It was every mother’s worst nightmare: Stephanie Rankin’s 5-month-old son Beorn showed signs of a life-altering disorder. But for Rankin, it was a little bit worse. There was no diagnosis. Not from the pediatrician, the neurologist, or any other doctor she would see for a decade.

It turns out Rankin’s son had a rare genetic disorder that caused serious changes in his development. But in order to identify which genetic disorder it was, they would need technology that hadn’t even been invented yet.

That’s where Dell comes in.

Dell Tech Vs. The Diagnosis

Today, the leader in this field is the Center for Rare Childhood Disorders at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen). Using genetics, neurology, and the complicated science of bioinformatics, they can put together algorithms that diagnose disorders like Beorn’s. The problem was, when Rankin was looking for answers about Beorn, there weren’t computers powerful enough—or DNA technology precise enough—to actually run those algorithms.

“At that time, we were able to examine all the chromosomes under a microscope to see if there were gross structural changes. This would be akin to looking at the earth from outer space and trying to determine if a leaf had fallen off a tree in a forest in California,” says Dr. Vinodh Narayanan of TGen, who worked on Beorn’s case.

The technology TGen uses relies on a Dell-designed high-performance computing solution. It runs extremely complex algorithms that analyze terabytes of genetic and molecular data at incredibly high speeds. To put that in perspective, the amount of data in a single terabyte would comprise the paper made from 50,000 trees. And these Dell-powered TGen computers are processing terabytes worth of data to diagnose kids like Beorn.

“Now we can look at the spelling of a person’s genomic DNA at the individual letter level—so that’s a billion-fold change in resolution,” Dr. Narayanan says. “We are able to do this because of the super-computing power that is at TGen. This is thanks to Dell and Dell support.”

Powering Up Precision Medicine

It’s about more than just diagnosing the problem, though. Although there’s no cure for Beorn’s disease, thanks to these advances, doctors and researchers are able to design treatments for people with all kinds of rare disorders. This specific tailoring of treatments and therapies to a patient’s unique genetic makeup is called precision medicine. And it is only made possible by advances in computing and genetic technology.

For the Rankin family, the information they received from TGen finally provided peace of mind. “We didn’t have a diagnosis forever or have a way to help him or advocate for him. There was so much of just not knowing,” Rankin says. “I worried about my other children. If they were to get married do they have to worry about their kids having what he has? Now we know it was a spontaneous mutation. It wasn’t something that is in our genes.”

Now, Rankin isn’t fighting the same battle she was 10 years ago. She can advocate for her son and children just like him. She even started her own support group for parents struggling with the same circumstances. Thanks to Rankin’s hard work, TGen’s researchers, and Dell’s innovative technology, children like Beorn and their parents won’t have to be in the dark ever again—and they can finally hope for a brighter future.

Want to work for a company whose employees create technology that can change lives? Dell is hiring on WayUp, so check out their open positions and apply!

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Whether it’s in movies or the news, space is all over the place. At this point, very few people can imagine a (bright) future for our species that doesn’t involve space travel or interplanetary colonization. But for all the people talking about space, some of the most knowledgeable on the topic actually work behind-the-scenes.

Two of those knowledgeable people are former NASA astronauts and current aerospace leaders at Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC): Steve Lindsey and Lee Archambault.

The former astronauts have years of spaceflight, engineering, and flying experience they bring to new SNC projects, like the Dream Chaser^® spacecraft and the company’s lunar gateway prototype.

Meet SNC And Their Astronaut Dream Team

SNC is behind numerous exciting innovations in aerospace and defense. Its innovations can protect people in warzones by jamming the signals of radio-controlled IEDs (improvised explosive devices), AND help operate the instrument arms on the Mars rovers. SNC makes high-stakes tech that powers critical national defense operations and human exploration of the final frontier. Astronauts, soldiers and medics rely on the products that SNC makes.

But that’s just the company.

The team is full of brilliant minds in extremely complicated disciplines like mechanical engineering, programming and medicine. However, three of SNC’s many stars are Steve Lindsey,Lee Archambault, and John Curry.

Lindsey and Archambault are former NASA astronauts and—yes, this was actually their job—SPACE SHUTTLE COMMANDERS, who retired from NASA to join the team at SNC and help build the next generation of spacecraft. Both worked as test pilots for the Air Force and NASA, leading to careers as astronauts and commanders at NASA. Both commanded missions under the direction of NASA flight directors, such as John Curry, Dream Chaser program director. They led missions to the International Space Station. In fact, Lindsey was the pilot who navigated the last mission of NASA legend, U.S. Senator, and American hero, John Glenn.

What (And How) You Can Learn From Astronauts

Prestigious companies will often tout public figures and accomplished team members as being part of their team, but how many can say that those people do real work at the firm? Let alone work alongside recent grads and interns?

SNC is among the few.

It matters to SNC that people like Lindsey, Archambault, and Curry work there, because the company’s culture of mentorship and talent cultivation means that learning from your co-workers is not some ethereal concept. It’s the real deal.

Learning to be a rocket scientist or an aerospace engineer is nearly impossible to do without lots of hands-on experience at a high level. SNC offers that experience to their recent-grad hires and interns through mentorship and teaching. When you work at SNC, you’ll have plenty of leaders at every level, from management to fellow grads, showing you the ropes of actual aerospace engineering work.

As for Lindsey and Archambault, what can two veteran space commanders teach you about the industry? Our guess: a whole lot!

Ready to find your way into the aerospace field? Check out fun facts, videos, and amazing opportunities from SNC on WayUp right now!

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If you’re in college (or recently graduated), then you know it’s hard to go 15 minutes on a campus before hearing someone talk about the importance of STEM skills and how STEM majors are going to get all the best jobs. The only problem is, everyone seems to think a STEM job means only working for the same small group of Silicon Valley tech giants.

This totally ignores what it means to be in STEM.

STEM talent is a group of analytical thinkers who use hard skills like programming, scientific research, statistics, and more to solve the most pressing problems in every industry. STEM people change the way the world works by showing people how its parts can work differently—whether that’s through chemistry or computer science.

That means STEM majors can work at nearly every major company—not just the app giants of the world. Want to know how? Well, thanks to L’Oréal, you can find out just the right way to make your dream career in STEM come alive.

Join us for a panel featuring a Project Manager in L’Oréal’s Tech Incubator, a Scrum Master at Travelers, and a FinTech mastermind from J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. While none of these companies might jump to mind when you hear the word “tech,” all of them give STEM majors amazing opportunities to make an impact.

These three people have taken their STEM degrees and broken free from the stereotypical tracks of their fields. They’ve innovated and utilized the skills they learned in school to forge incredible new career paths for themselves—and they’re going to tell you how you can, too.

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How many people wrote in their fifth-grade yearbook that they wanted to be astronauts when they grew up?

Not many of us saw that dream come alive, with most of us in jobs pretty far from our childhood astronomical aspirations. Sometimes we found completely opposite roles (looking at you, deep sea divers!).

Luckily, that’s not always the case. Your first job could be in the space industry and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) might be the perfect place to start.

Here’s a look at SNC’s next generation spacecraft that will deliver critical science and supplies to and from the International Space Station in late 2020—and how you could start your career in the final frontier with SNC.

The Dream Chaser^® Spacecraft

SNC’s crown jewel is the Dream Chaser spacecraft.

With its matte black, smoothly angled body, the Dream Chaser resembles a spacefaring Orca whale. It expertly (and even autonomously) will navigate low-Earth orbit and re-enters Earth’s atmosphere with absurdly little force (protecting everything inside it).  This amazing spacecraft is reusable, capable of a minimum of 15 spaceflights and doesn’t need a crew onboard to operate it.  It is a space-plane delivery drone which delivers care packages to the Space Station, operates as a laboratory in space for weeks at a time, and returns the fruits of the labor to their owners immediately after runway landing.

These traits make it the ultimate cargo vehicle. Come late 2020, it will begin the first of at least six missions to restock, resupply and transport vital scientific assets to the International Space Station and back.

And you could be working on it.

How You Can Work On An Actual Spaceship

SNC recruits top engineering and science talent directly into its internship and entry-level programs. These programs contribute directly to programs like the Dream Chaser spacecraft.

One such early-career engineer is Alexis. She’s a Systems Engineer at SNC who graduated in 2016 from a mechanical engineering program. And she’s already working on the Dream Chaser project.

What’s it like to be working on a real live spaceship so shortly after working in science labs at school?

“Challenging and exciting,” Alexis says.

One of the ship’s groundbreaking capabilities is the ability to land on any normal airline runway. This makes the Dream Chaser ideal for commercial space travel—which she says is something the forward-thinking team at SNC is keeping in mind.

“The Dream Chaser is being designed with new, better capabilities based on lessons learned from past aerospace industry failures and within a commercial industry. This drives creative solutions and new challenges which are changing the industry,” she says.

This puts young engineers like Alexis (and potentially you!) in the driver seat of two extremely important industries: 1) the established business of government aerospace contracts and 2) the burgeoning private spaceflight industry.

Where can Alexis take her career from here?

“The stars” is an appropriate answer.

SNC engineers and scientists don’t just work on the Dream Chaser. They’re also working on electronic weapons systems, space farms, cyber security, and linguistics programs. If you can imagine something futuristic, SNC is probably tinkering with it.

Think you have what it takes to contribute to a company building the future? Check out fun facts, videos and amazing job opportunities from Sierra Nevada Corporation on WayUp right now

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Scientists, engineers, programmers, and math geeks unite! It’s STEM Awareness Month on WayUp and we’re doing everything we can to get STEM majors and recent grads just like you into the amazing jobs and internships hiring right now.

While nearly all of WayUp’s thousands of companies require STEM talent in one form or another, there are a few that truly thrive off of their elite teams of programmers, engineers, scientists, and data whizzes.

Some of those companies include engineering firms working on deep space tech and tech companies building the future of VR. Where will you find your STEM dream job?

1. BlackRock

BlackRock is the perfect company for all kinds of STEM talent. It’s a tech-centric financial services firm with an eye for innovation. It works in asset management and uses next-generation Financial Technology (FinTech) in both the investment and customer sides of the business.

Programmers, analysts, economists, and more are all considered STEM talent, and they’re the bulk of the BlackRock business model.

For fun facts, videos, and amazing opportunities check out BlackRock on WayUp!

2. Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific is the leading manufacturer of high-tech, innovative science equipment. The team at Thermo Fisher makes everything from DNA sequencing machines for forensics labs to biological time machines that read 800,000-year-old ice cores.

Thermo Fisher is looking for scientists and engineers right now to help them build the future for the people building the future.

For fun facts, videos, and amazing opportunities check out Thermo Fisher on WayUp!

3. Avanade

Avanade is a consulting firm like no other. With a focus specifically on the value of utilizing just the right business technology solution, Avanade is able to deliver highly-specific, useful results to all of its clients. Working for Avanade means getting to know the ins and outs of tons of different industries—while sharpening your business and tech skills along the way.

Want a jet-setting career in consulting? Check out fun facts, videos, and amazing opportunities from Avanade on WayUp!

4. Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin is an aerospace, defense, and aeronautics company that handles massive contracts for both the federal government and select private clients. Lockheed builds everything from airships to the upcoming Mars Base Camp (yup, it’s exactly what it sounds like).

Projects like these require the brightest, most innovative minds available. And don’t worry, Lockheed provides plenty of training to its interns and new hires, so no prior experience as a rocket scientist is necessary.

Check out fun facts, awe-inspiring videos, and amazing job opportunities from Lockheed Martin on WayUp!

