Join interns from across the Research Park during our Summer Intern Professional Development Series. Join individuals from across the Research Park during our Summer Intern Professional Development Series. The aim of this series is to give participants valuable information on internships, careers, finances, negotiation tactics, and other professional development topics. Anyone is welcome, regardless of whether they are a full-time professional or a student. Workshops will be held every Tuesday from June 2 to July 28 (except July 7).
Join us to hear from three talented Research Park alumni about how they utilized their internship experience in the search for full-time positions and applied what they learned as interns and students to post-grad life. Meet the panelists who are joining us:
- Ramya Jaishankar was a Communications Intern at EnterpriseWorks. She graduated from the University of Illinois in 2019 with a bachelor's in Communication and a minor in Business. Ramya now works as an SEO Content Writer at Dealer eProcess to boost clients’ search engine optimization through writing sales articles and as a Social Media Staff Member at MuggleNet.com.
- Namita Dhakate was an Intern at COUNTRY Financial’s DigitaLab. She graduated from the University of Illinois in 2019 with a master's in Technology Management with a concentration in Business Analytics. Namita currently works as a Software Developer at COUNTRY Financial.
- Yashovardhan Arora was a Product Manager Intern at the Graybar Innovation Lab. He recently graduated from the University of Illinois in 2020 with a Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering. Yash will be starting his next position as a Software Engineering Resident with Google in July 2020.
This event will be held virtually via Zoom. Please register here.
If you have questions, or need accommodations for this event, please contact Jenny Kim at jskim3@illinois.edu.
