Daily Archives: May 14, 2021

Job Opportunities

How may we assist you in landing your dream job? Whether you’re interested in short- or long-term career planning, the Career Readiness & Job Placement team offers a variety of services and career readiness experiences to assist you with your specific career needs. If you want to work with a Job Placement Coordinator, please fill out this brief welcome form and someone will contact you soon to schedule an appointment!

How may we assist you in landing your dream job? The Career Readiness & Job Placement team is excited to share the following job opportunities with you. Check them out—

Internship Opportunities

How may we assist you in landing your dream job? Whether you’re interested in short- or long-term career planning, the Career Readiness & Job Placement team offers a variety of services and career readiness experiences to assist you with your specific career needs. If you want to work with a Job Placement Coordinator, please fill out this brief welcome form and someone will contact you soon to schedule an appointment!

Expand your network in ways that will lead to your dream job. The Career Readiness & Job Placement team is excited to share the following paid internship opportunities with you. Check them out—

 

 

Global Virtual Internship Student Spotlight: Katrina Salas

Student Spotlight Student:                       Katrina Salas (Business Finance major, Skyline College)

Internship Location:  Italy (remote)

Work Sector:               Tech Startup, Market Research & Product Development

Impact:                        “When I realized the type of work I’d be doing and the impact I’d be making, it scared me… But I’m so glad I stuck through it. I developed a newfound confidence. I know now I can do a lot more than I thought I could.”

 

Skyline College student Katrina Salas interned this semester with an app startup based in Italy through the inaugural SMCCCD Global Virtual Internship Program, a program offered for the first time this spring in partnership with AIFS. The Global Virtual Internship Program is a program through SMCCCD Study Abroad which matches students with remote internships in a variety of industry sectors around the world.

In her internship, Salas focused on market and competitive research as well as product development. As a Business Finance major, she explained that while her internship was not directly in finance, she strengthened skills that will serve her future career, such as creating spreadsheets for market research and completing competitive analyses. “It wasn’t specifically financial analysis,” says Salas, “but it required me to use critical thinking and analysis skills. The internship was still applicable to my major.”

Additionally, Salas explored an area of work that was new to her. For the last month of her internship, she worked with the startup’s product development team, facilitating communication between the developers and the founder. She focused on testing the app, documenting and reporting technical issues, and recommending improvements. “I’ve realized I like product development and management, which was not something I had really considered before. I think it’s important [for students] to realize that your major doesn’t have to pigeonhole you into what you do after you graduate.” Her goal for the internship was to “gain a mixed view of what the workforce looks like.”

She also realized she enjoys working in a startup setting. “At the startup level,” says Salas, “you can wear many hats; it’s not ‘cog in the wheel’ work. I was able to make an impact. I could see that the work I was doing was being utilized. When I first started, I was really afraid…when I realized the type of work I’d be doing and the impact I’d be making, it scared me, and I almost dropped out because I was afraid of that responsibility. But I’m so glad I stuck through it. I developed a newfound confidence. I know now I can do a lot more than I thought I could.”

When asked what advice she would give to other students, Salas encouraged others to “do the best you can; try to learn as much as you can. Even if in a short-term, unpaid internship, it is an opportunity to get an insider look into how different companies and organizations work.” The internship, she explains, “has helped me to develop a network of people at all levels who can vouch for me, and it is opening up future opportunities.” Salas received excellent evaluations from her internship supervisor and has been offered the opportunity to continue working remotely with the startup on a flexible, part-time basis as she finishes her bachelor’s degree.

SMCCCD Study Abroad is now offering Global Virtual Team Internships each semester and summer. Interested students can now apply for the Fall 2021 Global Virtual Internship Program. Apply here by Thursday, May 27, 2021 to be considered for the program and the accompanying scholarship.

Want to learn more? View our recent info session here. Questions? Email studyabroad@smccd.edu, or schedule a one-on-one advising session at smccd.edu/goabroad.

 

Article by Stephanie Wells

 

 

Student Government Election Results

The Center for Student Life & Leadership Development as well as our ASSC is very pleased to inform our campus community that our ASSC General Elections 2021-2022 was a huge success! Due to COVID-19 & our campus being closed, we held a 100% online election. On the morning of Tuesday, May 4th – all registered Skyline students were emailed a ballot that allowed them to vote from the comfort of their own devices at home. On Thursday, May 6th – the polls closed up and on Friday, May 7th, the Center for Student Life announced the names of the new council for student government who will begin their term this summer on August 1st, 2021.

 

Each candidate has won for the following positions to serve ASSC 2021-2022:

President: Anthony Tran

Vice President: Angel Gomez Navarro

Commissioner of Public Records: Chantal San Felipe

 

Senators:

Allen Bustos

Theresa Calingasan

Caroline Cotton

Felagot Desta

Tara Grover

Glenn Robert Veloya

Marlon Villalobos

Chris Wong

Max Wong

 

A notable mention is that we also found our Skyline College Candidate for SMCCCD Student Trustee 2021-2022 Nominee which is a very well spoken & organized student named Shannon Hoang. Shannon will now move onto the next phase of Student Trustee election rounds which is with DSC. The DSC is our District Student Council made up of the AS Presidents and Vice Presidents from Skyline College, CSM and Canada – this is chaired by the current Student Trustee Jade Shonette. At the DSC meeting, the Student Life Managers & their officers will interview the candidates then hold a mini election for the 6 executives to vote on. We wish Shannon the very best of luck as she embarks on this endeavor! Fingers crossed; our new Student Trustee will be chosen soon.

 

To view the full list of our ASSC Election Results please the school website which is: https://skylinecollege.edu/studentgovernment/electionresults.php – in addition, daily updates & ASSC posts can be found on their Instagram @skylineassc.

Article by Ryan Samn

The Skyline College Collaborative Innovation Center Held a Successful Insights Webinar on Preparing for a Post Pandemic Future

As we emerge from a post COVID-19 world, Skyline College welcomes our Executive in Residence at our Collaborative Innovation Center funded by the President Innovation Fund. Our Insights Webinar on Preparing for the Post-Pandemic Future took place on Friday, May 7th. The event opened with a warm welcome from Dr. Hui Pate, a Business professor and Co-director of the PIF Grant between the Business, Education and Professional Programs Division and the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Divisions. Our Keynote speaker, a global business executive, Mr. Frank Rexach talked about how the impact of a convergence of new technologies and trends are contributing to the acceleration of major breakthroughs that will shape our future business world. The key topics included:

  • How the rate of technological progress is about to shift exponentially.
  • What exciting and imminent innovations are in store given the convergence of new technologies.
  • What the impact of these technologies and trends will be on industry, culture, science, and daily life.
  • What students can do to position themselves for the new career opportunities as corporations look to advanced talent to address new and emerging realities.

The event was very thought-provoking and eye-opening for our Skyline College community. Many participants were engaged in a lively dialogue on how the Post-COVID world is challenging everything from start-ups and large corporations to business leaders and students in identifying new ways to unlock innovation and future opportunities. This webinar was the center’s second webinar for our Executive Speaker Series. It proved to be another successful event with incredible value and action-driven strategies.

We would like to extend our thanks to our Keynote speaker, Mr. Frank Rexach, a senior partner at Knight Frank Australia, as well as our participants, our College MCPR team, and Mr. Roger Marcelo.

 

Article by Hui Pate