5. Citi

Citi is a household name in global financial services. Members of the Citi team invest, bank, code, predict, and do everything else required of elite finance and technology leaders.

Obviously, a financial services firm with a reputation like Citi’s is an excellent place for math and finance students, but few know that the company is also a top spot for tech talent, too. With an open mobile API, healthy relationship with startup culture, and a massive budget for innovative FinTech, the Citi FinTech team is basically every programmer’s dream company.

Check out fun facts, videos, and amazing opportunities from Citi on WayUp!

6. EY

EY is one of the world’s top accounting firms. It offers accounting, assurance, tax, and advisory (read: management consulting) services to some of the best companies around the world.

EY needs all sorts of math-inclined, analytical minds for its regular offerings. However, the company also looks for people with tech backgrounds because of its industry-leading application of digital tools.

Plus, it’s an amazing company to work for. It’s got incredible benefits, salaries, and standard-setting training and development.

Check out fun facts, videos, and amazing opportunities from EY on WayUp!

7. Dell

Next up is Dell. It’s an amazing tech company, of course. It’s sold billions of dollars in business and productivity-centric computers and related equipment. However, it’s also a perfect place to work if you’re someone with a tech background and the charisma of a salesperson.

Right now, Dell is looking for people just like this for its technology sales program. And, before you scroll past this thinking, ‘I know what sales is and it’s not for me,’ think again. Sales at Dell is nothing like you imagined. Don’t believe us? Watch this video: Here’s how Dell is changing what it means to work in sales. 

Check out fun facts, videos, and amazing opportunities from Dell on WayUp!

8. Nasdaq

Nasdaq is a true hybrid of tech and finance. It started out as the first electronic stock exchange in 1971. It’s since become a leading global expert in financial markets and technology to drive innovation in business and tech.

If you’re a future-minded, tech passionate person (or vice versa), then you might be a perfect candidate for Nasdaq’s internship program.

The best part? If you apply on WayUp, a recruiter will schedule a guaranteed phone interview within 24 hours.

Check out fun facts, videos, and all the incredible internship opportunities from Nasdaq on WayUp!

9. Sierra Nevada Corporation

Sierra Nevada Corporation is in the world’s coolest industry: top secret tech. So, the SNC team makes spy satellites for intelligence groups, defense tech for the military, and even deep-space habitats for NASA.

SNC is looking for engineers, analysts, project managers, and programmers to join the team.

Check out fun facts, videos, and amazing opportunities from SNC on WayUp.

10. Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank has always been a leader in seamless international finance. It’s a multicultural, multinational finance firm with a unified message: Make a positive impact. Deutsche Bank agents are also critical assistants to clients accomplishing amazing things like medical robo-suits and commuter railways.

It’s also a leader in innovative FinTech solutions—something Deutsche Bank interns actually get to work on.

Want to start a career in finance with impact and important work? Check out fun facts, videos, and amazing opportunities from Deutsche Bank on WayUp.

Don’t See Your Dream Company?

WayUp hosts thousands of employers on its entry-level and internship job platform. If your dream company wasn’t on this, but you’re still hoping to work in a STEM role there, don’t sweat it.

Explore the Top Companies page on WayUp to find your dream job at your dream office. Happy hunting, STEM folks!

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STEM is about so much more than just the E!

Those studying to be scientists, technologists, mathematicians, and everything in between are all considered STEM majors. And if you’re one of them, then you’re in one of the most sought-after groups of talent.

Are you a STEM person who’s not sure what comes next? Here are some job titles (and postings) that you can use to help launch an amazing career. There are so many things that can be done with STEM skills, so don’t limit yourself and explore away!

1. Business Intelligence Analyst

Business Intelligence is all about using data and analytics tools to determine pain points and opportunities for a business. Use both your analytical skills and your business acumen.

Check out this opportunity in the field:

• Full-Time Role @ Starbucks

2. Data Scientist (Or Data Science Analyst/Associate)

Data science professionals, much like their Business Intelligence counterparts, employ data to the benefit of a business. However, Data Science people use more than just your standard analytics tools. Those in the field often deploy tools powered by Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in order to deal with massive quantities of data.

Think you’ve got what it takes? Check out this position:

• Full-Time Data Science Associate @ Nielsen

3. Project Manager

This field is about deploying both business sense and technical know-how. Project Managers can be responsible for everything from executing on the creation of a new service or product to optimizing the production process of an existing one.

It’s about making sure a team works the way it should to accomplish the most it can for the business.

• Lockheed Martin Affordability Internship

4. Supply Chain Analyst

Supply Chain is a field for organized, intelligent people with a sense of how systems ought to work. Engineers, programmers, and especially people with logistics or business experience will find themselves well-equipped for roles in this industry.

Check out these opportunities in the field:

• Full-Time Items Analyst @ Lockheed

• Full-Time Operations/Supply Chain Leadership Development Program @ Belden

5. Corporate Financial Analyst

Want to put your math and statistics skill to use? Corporate finance is about understanding and regulating the flow of money within an organization. You could be responsible for all things finance from accounting to budgeting to corporate investment.

Here are some opportunities in the field:

• Finance Intern @ Lockheed

• Financial Summer Analyst Summer 2019 @ The TJX Companies

6. Business Management Consultant

Consulting is as much a numbers game as it is a business pursuit. You’re working with clients to optimize their businesses (and fast). It’s a lucrative, highly competitive industry and STEM talent is always needed.

Here’s a great opportunity in the field:

• Advisory Consultant Program @ EY

7. Assurance Accountant

Almost as competitive as consulting, working in Assurance for a top accounting firm means a rewarding, challenging career. Utilizing your math and analysis skills is a must!

Here are some great opportunities with top accounting firms on WayUp:

• Full-Time Assurance-Audit Associate @ EY

• Assurance/Tax Internship @ CohnReznick

8. Corporate Banking Analyst

Corporate Banking means managing the money entrusted to your financial services firm by another corporation. It also means managing lines of credit, the financing of new business opportunities, and more. It’s a great finance field for those with math skills and strong business interests.

Here’s a great opportunity in the field:

• Corporate Banking Summer Analyst @ Citi

9. Financial Analyst

This is similar to the role of a Corporate Financial Analyst, but in this type of role you instead work for a slate of clients or investment funds while under the umbrella of a financial services firm.

Here’s a great opportunity in the field:

• Finance Summer Analyst @ Citi

10. Business Analyst

This is a straight-up business role for those with math, IT, and business skills. Use analytics, business acumen, and analysis to contribute in a variety of ways (usually) to major corporations.

Here are a few great opportunities in the field:

• Leadership Develop Restaurant Business Consulting Program @ McDonald’s Corporation

• Entry-Level CRM Business Analyst @ Avanade

11. Investment Analyst

You’ll be using business and analysis skills, but in this field, it’s also about combining that expertise with well-researched knowledge of the markets. You’ll find Investment Analyst jobs at major financial services firms and hedge funds.

Check out this great opportunity in the field:

• Alternative Investments Analyst Summer 2019 Program @ BlackRock

12. Wealth Management/Portfolio Analyst

Apply analytics and investment skills to the portfolios of clients and corporations. Find out what it takes to be in the field of wealth management.

A great place to start is this role:

• Portfolio Analytics Analyst @ BlackRock

13. Technology Client Services

Client Services is a field for people who want to work in a field that sits between technology and client management. People who work in Client Services are dedicated to the success of clients and customers by helping them use their companies’ tech/product to the fullest.

Check out this great opportunity in the field:

• Aladdin Client Services Summer 2019 @ BlackRock

14. Scientist

What’s a more classic STEM role than this? Put your research and analysis skills to the test with a job in the hard sciences at any number of companies. You could be formulating different ways of making existing products or formulating entirely new ones.

Check out this opportunity at a leading consumer goods company:

• Associate Scientist @ Unilever

15. Quality Control Analyst

Quality Control is more than just checking to see if something works. It’s a science that requires immense technical knowledge and the aptitude to design systems that ensure quality at scale.

Here’s a great opportunity in the field:

• Analyst Associate @ Lockheed

16. Research & Development

Research & Development combines science, tech, and the entrepreneurial spirit into one of the most exciting jobs in consumer and business goods.

Check out these great opportunities in the field:

• Internship in Research & Development @Belden

• Full-Time Leadership Development Program @Belden

17. Tax Accountant

Tax Accountants are both math geniuses and experts on the legal rules of play for corporations. Use your analytical brain and capacity for vast quantities of info to start an amazing career that’s always in demand.

Here’s a great opportunity in the field:

• Entry-Level Tax Associate @ CohnReznick

18. UX Design

Are you a coder with a creative streak? UX Design is a creative tech role. How should tech products look and feel for users? That’s up to you to figure out. Write copy, code, and make the user experience on your site, app, or product feel amazing.

Here’s a great opportunity in the field:

• Entry-Level UX Designer @ Avanade

19. Technology Sales

Do you have tech knowledge and all the charisma of a liberal arts major? Tech sales might be the perfect way to launch your career in tech.

Check out this great opportunity in the field:

• Inside Sales Representative @ Dell

20. Product Manager

Product Management is a field at the intersection of business and tech. As a Product Manager, you organize the workflow of engineering teams to ensure the product is always moving ahead at full speed.

Here’s a great opportunity in the field:

• Product Management Internship @ Verizon

21. Network Architect

Network Architecture is the design and implementation of data and traffic-handling systems for companies and clients.

One of the best places to start is with a company at the top of the field, like a provider. Check out this opportunity:

• Network Transformation MBA Intern @ Verizon

Don’t see what you’re looking for on this list? Check out tons of other internships and full-time opportunities on WayUp right now!

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It’s not every day that you hear about companies asking their best and brightest to come up with the next big thing.

But at Dell’s yearly GameChanger competition, groups of employees of all kinds—from sales reps to engineers—pitch solutions to problems facing both the company and the world.

From sustainability to streamlined production, “game changers” can come in any form. Judges from across Dell’s leadership team listen to, critique, and spend money and time on the best ideas from Dell’s global team.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR OPEN ROLES AT DELL!

Gearing Up For Competition

Teams can come from anywhere in the company, no matter the location or department, and are supervised by finalists and winners from previous GameChangers events.

“We have a lot of smart people here with a lot of great ideas, and we just needed to give them a platform,” says Vanessa Henry, a member of Dell’s GenNext team, which is responsible for organizing the event.

In last year’s competition, more than 600 people from 28 countries entered ideas into the four categories. These included the Internet of Things, Customer Experience, Solutions Strategy, and an open-ended category (for those genius ideas that need no label).

Back To School: GameChangers University

In order to give employees the edge they would need to present in a business competition, Dell set up short courses under the umbrella of GameChangers University. The goal? To help everyone “think like entrepreneurs and fill in gaps in expertise.”

This not only sharpened the skills of business pros but also enabled the less experienced classes of contestants to better compete with their eloquent peers.

Clash Of The (Future) Industry Titans

Finally, the teams of five present to the panel of judges. If they advance to the final rounds, their ideas can be endorsed by senior leadership and get funded. One of last year’s winners, Mikhail Tolstoy, was seriously impressed by the results. “Dell is ready to spend money and, more importantly, time to work with you if you reach out,” he says.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR OPEN ROLES AT DELL!

Another of the previous winners, Phil Rasy, says it’s nice to know that he works for a company willing to put resources toward grassroots ideas: “It feels great to wake up in the morning and go to work knowing that the company you work for embraces your ideas and pays very well for them.”

