Virtual internships are a great way for college students and recent graduates to gain international internship experience! Students enjoy the perks of internships abroad with all the flexibility and freedom of an online internship. Here we share our top tips for finding an awesome remote internship, including how Sage Corps can help.
Sage Corps is thrilled to spotlight an alumnus of our career accelerator, Maryama Diaw. She dives into her passion for global health, her time interning abroad in Hong Kong, and how it led her to where she is today! Maryama, a recent graduate of Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, shares how her interests…
BY: SAMINA ABDULLAH Samina is a Computer Engineering Student at University of Michigan, Class of 2021. She interned at Zuper when she was a member of the Sydney cohort in for Summer 2019. As part of her role, she interviewed her boss to gain a better insight behind founding Zuper and what it entails to…
Completing an interview via Skype, Zoom, Google Hangouts, or other formats can seem difficult but it doesn’t have to be!
Here are some best practices for preparing for an interview virtually:
With so many aspects of our daily life affected by efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, going out of the house to intern is a challenge. We know that summer internships provide valuable work experiences that prepare you for your next step in college or after graduation, invaluable experience you shouldn’t miss. Remote work…
WRITTEN BY SAGE CORPS 2017 ALUMNA, RUCHI PATEL. WHY SAGE CORPS? When I first came across Sage Corps, it was because a friend sent me an email sent to Penn State Students and thought I would like a program like Sage Corps. Throughout my academic experiences, I have always sought after positions with both technical…
WRITTEN BY SAGE CORPS FOUNDER & CEO, MATT MELTZER. In this period of national jobs growth, it remains a competitive market for new college graduates. Just 47 percent find full-time employment within one year of graduation. Compare that to the 97 percent of college students who participate in a college abroad program—they find full-time employment,…
Summer vacation equals beach, no homework, and music festivals, right? But mixed in with all that fun, make sure that you’re not doing a disservice to your future career opportunities. For the 25% of students that don’t intern during their college years, the cost of summers often comes in the form of career potential, salary,…
Alumni Story from Michael Umenta, Vanderbilt University who interned in Berlin for music tech startup, Soundbrenner. As a software developer, his primary task involved improving the accessibility capabilities of their iOS app, to make it more usable for visually impaired musicians.
WRITTEN BY SAGE CORPS 2017 ALUMNUS, MICHAEL UMENTA. WHY SAGE CORPS? It was during the Spring semester of my senior year at Vanderbilt University when I stumbled upon an email from Sage Corps with a subject that read: “Intern Abroad with a Tech Startup – FINAL Deadline Friday”. I didn’t remember seeing any emails before…
