Your End-of-Internship Checklist for Career and Professional Growth
Congratulations on completing your internship! Whether this is your first or your fourth internship, here are some tips to help you smoothly wrap up your internship.
Congratulations on completing your internship! Whether this is your first or your fourth internship, here are some tips to help you smoothly wrap up your internship.
We are meeting you where you are in your career journey. The career readiness tiers mean our Making Waves coaches can support you in reaching your post-graduation career goals – providing the right support at the right time.
Our Making Waves career team has developed a baseline resume template, informed by conversations with hiring and HR professionals.
The class of 2025 shares their inspiring college journeys, post-grad plans – from sports PR to vaccine development – and how Making Waves helped them thrive through challenges, internships, and community impact.
Let’s be real: career fairs can be intimidating. This Q&A between Wave-Maker Giovanna Barragan and Career Development Manager Kaitlyn Endo answers common questions on how to prep for and make the most of your campus’ career fair this spring.
Whether you’re beginning your internship or job search, looking to ace your interviews, making the most of networking opportunities, or thinking of your career journey longer term, we’ve got you covered!
Making Waves Education Foundation earned a $100,000 Ad Grant from LinkedIn to support workforce development for young professionals overcoming barriers. Making Waves is using the funding to make career resources more accessible and support college students and recent graduates in reaching their career goals.
Internships are everything. They lead to better jobs and higher salaries. But, Hispanic students from 2- and 4-year colleges and Black students from 2-year programs are most likely to miss out primarily because of not applying – so our team is here to help you find, apply for, and obtain an internship!
This resource contains the steps to prepare, strategize, and carry out your internship or job search plan from start to finish.
Throughout 2023-24, the Making Waves student advisory committee provides feedback and solutions for Wave-Maker specific program initiatives, student engagement efforts, and program policies and procedures.
As you navigate your career and how to showcase yourself, many questions might come up. A recruiter, Ariadna Diaz shares an inside scoop into career development and what matters most in job applications and interviews.
Wave-Maker Elaine Fernandez shares seven introductory tips to make sure your LinkedIn profile displays your personal brand in a good light.
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