And it’s more than just the palpable rewards that make the competition so great, Rasy says. It’s seeing your value across the company. “The impact that each individual can have on the business is immeasurable,” he says. “GameChangers opened up opportunities that I thought were impossible.”

GameChangers is just one part of a corporate culture obsessed with innovation. This commitment to entrepreneurship keeps Dell at the top of an increasingly competitive, and crowded, field.

Want to work for a company that invests in its employees’ game-changing ideas? Dell is hiring on WayUp, so check out their open positions and apply!

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Summer’s over and it’s an absolute tragedy. Waterparks have shut down. The ice cream man has stopped showing up to your pick-up games. And—of course—your summer job (or lack thereof) has gone out of style, fast.

While we can’t help you with the water slides or the King Cones, we can certainly help you get a better gig now that it’s a more temperate, businesslike season.

It’s time for a full-time job—and we’ve got the hookup.

Here are 10 full-time, amazing jobs hiring recent grads right now.

1. Ops Associate in the Emerging Leaders Program @ Nielsen

Nielsen sets the gold standard in market research and analysis. Your first full-time job could be as an Ops Associate in their ELP.

The Emerging Leaders Program trains the next generation of data tech executives. If you’re a tech person or a business-minded recent grad, this is an amazing opportunity to get into the world of market research.

2. Sales Analyst @ Unilever

Unilever products are used by a third of the Earth’s population on any given day. That’s more than 2.5 billion people. If your first full-time job is with Unilever, you’ll be a part of one of the world’s biggest companies.

They’re hiring Sales Analysts for some of their brands. You’ll be analyzing sales data, identifying patterns, and providing business solutions to the company. An excellent first job in the consumer goods industry, this role is great for number-crunchers, business brainiacs, and more. What are you waiting for? Apply now!

3. Inside Sales Representative @ Dell

Want to start a career that combines business with tech? Try sales at Dell. They’re innovators in every field, including salesmanship. If you’ve got a passion for technology that makes life better, a gift for human interaction, and problem-solving skills like no other, then you should definitely apply to this role.

4. Software Engineer @ Avanade

Avanade is a business tech consulting firm, which makes it the dream company for recent grads. You can travel, learn about all types of businesses, and get the full consultant experience while remaining in a tech-first role. Personable, practical programmers should definitely apply!

5. Research & Development Development Program @ Belden

Belden is all about sending signals, literally. They make the best tech for communications, network architecture, and even information security. Here’s a chance to help build what’s next in an industry that touches, well, everything.

6. Recruiting/Sales Specialist @ TEKsystems

Recruiting and Sales skills are like peanut butter and jelly. They go great together and one of them is pretty hard to get anything out of without the other. That’s why TEKsystems, a leading staffing firm, looks for people eager to break into sales/recruiting and offers a killer starting salary of $60k.

7. Business Systems Analyst @ Travelers

Join the legendary insurance company’s Technology Development Program as a Business Systems Analyst. You’ll work and train alongside professionals on the cutting edge of business tech. This is an amazing first job as it sets you up with skills that work well at any company.

8. Apparel Designer (Women’s) @ Under Armour

Worry not, creatives. There is, in fact, something for you on this list. Under Armour makes amazing gear for amazing athletes. And here’s your opportunity to use your creativity to contribute to that in their trendy New York office.

Your first full-time job could actually be designing some of the items that clothe the world’s most renowned athletes like Lindsey Vonn and Tom Brady.

9. Supply Chain Trainee Program @ Ferguson

Supply Chain is one of the most exciting fields in business. It’s action-packed, high-intensity, and it rewards its experts with authority and competitive salary. But breaking into the industry can be hard. That’s why Ferguson’s Supply Chain Trainee Program is the perfect first full-time job in the industry. It’s an awesome way to get your foot in the door.

10. Electrical Engineer @ Raytheon

Raytheon’s a defense contractor that makes amazing stuff for the government, military, and even space agencies. It’s a patriotic, high-stakes job. Don’t miss it.

These are just the beginning of the amazing jobs hiring on WayUp right now. No matter what your major was or your future goals are, you can find your next step on WayUp.

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STEM, as you might know, refers to the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Whether you got that expertise through work experience, your college major, or even doing online courses like Codecademy, you’re a part of that special STEM group if you have the right skills.

Recruiters are always seeking out STEM talent. STEM people are not only critical to any modern company’s success, but also harder to find because of the steep learning curve.

However, not everyone realizes just how essential STEM talent is to every type of company. It’s not just engineering firms and tech companies that need STEM majors. Your dream company, no matter what it is, is probably hiring STEM talent right now.

Here’s a short list of companies you might never have expected to hire STEM talent, but actually do.

1. Banks & Financial Services Firms

Banks and financial services firms show interest in math majors for obvious reasons. However, a lesser known fact is that they are also a top spot for programmers and technologists.

Finance is an industry with a massive budget. So it’s no surprise that they can afford to hire some of the best talent in computer science—which is exactly what they’ve been doing for the past few decades. Financial Technology (more commonly known as “FinTech”) powers everything from modern stock exchanges to AI-driven investment and trading software. Finance is a numbers game; consequently, machine learning and artificial intelligence can automate and analyze many of its functions.

If you’re an up-and-coming programmer, data scientist, or someone with a passion for emerging tech trends like blockchain and AI, then these companies could actually be a great fit for you.

2. Consulting & Accounting Firms

Like banks and finance companies, it’s obvious why accounting firms would need math majors and the like. However, they’re also in need of technologists and programmers due to the growing necessity of digital tools for business.

Consulting firms (and the consulting groups within accounting firms) are responsible for optimizing a business at every level, and that includes how its employees do their jobs and the tools they use to do them. Some consulting firms (like Avanade), focus specifically on optimizing a business’s technology and IT infrastructure.

That’s why programmers, IT specialists, and network architects are more valuable than ever for consulting firms. Improving the ways a company uses technology prompts a widespread, immediate, and impactful change, and that’s just what they’re hoping to drive.

If you majored in one of these fields and you’ve got a mind for business, then an IT consulting or management consulting position might be a great fit for you.

3. Restaurant & Hospitality Companies

Food is one of the industries most affected by the rise of technology, especially smartphones. In order to keep up with rising customer expectations, mobile and online shopping is now standard for chains. These companies need software developers working constantly on mobile apps and websites for ordering.

There’s a reason McDonald’s and Starbucks are constantly in the top 100 on the app store. People love having their food ready to go when they get there. And you could be the person who makes that happen.

4. Clothing & Retail Companies

It’s not all design and deliver for clothing and retail companies. They’re actually really complex businesses with tons of moving parts. Engineers and supply chain managers build and analyze tracking systems. It takes a lot of work to ensure smooth and timely delivery of stuff as trend-based and seasonal as clothing.

Plus, many retailers use mobile apps for sales, promotions, and customer engagement.

Supply chain management majors, programmers, and data analysts are always in demand in this space.

5. Delivery & Logistics Companies

Delivery companies might not seem like the most exciting to work for, but looks can be deceiving. Online shopping has been a blessing for delivery companies like UPS. There are now more deliveries than at any point in human history. And they’ve come up with all sorts of formulas For example, UPS drivers almost never turn left.

It takes a lot of math, science, and usually some programming to make decisions like that—and they end up saving millions of dollars and keeping pollution out of the atmosphere, so all that effort is actually well spent.

Plus, engineers and tech tinkerers are a vital part of their continuing efforts to improve delivery trucks and even work on delivery drones.

6. Food & Snack Companies

Just like retail businesses, food and snack companies have a ton of logistics to consider. They have complex supply chains that are made even more difficult to manage by the issue of food spoiling and safety standards. Plus, they’ve got to have a strong presence on the web and on mobile in order to compete in their incredibly tight markets.

All of this makes for a type of company that demands top tech talent just to stay competitive.

Tech Talent Is Everywhere

If you’ve got a STEM background and didn’t see your dream company’s category on this list, don’t worry. The reality is that every company needs STEM people, so your opportunity will arise eventually. In fact, they might already be looking.

Check out our Top Companies page on WayUp for even more amazing companies hiring people just like you!

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Every coffee shop likes to advertise its most exotic (read: expensive) coffee bean blends. These more often than not include a line or two about the beans’ dramatic journey from a far-flung locale all the way to your cup.

But are you sure you’re getting that Rwandan blend you paid for? How about that $350-per-pound Vietnamese blend? Are the coffee shops even sure?

The answer, it turns out, is yes. It is possible to know.

Thermo Fisher Tech Uncovers The Origin

So, how does it happen? You can thank the world leader in serving science, Thermo Fisher Scientific. Their researchers create a range of products that can do everything from identifying Ebola outbreaks to determining the origin of your favorite coffee bean.

Allow us to explain.

Figuring out where coffee beans originated from is no simple task. To do so, Thermo Fisher scientists applied the same inventive attitude they used developing DNA sequencing technology and producing Nalgene water bottles.

Their first step was conducting a study that applied Thermo Fisher technology to coffee sourcing. Through their work, they found that it is possible to conclusively identify exactly where you get your coffee from.

Isotope Fingerprinting Finds Its Genetic Family

The secret lies in a technology called isotope fingerprinting. And to understand what that means, you need to have a little background information. All molecules decay in a certain way. But the specific manner in which they decay depends on how long they’ve been around and the way their molecules are arranged.

That, in turn, means you can tell how two coffee beans—made from roughly the same species of plant—are different. From there, you can even determine where in the world those coffee beans are from.

This is very similar to carbon dating, which is a type of technology that can tell us how old fossils are. However, it’s not just age that Thermo Fisher scientists are looking for when they study the mysterious coffee bean.

By metaphorically zooming in on even more nuanced details of the plant’s isotope fingerprint, they are able to match any batch of coffee beans to a sample from a specific part of the world. They can then compare and contrast the two kinds of beans, which enables them to properly label their place of origin.

With the largest investment in research and development in the industry, Thermo Fisher was able to design a process that can verify where your favorite coffee beans are from. And while it might be cool for you to know that you are indeed drinking the legendary Kopi Luwak coffee from Vietnam, it’s also beneficial for a range of producers and distributors who are involved in the farming and manufacturing of those beans.

Pretty cool, right?

Just be warned: Thermo Fisher’s technology won’t reveal whether the $6 you paid for that velvety cup of Joe is really worth the money.

That, my friend, is all on you.

Interested in working for a company that is using technology to solve the world’s most vexing problems? Well, you’re in luck. Thermo Fisher is hiring on WayUp, so check out their open positions and apply here!

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Technology is truly everywhere. And believe it or not, tractors (and all sorts of agricultural tools and processes) are no exception.

That’s where the folks at John Deere come in.

John Deere is the name in agricultural tech. From the first hand-operated steel plow to the self-directing machine behemoths that tackle farming today, John Deere has always made the best-in-class gear for farmers, landscapers, foresters, and more. And it doesn’t stay that way by resting on its laurels. The world of agritech is far more complicated and exciting than you might ever have imagined.

To get a better look at innovation within the company, we spoke to one of their innovation leaders, Julian Sanchez. He’s a career technologist and serial innovator who specializes in user experience and the digital space. Given his prior background in medical device tech and aviation, John Deere might seem like a strange fit for him—but Julian thinks it’s what helps him succeed in his role.

The ‘Magic’ Test For Self-Driving Tractors

“John Deere sits right on the cusp of Old World and New World,” Julian says. “What I mean by that we are still a manufacturing company, we are still making big iron machines, you’ve got to get that right. But here we are trying to digitize agriculture, construction, forestry, and even lawn-care,” he says.

