I was sure other students were in the same boat.

Here are a couple cover letter Do’s and Don’ts to consider before it hits the desk of the employer:

Do’s:

Do create a personalized cover letter for each position and company.  List the name of the company, address, and most importantly, the hiring manager’s name.

Do identify the position you’re applying for by including the reference number and where you found the position.  Was it through a college career fair? Or maybe through LinkedIn or CareerBuilder?

Do ask someone you trust to proofread and critique your cover letter in case you missed anything important!

Do provide concrete examples when stating your skills.

Do maintain a confident and enthusiastic tone.

Don’ts:

Don’t go over one page. Usually two to three paragraphs is enough to tell your story. Make it concise but compelling.

Don’t assume. Make sure to proofread and let spell check become your best friend.

Don’t just repeat what is already listed on your resume. Highlight the most impressive accomplishments from your resume instead and explain the significance behind them.

Don’t end on a passive note. Make sure to include that you will follow up with the employer instead of asking the reader to call you.

With graduation around the corner for many of you and jobs looking to hire soon, I figured it would be helpful to share with you all tips that have helped me write a cover letter successfully!

You can contact Robin at rss66@drexel.edu