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4 Tips on How to Get an Internship as a Teenager with Autism and ADHD

Featuring a personal journey of navigating the job-finding process as a Neurodivergent

For neurodivergents like myself, career opportunities seem to come and go as frequently as social media trends. It can seem almost impossible to find an internship that feels …

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Turning Casual Conversations into Job Interviews

Job interviews don’t always come after you apply to a job. Sometimes, you may be having a casual conversation, but your story and the way you speak are so captivating, that the person you’re speaking starts thinking about ways they …

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What To Do During a Job Interview

In this episode, I talk about what to DO during a job interview, not just what to say. Remember, interviews are a two-way conversation. You can and should be interviewing them just as much as they are interviewing you. You …

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Effective Job-Hunting Techniques for People with Sensory Processing Sensitivities

Picture this: you’re someone with sensory processing difficulties (or perhaps identify as a Highly Sensitive Person [HSP]) stuck in a bustling office, where bright lights and constant noise leave you feeling overwhelmed. You want to seek a rewarding job and …

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Top 10 Careers for Autistic Individuals

Oftentimes, autistic people are seen as a liability by our society. With an 85% unemployment rate, we are perceived as a minority that needs to be “fixed” in order to fit into the larger community. But, with the right accommodations …

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Job Hopping Every 15 Months with Janzel Manalansan

In this episode of The First Gen Coach Podcast, host, Carla Sanatamaria, interviews her dear friend and first-gen tech worker Janzel Manalansan. Janzel is an early 30’s Filipino-American eldest daughter of immigrants who has leveraged her network and transferable skills …

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Can I Work Remotely for a Non-US company as an International Student in the US?

This blog post was co-authored by Aaron Blumberg, Partner & Attorney at Fragomen.

International students hoping to gain experience or earn some extra money may be wondering if they can work remotely for a non-US company while studying in the …

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On Being an Artist, a Teacher, and Securing an O-1 Visa

International alumna Esther Jang is an O-1B visa recipient, a successful artist, and a public school teacher living in Queens, New York City. She came to the US 13 years ago to earn her undergraduate degree in photography from Parsons …

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10 Great—and Very Different—Jobs for Economics Majors

As you get ready to graduate with a degree in economics—or maybe as you’re choosing your major—you’re bound to be wondering what sort of jobs you’re qualified for. You likely know that you can go into investment banking or management …

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Typography in Design: Why Every Designer Should Master Fonts and Styles

What connects 3400 BC Iraq, 3200 BC Egypt, 1300 BC China and 600 BC Mesoamerica? Writing. Thousands of years ago, humans began writing pictorial signs in these four parts of the world, which slowly evolved through cuneiform, hieroglyphics, symbols, and …

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