And most of those digital solutions that Julian is working on have to do with automation. “We’re in a business where automation is a key part of our future, and in the journey toward that goal, we keep introducing subsystems that are automated. We are heavily focused on making sure we get the user experience and connectivity of those solutions right,” Julian says.

That means helping tractors, combines, and way, way more get better at recognizing the task of the farmer and the function that they fill with less input from the operator. “We should be able to tell that our customer is at the fields with a planter with a certain type of seed at a certain time of year. They shouldn’t have to enter data every single time,” Julian explains.

And that’s a goal that they’ve made massive strides toward. But it’s not just interface tools that they’re working on. A lot of the space-age dreams of agritech have already been realized. Yes, we’re talking about machines that do manual labor largely without humans operating them.

“You know, tractors already drive themselves,” Julian says. “So we’ve already achieved that element of the sci-fi world. There’s even a combine that can pretty much adjust itself and attain an optimal setting in a lot of fields.”

To Julian and millions of John Deere customers, this stuff is truly incredible.

“I would say at least half of the work I’m doing, it feels like magic. And that’s kind of the measure I use to tell whether something is really innovation: If the first time you see it, you just smile and think, ‘This feels like magic!” he says.

The ‘Magic’ Happens All Over

This sort of innovation isn’t restricted to one team or one location, either.

“Innovation happens across the entire company.  I used to work out of our office in Champaign, Illinois, where there’s this ‘Silicon Prairie’ of innovation. In the last three weeks, I moved to our technology center in Germany,” Julian says.

“We have a number of innovation centers around the world: Several locations in the United States and across the globe, including the one that I’m working out of now in Germany, and our San Francisco labs,” he says. The last one, Julian tells us, is particularly exciting, as its work relates primarily to the Blue River group, an agritech firm John Deere recently acquired.

“There are a number of nodes of innovation, but the purpose of the San Francisco center is to give us access to the ideas and the talent in Silicon Valley. That lab has a special link to the Blue River group, which is an acquisition we made thinking about advancing our capabilities and our expertise levels in the areas of artificial intelligence,” he says.

“We’re certainly excited about some of the work that Blue River has in the pipeline. They had been working on a variety of systems to detect and spray weeds in a very precise manner, so that’s still the core of the technology that they’re developing.”

Their See & Spray technology—the project that Julian referred to—uses the exact kind of decision-making technology that John Deere hopes to utilize across the business in other automation efforts.

The Right Culture To Back It All Up

So, from Silicon Valley to Silicon Prairie (and even to Germany), John Deere’s people innovate all over. But how do they sustain this? The company culture doesn’t leave anyone out of the loop. As Julian says, it’s a whole company effort, which makes the experience that much more meaningful.

“The fact that the company is going through this transformation really exposes everyone to it. So, it’s not just a small group of us working behind closed doors on some magical thing that gets revealed,” he says.

“From a technical standpoint, that involves everyone. Even if you’re an entry-level manufacturing engineer, you’re going to have some interaction with the manufacturability of one of our vehicles that now needs to double or triple the number of sensors that go on it,” he says.

Innovation, Julian stresses, even impacts spaces beyond engineering.

“If you’re in the supply management space, you’re going to deal with a whole new set of suppliers—ones we’ve never dealt with before—who supply a whole new set of sensors for automotive. If you’re in the finance group, you’re going to have to figure out what the tax implications are of offering digital services,” he explains.

So, what makes John Deere different in tech?

“There are certainly other businesses that have already branded themselves ‘technology companies.’ They may have a stronger brand as a tech company. But guess what? You’re going to go to some of those companies, and you’re going to sit on the bench,” Julian says.

“But if you come to John Deere—because we are literally in the middle of that transformation and will be for a while—you can be right in the game. I’ve personally hired, through my organization, a few dozen people into John Deere. And I don’t think that I have failed to deliver on that promise to any of the people that have come in.”

Pretty cool, right?

Find your tech future at John Deere. They’re hiring now on WayUp!

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Sorry, parents. It turns out playing Call of Duty might actually be relevant experience for the real world after all.

And you can thank global aerospace and technology company Lockheed Martin for that.

Higher Tech Doesn’t Always Mean Higher Cost

In a move designed to make its technology more intuitive and easily replaceable, the Navy is working with Lockheed Martin to replace old (and expensive) custom joysticks on Virginia-Class submarine periscopes with something more modern: Xbox 360 controllers.

Reason number one people love the idea? Money. The previous joystick model and its accompanying control panel cost nearly $40,000. The Xbox 360 controller, on the other hand, retails for $40.

If you need help with the math, that means the new option is 99,900 percent cheaper.

But it’s not just government accountants who are happy.

A Familiar Feeling For Newer Navy Recruits

“That joystick is by no means cheap, and it is only designed to fit on a Virginia-class submarine,” a Navy nuclear submarine assistant navigator told a Virginia newspaper. “I can go to any video game store and procure an Xbox controller anywhere in the world, so it makes a very easy replacement.”

The Xbox controller will still work with the built-in panel, which displays images sent down from the two masts of the periscope (which Lockheed Martin also designed). These new “photonic imaging masts” use a series of cameras, light sensors, and other pieces of cutting-edge imaging tech to provide a more nuanced picture of the submarine’s surroundings. They also allow for simultaneous viewing.

Lockheed Martin has been working on the program since this past November, when it kicked off with the USS Colorado. It has continued to expand and will ultimately include all Virginia-class submarines in the Navy fleet.

But this isn’t a one-and-done project. Lockheed Martin employees will continue working with the Navy to develop tech solutions that will cut costs and increase efficiency. Apart from retrofitting nuclear submarines with Xbox 360 controllers, Lockheed’s secretive Skunk Works development team also built an autonomous airship repair robot with almost entirely off-the-shelf parts.  

Curious to know what else is in the pipeline? Apply to open positions at Lockheed Martin and be a part of this innovative work. They’re hiring now on WayUp!

Lockheed Martin is a leading global aerospace and technology company that works with partners around the world to drive forward scientific research and innovation.

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At Lockheed Martin’s legendary Skunk Works division, top secret, seemingly impossible projects are turned into functioning aircraft—sometimes over the course of just a few months.

But how is it possible that a small team can do something that normally requires entire companies of people and years of work at any other lab? They use a radical, rapid-design method known as “skunking,” named after the division that invented it.

That’s right. The Skunk Works not only created fabled flyers like the SR-71 Blackhawk Stealth Jet but also crafted a revolutionary design method that streamlines the process into an unprecedented timeline—shattering standards for the aeronautics industry.

And when they’ve finally got their plane off the ground, they do it again. And again. Here’s a look at how.

Skunking 101: Prototyping At Skunk Works

Skunking is all about getting a prototype off the ground as soon as possible—without necessarily worrying about absolute success.

“We have built vehicles that we knew were going to crash,” Steve Justice, the former director of Skunk Works, says on their podcast. “Because we just wanted to explore what’s on the edge of the envelope.”

When you’re skunking, putting an aircraft that isn’t 100 percent done in the air isn’t about showing off to your bosses or meeting absurd deadlines set by outside clients. It’s about failing (in the best way possible) and learning as much as you can from that. It makes sense, too. What’s faster? Discovering a critical flaw because you painstakingly calculated its possibility or literally seeing the flaw in action as your first draft careens back to Earth because of it?

And that’s not to say the Skunk Works team isn’t doing painstaking calculations. Apart from representing some of the brightest minds in the industry, Skunk Works members come with specific ideas, initiatives, and concepts in mind for whatever project they’re working on. It’s all about meeting impossible goals, so having something to offer is an absolute must, according to one Skunk Works team member.

“Whatever thing you came up with, if it didn’t contribute to one of those requirements, it wasn’t making it onto the plane,” she said about one of the team’s first standard-setting projects. “Everything had to buy its way on.”

With So Much On The Line, Skunking Is The Only Option

These hyper-strict requirements, lean teams and resources, and equally impossible goals and timelines are all because of one thing: Skunk Works takes on projects that MUST be done.

Their story begins with a mission to combat a WWII German fighter jet so fast that none of the Allied planes or gunners were fast enough to catch it.

One Lockheed engineer, the Skunk Works founder Kelly Johnson, had an idea for how they could beat the Nazis’ groundbreaking plane. But neither Lockheed nor the government had any resources to spare because of the total war effort going on. Yet it wasn’t that simple—Johnson and Lockheed knew that every day his plane wasn’t in the air, there were Allied soldiers, prisoners, and families dying under the Third Reich.

The biggest problem, though, was that making a jet that could beat the fastest one around usually took years. Johnson and his newly-formed, yet-to-be-named Skunk Works team knew that wasn’t going to work.

So they skunked.

The Skunk Works’ Golden Rule is to get to a prototype. This way, they can get down to the last 10 percent that’s actually going to take some serious innovation. Their second Golden Rule? Assume it can be done.

When you don’t sweat the basic details (because you’re a crack team who can knock them out in record time), you have time—however limited—to apply all of your brightest minds to the real task: Doing something that’s never been done before.

From there on, it’s brilliant thinking, ego-free collaboration, and building, building, building.

Finally, you end up with a true invention, an aircraft that flies like nothing else in human history.

Think you have what it takes to skunk? Check out fun facts, videos, and job opportunities from Lockheed Martin on WayUp right now!

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If you hear a name like Dr. Skip Rizzo and think, “That sounds like a guy who uses cutting-edge gaming technology to treat major public health crises,” then you’d be right on the money.

Skip Rizzo And The Fight Against PTSD

That’s right, thanks to Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) tech from Dell, researchers like Dr. Rizzo at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies are able to treat anxiety disorders like PTSD with an entirely new approach.

And that’s not all they’re doing with it.

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Using simulations that both soothe the anxious mind and provide low-risk “immersion” scenarios to help patients process traumatic experiences, medical VR tech and its proponents see a near endless possibility for both engaging the interest of the patient and lowering the costs of top-of-the-line care.

The Painful (And Expensive) Alternatives

In the past, if patients required long hours of immersion and care, this would necessitate the involvement of multiple people, expensive equipment, and a ton of office space. For most people and medical practices, this wasn’t feasible. Treatment would cost too much and doctors, therapists, and nurses would only be able to help a few of their many patients.

Now, thanks to this kind of groundbreaking work, this gold standard of care might be available for people of all incomes and backgrounds.

Dell’s Application of VR and AR

Though you might not have known (until now), Dell has been one of the companies pushing the boundaries of VR tech. As Dell’s resident VR/AR expert Gary Radburn explained, the company has always had faith in VR’s limitless potential: “New ways of using AR and VR have emerged to prove that there is a place for this technology outside of 360 videos and shooting zombies that makes it a far more enduring technology than some of the naysayers at the start made it out to be.”

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This new treatment is the perfect example. One of the key components of any PTSD treatment is getting patients to remember their prior traumatic event without having to relive it. Immersion therapy is the gold standard for accomplishing this. This used to involve verbally and visually them through the traumatic scenario to get them accustomed to remembering it without having to re-experience the horror. This is often a very expensive process, because completing it involves hours of direct contact with doctors, techs, and equipment.

Yet instead of relying on projected images or videos to talk patients through scenarios, professionals leveraging VR/AR tech can more accurately—and effectively—run through these past traumas. Through this interactive method, patients—especially veterans, for whom scenarios can be particularly hard to reproduce—can come face-to-face with their memories in a safe environment. That empowers them to finally start the healing process.

Thanks to Dell’s line of specifically VR-ready equipment, this treatment is not only more effective but also cheaper and more efficient than its clunky counterpart. Dr. Rizzo and Dell are ready for the future of VR. Are you?

If you’re up for the challenge, Dell is hiring on WayUp, so check out their open positions and apply!

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Let’s start with a thought experiment.

I’m going to name three things, and you have to tell me if they share anything in common.

1. Making milk safe for babies.
2. Discovering the geographic origin of the coffee bean.
3. Fighting terrorism with forensics.

Any ideas?

In case you’re stumped, we’ll help you out: They all use technology developed at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Now, at first glance you might think working for a biotech product development company isn’t necessarily exciting. You might doubt whether researching and developing scientific equipment is riveting.

But that couldn’t be further from the truth.

All across Thermo Fisher, scientists and businesspeople alike work on projects that truly mean the difference between life and death—oftentimes for the most vulnerable people in the world.

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Forensics As The Secret Sauce

How is it that one company actually contributes to so many different causes? The answer lies in one of Thermo Fisher’s specialties: forensic technology.

Thermo Fisher creates all sorts of chemical, DNA, and materials identification technology. These and other products make the company an essential part of what drives forward innovation across a range of specialties and industries.

This comprises most anything you can think of. Perhaps the best question to ask is, what field doesn’t rely on scientific progress to advance?

Take Erica Hirsch. She works as a Senior Business Segment Director at Thermo Fisher’s Silicon Valley office. Hirsch manages a handheld drug verification device that helps people in Africa detect and stop the flow of counterfeit malaria drugs.

Another Thermo Fisher employee playing an important role is Niusheng. He develops applications for the mass spectrometer. That’s a device that has a broad range of uses, including the detection of deadly chemicals. Thanks to Niusheng’s work, one Thermo Fisher client is able to test 750,000 tons of infant formula each year for potentially harmful chemicals. And that’s just one of the ways his work has a direct impact on people’s lives around the world.

From Science Labs To Hiking Bags

However, most people’s experience with Thermo Fisher—hopefully—involves the world’s most famous piece of lab equipment: the Nalgene bottle.

Born from their Nalgene line of lab equipment and built from high quality and non-contaminating plastics, the signature water bottle still bears the graduated measurements of its ancestors.

It’s no accident, though, that Thermo Fisher’s cylinders and beakers became the eco-nerd’s (then the world’s) first choice for a reusable water bottle. Lab equipment has to be built tough to withstand pressure, falls, and high temperatures—all without leaking any nasty chemicals into the container. These qualities also make for the perfect water bottle, especially if you’re looking to take it on a hike.

So, the Nalgene lab line became the Nalgene water bottle line. And now you have your go-to water bottle.

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Stopping Ebola At The Source

Their technology can do more than just support labs and solve crimes. Their advanced DNA technologies are used in stopping some of the world’s most dangerous diseases, like Ebola.

Teaming up with Thomas Jefferson University, the Institute Pasteur, and the Organization of International Visitors of the USA (OIV-USA), Thermo Fisher responded swiftly to the Ebola epidemic that originated in West Africa in 2014.

Using Thermo Fisher DNA technology, researchers were able to help doctors test patients in the Ivory Coast (where the epidemic broke out). That enabled them to more effectively isolate cases, pinpoint local outbreaks, and prevent a continent-wide crisis.

With so much on the line, it’s nice to know Thermo Fisher also has the highest R&D budget in the industry. Devoting so much money and talent toward the future, Thermo Fisher is constantly developing new and better products that quite literally save the world. It also means that they’ve got room for anyone else looking to throw intelligence and effort at the world’s most challenging problems.

Interested in working at a company that’s solving the world’s biggest problems? Thermo Fisher is hiring on WayUp, so check out their open positions and apply now!

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Unilever isn’t your average company.

On any given day, 2.5 billion people use Unilever products. For some perspective, that’s one-third of the Earth’s total population. But that’s just its reach.

Unilever employs more than 161,000 people. And when it comes to hiring, it does things entirely its own way.

The Unilever team threw out the old school resume and phone screen formula so that they could start finding modern talent in a modern way. They now use a digital process that’s fast, fun, and authentic.

Here’s how it works. You’ll start by applying online. Then you’ll play games that assess your skills, personality, and potential. After the games, you’ll complete a video interview. Finally, if you pass those rounds, you’ll go in-person to a Unilever Discovery Center to meet your peers and potential co-workers, and to see what life is like at Unilever. Shortly after that, you’ll (hopefully) get an offer!

Here are five tips from the recruiting experts at Unilever that will help you nail the interview process and land a job at one of the world’s top companies.

1. There Are Games—Have Fun With Them

When you apply to Unilever, you’ll be asked to build a digital profile. Part of that means playing 12 games to test your personality, skills, and hidden potential. This isn’t a hazy or hush-hush process, either. After every game, you’ll get direct feedback, and they’ll tell you what they think they found. There’s no right or wrong answer; they’re just looking to see how you play.

That’s why it’s so important to have fun with the games. Don’t stress about winning or doing things a certain way. Do it how you would do it—and have fun with it. Play calmly and confidently, without stressing about doing it “right.”

And above all remember this: It’s about who you are and how you play, and NOT about winning or losing.

2. Make Eye Contact With The Webcam

The digital interview is a real interview. Though you record your answers on your own time, treat it like there’s someone sitting in front of you.

Even though the questions are pre-recorded, there’s a real person on the other end who thought about those questions and wants to know your answers. So, sit up straight, look the camera in its metaphorical eye (the lens), and speak like you normally would to any interviewer. You can even re-record your answers a few times, so it’s potentially even less stressful than an in-person screening.

But that’s just how you’re speaking. The next three tips will help you make sure WHAT you’re saying is just as good as the presentation.

3. Know The Brands

Unilever is a megabrand. It has thousands of products under a ton of subsidiaries around the world. If you only do research on Unilever, you’ll be missing out on a ton of the important (and genuinely interesting) info about the company’s past, present, and future.

So, know your region’s brands (like Ben & Jerry’s, Dove, Axe, and Lipton). That way, you can speak with confidence about your experience with the products, your perception of them, and what you can contribute to the mission of the company that makes them. You’ve almost definitely used a Unilever product, so draw on that experience to bring insight to your interview. That will really help you get to the next round.

4. Know What You Want, But Be Open To New Experiences

So many of Unilever’s jobs and internship opportunities are in different locations around the country. They’re also spread out across departments and sectors you might never have imagined for yourself. So, even though it’s important to know what you want going into an interview, being flexible will make hiring you all the easier.

Plus, if you’re open to something you might not have expected, then you can discover your dream job! New experiences almost always teach you something valuable about yourself. Think flexibly, and you might find yourself with an amazing new job or internship!

5. Learn About Its Values, Especially Sustainability

It’s always important to learn about a company’s values beforehand and think about how the work that you want to do for them can engage with those principles.

One of Unilever’s most important values is promoting a healthy relationship to the environment with their Unilever Sustainable Living Plan. This ambitious project aims to double the company’s growth and halve their environmental impact by 2020. Think about why this matters to you and how you’ll act on and support the effort.

Pro-tip: It’s really important to use concrete examples when talking about something high-minded like values. Translation: Don’t forget the specifics.

For example, if diversity and inclusion are values of the company (like they are for Unilever), and you’re applying for a Supply Chain Management job, you could talk about how ensuring you work with diverse, high-quality suppliers would be a priority for you. Concrete examples like this show that you did more than just Google “Unilever company values.”

Now Go Get Your Dream Job

Now that you have the inside scoop on Unilever’s recruiting process, there’s nothing stopping you from getting your dream job at one of the world’s most successful companies.

If you want to join the mission of making people feel good, look good, and do good, check out internship and co-op opportunities from Unilever on WayUp right now!

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Fact or fiction?

If you have been watching TV for the past two decades, then you are probably familiar with Detective Olivia Benson, FBI Agent Fox Mulder, or one of the many other fictional crime fighters we all grew up with.

And if you love this genre, then you have probably heard these crime fighters utter some version of this phrase: “Send it to the lab!”

But it’s rare that you get insight into what happens between that moment and when the results are delivered. I mean, what actually happens in the lab?

That’s where Thermo Fisher Scientific laboratory kits turn crime fiction into justice facts.

As the world leader in serving science, Thermo Fisher has played an instrumental role in driving innovation forward in the field of forensics and countless other scientific areas. Its employees are part of ground-breaking research and development and help solve real-world challenges.

Without them, the bad guys would get away with their crimes much more frequently. And it goes the other way, too. High-tech forensics tools have vindicated many wrongfully-convicted men and women.

Fictional forensic science has come a long way since the time of Sherlock Holmes. Crime shows now feature brightly-lit, space-age labs with holographic, touch screen displays and computers that seemingly run every test in the book.

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And while the budget for the average police department probably isn’t that high, these depictions of forensic science’s new capabilities are not entirely inaccurate.

It turns out the real world has made quite a few strides as well.

Where TV Meets Reality

Nowadays, it’s about way more than just fingerprints.

Modern crime labs boast the ability to match miniscule samples of DNA with potential suspects. They can isolate single drugs and poisonous chemicals from among thousands of possibilities, find nearly invisible evidence at a scene, and even identify expertly forged documents or counterfeits.

Take Thermo Fisher Senior Staff Scientist Julio. He has seen his work with Thermo Fisher’s forensic products secure justice for people on both sides of the courtroom.

“I’ve had the chance to meet the people our technology has helped on both sides of that spectrum—victims’ families who have been given a measure of justice through an accurate conviction, and wrongfully imprisoned individuals who have been set free thanks to advancements in DNA testing. Our work has real impact, and I’ve seen the results with my own eyes,” he says. (You can learn more about Julio’s story here.)

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Solving Crimes And Beyond

It’s not just detectives and prosecutors who rely on forensic technology.

So many elements of our world depend on the hard facts provided by forensic technology. Sports officials might be using drug testing or identification equipment to determine the future (or revise the history) of an athlete or a game. High-price art auctions might need verification of ownership and authenticity documents.

That means this technology can answer a ton of questions that were once a mystery. Did that world-class athlete really use illegal performance-enhancing drugs? Was that painting really bought in Paris in 1945, or was it stolen by the Nazis? Is there a map printed on the back of the Declaration of Independence?

While the answer to that last one is (probably) a definite “no,” people like Julio at Thermo Fisher work to advance a science with nearly endless capacity for improving the world.

Want to join Julio in the work he is doing in forensics research? You can. Learn more about Thermo Fisher and apply for open jobs and internships here. Who knows? You could be the next true crime hero.

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How can scientific equipment help solve vexing problems?

Sorry, mystery writers, it turns out ice does leave a trail of evidence.

A pretty long one, too.

According to Dan Talbot of Thermo Fisher Scientific, some ice can even betray secrets from hundreds of thousands of years ago. This can be pretty useful when it comes to deciphering some of the Earth’s most daunting climate mysteries.

And that’s exactly where Thermo Fisher instruments come in.

Talbot is an Ion Chromatography Applications Specialist at Thermo Fisher. If you’re like most people and have no idea what that entails, have no fear! To the non-scientist, that means he works with instruments that facilitate the reading of, among other things, ancient ice cores. Thermo Fisher, the world leader in serving science, works on groundbreaking projects like this every day.

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How old is old?    

Now, we’re not talking “Ancient Rome” or “Imperial China” ancient, either. We’re talking way, way older than that. Some of these ice cores can be dated back 800,000 years.

In case you were keeping track, that’s 266 times older than Ancient Rome. It is literally 64 times older than the concept of farming. It is even four times older than humankind itself.

That’s right, Thermo Fisher instruments are basically a time machine when it comes to ice cores. We’re talking about a legit time machine that transports you back before the first humans roamed the planet. And Thermo Fisher employees are the intrepid adventurers who get to experiment and explore every day.

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Looking to the past to study the present.

This is pretty exciting for everyone, but especially for Talbot. He lives and breathes scientific discovery, and he wouldn’t want it any other way. “My job is to help us anticipate the future by going back as far as we can go,” he says.

So, how does it all work? Well, the Thermo Fisher instrument analyzes the chemicals, metals, dust, and radioactivity in cylinders carved out of the many layers of Antarctic ice. That, in turn, can help scientists learn about peculiar weather events, planetary history, and even cycles of climate change.

Coupled together, these sorts of insights can have some rather massive potential impacts. “That gives us crucial clues to what’s happened in the past,” Talbot says. “We can start to make a distinction between what’s natural climate change, and what are changes that we might be causing.”

In that way, humanity is able to travel back in time and take a look at what actually happened in terms of the weather. This can help answer important questions. Was it ever really this hot before? To what extent have human-driven factors exacerbated climate change? How can we think about stopping—and potentially reversing—these changes?

There’s a lot more on the line than you might think when it comes to ice cores. But don’t worry, Talbot is ready for it. (You can see his journey here.)

You can join Talbot in that pursuit of scientific discovery, too. Click here to learn more about Thermo Fisher and apply for open jobs!  

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“You don’t just learn about banking—you learn a lot about yourself. You might not realize it until the end of your internship, but you truly grow as a person. You’re constantly encouraged and challenged to go outside your comfort zone.” – Monica Bhakri, 2016 and 2017 Deutsche Bank intern.

Monica just wrapped up her second summer internship at Deutsche Bank as a Global Transaction Banking Summer Analyst. Her fellow intern, Dustin Hwang, also just finished his internship as a Structured Credit Analyst. We talked to both of them about their internship experiences and what you need to know if you want to work at Deutsche Bank.  

Why did you choose Deutsche Bank for your internship?

Monica Bhakhri: As a sophomore, there are a select number of internship programs available in the banking industry, and Deutsche Bank’s dbAchieve program is considered one of the best. The program is targeted to rising juniors with a diverse background to expose them to the industry at a young age in hopes of hiring them in the future.

DB is also consistently an industry leader in diversity initiatives (like their Women on Wall Street employee group). As a minority woman, it was very important to me to pick a firm that realizes the importance of diversity in the workplace and empowers employees of all backgrounds.

Dustin Hwang: I interviewed at many different firms when I was looking for an internship, but nothing stood out to me like my interview at DB. Many of the people I interviewed with had been at the firm for their entire careers, which said a lot. I realized that by joining the intern class at DB, I was entering the first phase of being a full time analyst and learning what is important to me in a job.

What was the most exciting project you worked on?

MB: Creating an Excel dashboard for our current portfolio and using it to forecast revenue. It really allowed me to develop something from scratch that I was proud of.

DH: [I worked on] a transaction to finance a solar panel grid. It was amazing to see that the work I was doing had a real economic impact on the development of this grid as well as an environmental impact on the world. The deal ended up closing and a solar farm in Arizona now exists because of our hard work!

What advice do you have for future DB interns?

MB: Set your own standards for what you want to get out of the experience and the impression you want to leave. If others aren’t asking questions, not willing to stay late, or not asking for more exposure, you don’t need to follow their lead. You know what you are capable of, so make sure to bring your full self to work every day.

DH: Work hard but also work smart. Ask why you are doing certain tasks so you can understand what your work is being used for. The more you understand, the more value you can add.

Ready to pave your own path at Deutsche Bank? Explore their open positions on WayUp now!

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When Jennifer Donato started college as a biotech major at the University at Buffalo, she knew one thing about Thermo Fisher Scientific: they made the equipment she and her classmates used in the lab.

As far as Jennifer was concerned at the time, that’s all she needed to know. “When I started college, I didn’t understand what an industry job was,” she says. “I always thought I’d be a professor.” In fact, she was so convinced of her future career path that she spent the beginning of college volunteering in labs to gain research experience.

Presenting her research on type 2 diabetes during a student conference at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Jennifer took home an honorable mention for public health

Then she took a career prep class during her junior year of college. As part of the class, Jennifer and her classmates toured different biotech companies in the Buffalo Area, meeting with the business leaders and scientists who worked there.

Working in one of the cell culture labs at Thermo Fisher Scientific

One of the last tours covered the R&D and manufacturing departments at Thermo Fisher. After the tour, Jennifer’s professor told the class that Thermo Fisher was looking for two interns for the following summer. She applied and was accepted into the internship program, where she worked with the cell therapy team.

It turned out to be much more than a great internship fit for Jennifer. When her internship ended, she joined Thermo Fisher as a full-time R&D Scientist. In her role, she develops cell culture media for vaccines and cell therapies. She explains it best: “If you want to bring a new drug or therapy to a patient, you need to show that it works. To do that, you have to demonstrate that cells can grow outside of the body using those treatments.”  She says it’s incredibly rewarding to know that her work is making a direct, positive impact on patients’ lives.

Checking cell cultures under the microscope

Jennifer says one of the most rewarding parts of her job is seeing a scientific publication or news story that cites the products and work of Thermo Fisher. “Recently, there was a story about the first FDA-approved cell-based gene therapy, a new cancer treatment where our products were used to develop the treatment. It’s amazing to know that I’m helping develop products that are curing diseases.”

Working in the lab at Thermo Fisher

You may be wondering: “how DO I know if a research and academia-focused job or one in industry is the right fit for me?” Jennifer says that keeping an open mind and volunteering or interning in both areas is key. Even her research-focused work helped prepare her for a career in industry.

She also wants students to know what it’s really like to be a scientist at a company like Thermo Fisher—something even she didn’t fully understand when she started college. “A lot of people think that we spend all our time in the lab and never see daylight,” she says. “But it’s also a lot of reading, analyzing, presenting, and talking to customers. Every day is different.”

Think a job or internship at Thermo Fisher is the right match for you? Jennifer shared the three things she did to make herself stand out as a candidate:

1. She emphasized her volunteer experience. “For over 10 years, I taught children at my church,” she says. “It helped me learn how to work effectively with people who might learn differently than I do.”
2. She talked about her part-time job at her university’s grants and contracts office. “This job was more administrative,” she says. “I created training materials and helped with audit documentation.” Highlighting this job helped Jennifer emphasize her organizational skills and show how she could apply them on the R&D team at Thermo Fisher.  
3. She showed that she’s team-oriented. “I shared specific examples of group work, whether it was at school or during a part-time job,” she says. In academia, it’s more common to do solo work, but an industry job or internship requires a lot of teamwork. Jennifer wanted to show that she could do both.

If Jennifer’s story has you considering a career at Thermo Fisher, you’re in luck. Learn more about Thermo Fisher here! 

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Quick. What comes to mind when someone mentions coding? Computer nerds and math geeks hunched over, staring at their computers for hours at a time? Boring, tedious projects reserved for the less creative among us? That’s probably because, to outsiders, that seemingly jumbled mix of letters, numbers, spaces and symbols might not be the most welcoming of sights. But coding has been making the work world comeback of a lifetime lately. There’s a reason Glassdoor named Data Scientist (and a bunch of other coding-focused jobs) to its “50 Best Jobs in America” list for 2017.

Whether or not you’re already convinced of coding’s cool factor, we’re celebrating this underdog-turned workplace rockstar with a by-the-numbers breakdown of what it means to be a coder at Lockheed Martin.

8 Million: Lines of software code required to power Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II.

About 150: Number of high school students who compete in the Code Quest hackathon each year.

44 Zettabytes: The amount of data expected to be in the world by the year 2020. That’s 44 trillion gigabytes for some perspective. Data scientists at Lockheed Martin are charged with interpreting that data to make the company’s innovative ideas a reality.

One Million: The number of web attacks that happened in 2015, according to Symantec’s latest Internet Security Threat Report. They also found that a whopping three quarters of websites were vulnerable to an attack. Lockheed Martin’s budding Incidence Response Team is on a mission to decrease that number with—you guessed it—coding.

80 Percent: How many fewer hours it now takes employees to find and repair damage to Lockheed Martin’s Hybrid Airship. It’s all thanks to a robot named Spider that roams the airship’s surface to find and patch small pinholes. Spider frees up time so employees can focus on more creative projects. Behind all the smart robots helping Lockheed Martin’s humans do their jobs better is a whole lot of smart coding.

Just About Everything: The amount of amazing work happening at Lockheed Martin that boils down to science and math.

Suddenly have the urge to code something? Log onto WayUp and apply to work at Lockheed Martin now. 

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At Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, one thing’s for sure: you’ll never have to worry that thinking big won’t fly (pun intended) with your team. That elevated approach is the reason why this company is turning aircraft vision into aircraft reality and making the skies safer here in the US and in 70-plus other countries around the world. And they didn’t become an aeronautics leader by accident. It’s all possible thanks to founder Kelly Johnson’s Skunk Works® approach to teams, processes, culture and values. Don’t believe us? We’ll let the aircraft do the talking. Here are three reasons why working at Lockheed Martin won’t be your average job or internship.

1. The Hercules C-130 is Basically a Movie Star

That’s right. As if 54 World Aviation records weren’t enough, the Hercules C-130 has also been in 120 movies including Godzilla, Air Force One, Fantastic Four and The Incredible Hulk. Entertainment value aside, it can also refuel from up in the sky or down on land and provide weather forecasts in the middle of a hurricane. It’s also carried everything from Presidents to chickens (really!) and people have gotten married on board (really, really).

2. The F-35 Lightning II Has Social Media Street Cred

We never thought we’d be jealous that an aircraft has more Twitter followers than we do (over 47,000 of them, actually). All things considered, though, the F-35 Lightning II has earned it. It’s the only 5th generation multirole stealth fighter in the world, and it gives pilots 360 degrees of awareness while they’re up in the sky. Possibly even more impressive? All of its features like flight controls, radar functionality and weapons deployment are powered by over 8 million lines of software code.

3. The U-2 Dragon Lady Makes an Average Plane’s Cruising Altitude Seem Like Child’s Play

That plane-window shot you took on your flight to Miami for spring break is Insta-worthy for sure, but imagine the reaction if you took it from 70,000 feet. That’s what pilots on board the U-2 Dragon Lady get to see after they’ve climbed 63,000 feet in about the time it takes a passenger plane to ascend 35,000 feet. From there, you can see the curve of the earth, plus colors so bold, there’s no filter needed. But this aircraft isn’t just about the photo opps. It also helps with disaster relief efforts for earthquakes, floods and forest fires.

Ready for takeoff? They’re hiring now, so head over to WayUp and apply!

More from Lockheed Martin:
By the Numbers: What it Means to Be a Coder at Lockheed Martin
Did You Know? Amelia Earhart’s History-Making Flight Happened on Board a Lockheed Martin Aircraft

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We know it’s important for you to work for an organization that believes in the same values that you do. If gender equality is one of the most important movements in your life, we have the perfect company for you: Unilever, which is empowering women to go into leadership roles and achieve their goals.

They Took the White House Equal Pay Pledge

In August 2016, Unilever, the company behind rockstar brands like Dove, Axe and Ben & Jerry’s, became one of 29 companies to sign the White House Equal Pay Pledge, where they committed to conducting an annual company-wide gender pay report, reviewing hiring and promotion processes to ensure that there’s no bias or structural barriers, and making sure that equal pay efforts are part of larger equality initiatives amongst its teams. In simple terms, all employees will be paid equally.

By doing this, Unilever is actively including women in the workforce and promoting them up through its ranks. The company is already at 49% gender balance for managerial roles and above, but it still strives to lead conversations on gender, equity and inclusion.

They Make Sure Men Are Part of the Conversation, Too

Moreover, Unilever understands that men should be involved in the conversations and actions around gender equality and empowerment for women.  Unilever partnered with He For She to more actively bring men into the conversation around issues women face in the workplace and empower them to directly contribute to the solutions and support their female counterparts in the office and even in our customer base. Through this organization-wide movement, Unilever has opened up the conversation around gender diversity to all people in the office.

More specifically, Unilever is particularly interested in gender diversity at all levels of the company, from new hires and managers to senior leaders and board members. In fact, the organization has a personal customer-facing goal to empower five million women by 2020, and it’s leaning on the men in its workforce to help with and lead the initiative.

They Promote More Gender Equality in the Industry

Additionally, Unilever strives to do good for gender equity outside of its company too. In the past, its executives have advocated for more gender-equal ads for women that eliminate bias and stereotypes against women as part of the #SeeHer campaign, challenging every advertiser in the industry to think more critically about the messaging they create.  

Unilever also helped to change the conversation about women’s image through the Dove’s Real Beauty Campaign: a collection of authentic images that beautifully portrayed real women. Talk about making a media splash. This most-talked about campaign gave women confidence in a whole new way.  And they’re helping men bust stereotypes too. The Axe Find Your Magic campaign is a perfect example of bringing men into the conversation around how both men and women are stereotyped in their interactions with each other.

Does Unilever sounds like a company that believes in gender equality like you do? Now’s your time to join them: They’re hiring full-time, interns and co-op participants on WayUp now!

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As an Environmental Studies major, one of the must frustrating comments you’ll get — second only to claims that climate change isn’t real — will question the value of your degree. By now, you should know to turn to the haters and say that you’re changing the world we live in, but what do you say to potential employers when you apply to jobs outside of your major?

Simple: You identify and state your transferrable skills. Your field of study has taught you skills that are valuable in any career you choose — related to your major or not. If you don’t have a clue what those skills are, we’re here to help. Talk up these three things that you’ve learned as an environmental studies major, and you’ll wow any interviewer.

Cognizance. You’re carefully studying the way we interact with the natural world and our impact on it. Whether we’re using the Earth’s resources for food, energy or medicinal purposes, we have to be mindful of how quickly we’re burning through our natural supply – and as an Environmental Studies major, this is top of mind for you.

Cognizance is a valuable trait to have in the workplace because that kind of awareness is often paired with a high level of consideration. You can use this trait to have better interactions with your supervisor, your co-workers and your clients. It even helps to improve the quality of your own work.

Problem-solving. Brainstorming ways to think of a sustainable future? That’s no small feat. Your innovative problem-solving skills are indispensable for any business trying to handle an issue that’s small or completely overwhelming. On top of that, you have people telling you that there’s no point in even trying since the world is doomed anyway…so add perseverance to your list of unique qualities.

Research skills. In order to determine the best way to regulate our behavior when it comes to preserving the natural world, it takes intensive research. The type of thoroughness you apply to your coursework will help you to make intelligent, informed decisions in the working world — decisions that your colleagues will be able to trust.

Remember: Your major neither defines nor restricts you – it only expands your knowledge and skill set in ways that other candidates may not have experienced, and that’s a great leg up to have in the job search!

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So you think that a career in medicine may be right for you, but now you’re scrolling through med school websites and pages of requirements, exams, and statistics that are making your head spin. The pre-med world can be a confusing vortex of choices and decisions, and it can be hard to choose one job or even understand each position. Before you can move forward, you have to narrow your choices down. Then, you need to start planning for the future. So to help you sort through all the chaos, here is a broad list of common careers (mostly hospital-based) in the medical field, complete with the steps to get there.

EMT/Paramedic

Although most usually think of these people as the ones driving ambulances and responding to car crashes and 911 calls, there are many other positions that EMTs and paramedics can work. Some of those positions include less-intense hours at industrial and chemical plants, part-time positions, or even involvement in the military. Most EMT programs require no formal college education, but most employers want to see a high school diploma at the very least. The next step is to complete an approved EMT or paramedic education course, but to be eligible for a paramedic course, you must be an EMT and generally have at least six months of work experience. Then, pass the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) exam and apply for certification. From there, it’s all about finding a job, but be wary – wages vary greatly state by state and even by city, so take that into consideration when job hunting.

Nursing

Although nursing responsibilities vary by specialization or unit, nearly all nurses provide, coordinate and monitor patient care, educate patients and family members about health conditions, administer medications, provide treatments and emotional support and more. Many also work with healthy people and are more focused on preventative care and wellness. Although nurses work primarily in hospitals, they can also work for schools, private clinics, nursing homes, placement agencies, businesses, prisons, and military bases. Nurses also don’t just take care of patients; some supervise other nurses, teach nursing, work in administration, or do research. Work hours vary quite a bit depending on the area and the training of each nurse.

There are many different types of nursing, each with different jobs and different requirements. The shortest path to nursing is to become a CNA, or certified nursing assistant. This is done by taking a six- to eight-week course and then passing a written and practical exam (administered by each state). CNAs are able to provide maintenance-type care; they are commonly found in hospitals, group homes, and hospice centers and are almost always in high demand. They can take vitals, roll patients to avoid bed sores, help them in and out of bed, and help them do their daily tasks like getting dressed and eating meals. CNA is a good position to start in if you think nursing might be for you but want more experience before committing to formal schooling for a prolonged period.

The next step up on the nursing ladder is the licensed practical nurse (LPN). An LPN program is typically one year long and goes into more detail than the CNA education, which means that LPNs are licensed to do a few more things. They are usually found in nursing homes and home care, providing patient care and administering certain medicines and treatments under the supervision of an RN or physician.

The classically pictured nurse is almost always an RN. Programs to become a registered nurse are either three-year hospital-based nursing school programs (diploma), or two- or four-year college programs and graduate with a nursing degree. Graduates must then pass the national nursing exam (the NCLEX) before applying for a license to practice. Registered nurses have more autonomy than LPNs, and the degree of care they provide depends on their level of education. An RN with an associate’s degree generally provides hands-on care directly to patients and can supervise LPNs. There may also be some administrative work involved with their position. An RN with a BSN can take on more leadership roles and more advanced nursing care in specialized units.

For those interested in even higher positions, nurses can get a master’s degree in nursing (MSN) and become nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, or nurse anesthetists. These are called advanced practice nurses (ARPNs). They have a larger scope of practice and are more independent, specializing almost like physicians.

Physical/Occupational Therapist

PTs primarily work with patients in recovery and prevention rather than treating injuries. Although they can be found in hospitals, therapists usually have their own practice or work under a company’s label. They help people who have been injured or who suffer from chronic illness or disability regain previous abilities or help them discover new ones. They use everything from exercise machines to physical modulation and electrical stimulus to heal their patients and help them regain their previous quality of life. Most people who become PTs or OTs graduate from college with a degree in the sciences and apply to PT school sometime during their senior year. Most schools require applicants to have taken the GRE and also gain a certain amount of PT volunteer hours (those hours vary by school). Most programs take between two and three years to complete, and once licensure is achieved, physical therapists have a large level of autonomy and are very versatile in their field.

Physician’s Assistant

The physician’s assistant, or PA, is one of the fastest growing medical careers. Physician’s assistants become PAs by attending college and obtaining their bachelor’s degree first. Their degree can be in anything as long as they have taken the proper courses — each PA school is different, but most require common chemistry, biology, anatomy, physiology, and math courses similar to medical school requirements — and that they have taken the GRE. From there, applicants must apply to one of the few PA schools in the nation (the average is less than one per state) with their undergraduate transcript (most want higher than a 3.2 GPA but accept those closer to 3.7), GRE scores, resume, essay questions, and patient contact hours. These vary by school, but many require numerous hours of PA shadowing and between 1,000 and 2,000 direct patient contact hours before applying to the school; this usually results in at least one gap year between undergrad and PA school. PA programs are usually two- to- two and a half years long, and graduates can work almost any job an MD can with slightly less autonomy. PAs can work in emergency rooms, general practitioners’ offices and can specialize into just about any area.

Medical Doctor/Doctor of Osteopathy

MDs and DOs are very similar in training and positions, often working side-by-side or even in the same jobs. The only difference is their education. Both graduate with a bachelor’s (usually in science), take the MCAT standardized exam while in college, and build their resumes before applying to their choice schools. This process is extremely competitive and involves a lot of work, including numerous essays and interviews. Both medical school and DO programs are four years long, complete with classes and on-site job rotations; but DOs learn about less invasive methods of treatment and some alternative therapies that typical medical schools do not cover. After graduation (and licensing), both search for residencies at hospitals to place into. Depending on their department and specialization, most graduated DOs and MDs still need two- to- six years of residency before they can practice medicine independently. DOs and MDs can open their own practices, work in just about any location of the hospital, and have many other opportunities open to them with their advanced degree. They make a high salary, but also devote a huge amount of their time to their work.

Surgery

Surgeons are perhaps the most specialized and highest ranking on this list. The initial steps to become a surgeon are the same as those to become a DO or MD, and surgeons can be licensed as either of those. However, after graduating from medical school, aspiring surgeons must continue their medical training in competitive residency programs, gaining practical experience in a chosen specialty under the supervision of licensed physicians; these programs can last three- to- seven years depending on the specialty, though general surgery residencies typically take five years to complete. Surgeons who wish to focus their careers on sub-specialties must complete an additional one- to- three years of post-doctoral training in fellowship programs. In order to practice, surgeons must pass the United States Medical Licensing Examination or the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Exam. Surgeons must also become board-certified in surgery and any subspecialties by the American Board of Medical Specialists or the American Osteopathic Association. Surgeons are generally required to complete continuing education credits throughout their careers to maintain licensure and certification. Although student loans and low-pay residencies mean that surgeons usually incur a large amount of debt, their extremely high salaries help to offset the expense, but they spend many hours on-call and life often revolves around work.

These are just some of the most common careers in the medical field. If none of these options appealed to you, don’t give up hope! There are plenty of other positions that weren’t mentioned here – dentistry, speech pathology, chiropractic, athletic training, occupational therapy, alternative medicine, etc. – that may be the right one for you! So keep searching; just don’t lose sight of yourself in the process!

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This contributor’s post is written by Rochelle March, EDF Climate Corps fellow at Dunkin’ Brands

I remember visiting a college friend in Switzerland after my first undergraduate year, where we mutually declared, “I just want more skills!” At the time, I still had three more years of undergrad left, a couple years of work experience ahead of me, plus three more years of pursuing two masters’ degrees to acquire all these untold skills I felt sure I needed.

Well, looking back, I think my friend and I had the right idea.

This summer, I am an Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps fellow working at the donut headquarters of Dunkin’ Brands, where I call upon a lot of skills, some of which I never thought would come in handy.

First of all, the application for EDF Climate Corps called for a wide range of skills. Not only were former test scores, syllabi and technical writing samples required, but also long and short answer responses to gauge the intent of candidates. I employed my writing and grammar skills, honed through long nights of writing papers and critiques from grammar-policing relatives, to write sound pieces of why I wanted to be an EDF Climate Corps fellow.

The Skype interview with EDF  consisted of an array of scenario-based questions, interpreting charts and graphs, answering technical business questions, and a detailed walkthrough of my resume. It was in one word, tough. However, I had done so many presentations in graduate school, answering questions on the spot came easily. Also, going through art critiques in my undergraduate studio classes, where I pursued an individualized degree in landscape architecture, conditioned me to handle scrutiny and to respond creatively. In the end, I got the job.

The EDF Climate Corps training week in Chicago was a great experience where I met other fellows and listened to lectures from energy efficiency experts. There also was a pitch competition on the last day, where participants had one minute to pitch an innovative technology idea to a large group. One of my favorite classes in college was an advanced poetry workshop. Channeling my inner Updike, I wrote a limerick poem for the competition about demand response. Not only did it captivate the crowd intellectually, but it engaged them creatively as well. I won.

While at Dunkin’ Brands, I am helping to roll out a new green building codes project that requires a ton of different skills, and I love it. When I’m not crunching numbers and researching energy efficient construction, I am creating content for their communications platform or developing an employee engagement sustainability strategy.

Although I work with a team, collectively replete with skills, it sure helps to have a variety of skill my own or, at least, have enough to understand where my team members are coming from.  Tackling the technical and business aspects of the project is very satisfying, but perhaps even more fulfilling, is realizing there is a place for all these other skills I’ve developed over the years—like graphic design, psychology, foreign language skills and, dare I say it, poetry.

Acquiring a variety of skill sets has only helped my career grow as I try to solve the often multi-faceted and interdisciplinary challenges inherent in sustainability issues. If I were to tell a newcomer to the sustainability field what skills they should have, I’d say as many as you can! There is the foundation of business, scientific, and technical knowledge that every sustainability professional should probably know, but the field is growing into so many diverse and applicable subsets so there will be place for everyone to play to their individual strengths.

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Remember the Deepwater Horizon oil spill 
– the one that left thousands of birds and wildlife without a home? Have you ever wondered what happened to the oil-soaked birds that were impacted by that tragedy? Or maybe what happens next to ensure that those responsible for this national disaster are held accountable to pay for the clean-up of their mess and adequate ecosystem restoration?

Meet the National Audubon Society
…

As one of the nation’s most prestigious environmental advocacy and conservation organizations, the National Audubon Society was one of the first groups on the scene to help guide and coordinate emergency response efforts for the birds and wildlife impacted by the oil spill – and are now working to pass legislation that will dedicate resources to the Gulf to pay for cleanup and restoration of the damaged coastal environment. This spring, their Washington, DC office is looking for a Public Policy Intern.

Interns in Audubon’s DC office will have the opportunity to work side-by-side with Audubon’s policy advocates and lobbyists. A typical day could include: researching and preparing fact-sheets, “Hill drops,” assisting with outreach, representing Audubon in meetings with other environmental groups, monitoring Congressional hearings and preparing briefing materials.

Internship Perks…

The opportunity to participate on Audubon’s “green team” softball team – the Scrubjays – and all of the free bird-friendly coffee that your heart desires!

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This is a guest post from Brittany Jaso who is a student at Cornell University majoring in psychology. Writing this two line bio was the most stressful thing she’s done in a long time.

There are a lot of wonderful things about winter break — sleeping a ridiculous amount of hours, eating wonderful home cooked meals, and participating in the holiday traditions to name a few. However, at some point you can only watch so much TV and with three long weeks looming after the holidays it’s easy to get a little stir crazy or even just bored.

At least, that’s how I felt. This is the exact reason I decided to take advantage of our alumni network and participate in something we refer to at school as an “externship.” An externship is a mini-internship that can last anywhere from a 1 hour interview with a professional in a potential field of interest, to a 5-day shadowing. I opted for the latter, and found myself shadowing all sorts of doctors at the St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center in New Jersey. It was probably the most beneficial experience I have had so far in my life. It’s one thing to dream of being a doctor; it’s a whole other thing to witness the hardships and emotional drain that the profession demands.

Being a psychology major, I spent a large majority of my time in a lockdown wing of the hospital called the BIR- Brain Injury Rehabilitation. These people had experienced strokes, car crashes, and other life changing accidents that left them mentally and physically disabled. They had to learn a new way of living. I can say, I’ve never met such happy and optimistic people. Simple tasks we take for granted such as using a toaster became an accomplishment some patients had to work on for weeks. It gives you a new perspective on life and makes you appreciate the things we can do independently.

I spent three days working with, discussing, and observing speech therapists, physical therapists, occupational therapists (they work on helping the patients be able to function in a household setting), pediatricians, physicians, and clinical psychologists. I learned so much in that short period of time. I never understood the complexity and flexibility that was required from all of the different doctors. No two patients had the same needs. The speech therapist worked with one patient on memory; 30 minutes later she was helping another man deal with his inability to read because his entire left field of vision was destroyed due to a stroke. It demanded a lot of collaboration between all of the doctors to make sure the patient was being treated for every aspect of their life. They all had one goal, make sure the patient could eventually leave the hospital and be confident in their ability to live on their own.

Even though I only spent three days in my externship, I learned so much and had such a better understanding of the hospital environment. It gave me a new perspective and helped me to understand that yes, I think I can work in that profession!

Not every school may have such a formal set-up like organizing an externship program every year but that does not mean you can’t set it up on your own! Here are a few tips to help you stave off winter break boredom and find a great externship.
• Look up alumni living near you in a profession you may be interested in; odds are they’d love to help!
• Keep it short. A lot of scheduling and planning goes into this on the host’s end; make it easier for them.
• Come prepared with questions. There is nothing more gratifying for your host than being able to answer questions and see your excitement about what they do.
• Be polite! Thank you notes for everyone you worked with are mandatory!
• Lastly, ENJOY! Have fun, share the experience with others, and get off the couch for a few days during winter break!

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  Max Seunik is an intern with CapacityPlus in Bamako, Mali from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Stay tuned for an upcoming interview with Max on his international experience, his work within the organization, and the humor that inevitably accompanies cultural adaptation! 

“Where are we going?” I asked my host-father Moussa as we clambered into the back of his beat-up jeep, closely followed by his daughter Assitan and wife Myriam who wore a flowing gown of rich lime-green fabric delicately embroidered with golden trimmings.

“To see a spectacle,” he replied– the word being one of those faux-amis in French; words that at first-glance appear to be their English equivalent, but in fact have an entirely different meaning. In this case, ‘spectacle’ means a show or performance.
We drove from Kalaban-Cora across the Pont-des-Martyrs and through Bamako, the city sweltering under a reddish haze and choked with the smells of fuel exhaust, garbage and sewage. Myriam and Assitan chatted amiably in the backseat in bambara, and I sat with my arm out the window gazing at the people and places as we drove by, reflecting on my first week here in Mali.

“So.. uhh, where are we?” I inquired of Moussa, as we ascended the ridges that surround Bamako and the road went from paved, to packed gravel, to nothing more than a suggestion. The scene became increasingly rural.
“On our way to a village outside Bamako, they are having a celebration to celebrate the town’s founding – Myriam does vaccinations there.” Myriam, a nurse, nodded from the back-seat – “You’ll meet my colleagues!” she added with a laugh.

After a while of jostling around in the jeep, we passed through a grove of mango trees and found ourselves in the middle of a small outcropping of structures – houses clustered around a main thoroughfare with a mosque, small clinic and mango stand close at hand. One thing I learned from the Peace Corps Volunteers I lunched with was that Mali seems to have a season for everything. Rainy season, dry season, mosquito season, gardening season, scorpion season – luckily, I seem to have happened upon mango-season and have since bore delicious witness to the season’s fruits (ha-ha).

Exiting the car we made our way through the crowd of people assembled muttering customary Malian greetings and found seats ringing a large circle of packed earth. In the center of the circle, a group of three men stood pounding out a rhythmic beat on large drums engulfed by swarms of the town’s children – laughing, jumping and spinning in circles around the drummers.

The circle of earth was bordered by many onlookers, the entire village assembled as mic-checks were made, outfits were donned and instruments tested. Within the hour, the mayor of the village had arrived and everyone settled down to watch. During this time, Moussa had been conferring with one of the villagers who urged him to make sure I stayed for the entire performance, which would conclude well into the early hours of the next morning. The villager looked at me, gesticulating wildly with his hands and talking in rapid streams of bambara. Moussa translated, “he’s telling you that there will be many spiritual things – unexplainable things – at midnight three mystical serpents shall appear.” I tried to probe further, asking him where the serpents would appear, how long they would stay, etc. But Moussa just raised his hands and resigned himself, “I am a city person, I know not of these things”

Then the music started.

Over the next hour, the beats from an assortment of drums large and small, the klak-klak-klak of curious wooden bowls ringed with beads andthe shrill wavering notes of the wassoulou singers filled the air. All manners of dancers took the floor – scores of men with a variety of props (everything from a Santa hat to a fake Burberry scarf) pounded their feet against the earth, soon joined by women and then whomever wanted to dance. My personal favourite was an old woman dressed in bright neon colors, who got right in the middle of the festivities and went wild.

After the dancers had tired themselves out, the music changed – taking on a more “tribal” tone. Soon, a dancer appeared, clad entirely in mud cloth with a bulging stomach sporting a fearsome painted mask with golden horns affixed with the idol of a naked pregnant woman. The dancer wildly circled the ring of spectators flailing their limbs and emitting bizarre whoops and screams. The beat of the drums increased in speed and volume, whipping the dancer into a crazed frenzy – until they collapsed on their knees near a spectator, one hand clamped on their bulging stomach. The dancer shook and heaved and pulled a long, red cloth from their loins and presented it to the spectator, an old man. Moussa leaned over to me, “now, they must dance.” Sure enough, the man took the red cloth and paraded into the middle of the circle and danced as energetically and in time as if he had been in training himself. He returned the cloth to the masked dancer and sat back down, to applause from the audience.
The only thing I could think was: Please don’t choose me.

However, I was spared and the dancer took the red cloth and retreated from whence he had come.

Next came a bizarre bird-like creature lead on by a man with a pipe. The same pattern as with the fertility-dancer – the beats would start out calm and gradually increase in speed and intensity until the dancers were going absolutely insane.
The bird soon retreated and the crowd quieted. Then, from both sides of the ring, two masked dancers came streaming in, red ribbons flying from their hands. They circled the crowd, with hands up to their eyes as if they were searching. Searching… searching… but for what? Simultaneously, they both turned towards where I was sitting and descended upon me.
One of the dancers squatted at my feet, while the other begin to pull red cloth from beneath the shirt of the first one, extricating the cloth and handing it to me. Hesitantly, I took the cloth.

I looked to Moussa, he gave me a raised eyebrow “You must dance. It is the way.” he said. Desperately, I looked to his wife Myriam on the other side of me, she was already bent over in laughter.

So, red cloth in hand, I rose from my seat, slowly proceeded to the center of the ring and I danced. Stamping my feet in tune to the music and raising the cloth high above my head, and swishing it around as I had seen done, I expected laughter from the 1000-strong crowd; me, a big white guy, so obviously foreign to this environment was attempting to imitate their tradition.
But instead the crowd began to clap.
In unison, they clapped to the beat of the drums, increasing the fervor and speed until I could scarce keep up. Joined by the two dancers, we spun around the circle for what felt like an eternity stomping and kicking and moving until the claps had turned into applause.

Sweating, I returned to my place.

As soon I had taken my seat, a the villager who had previously told me about mystical serpents leaned over and whispered to me in halting English, “you… you have achieved maximum fertility.”

I expected to experience many new things during my trip to Mali – but I will admit that an increase in fertility was not one of them!

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