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Every "Advizer" answers the same 13 questions about their daily work life, critical skills, entry level job ideas and more. Here's a random Advizer!

Maraina

Project Coordinator

The Legal Aid Society Of San Mateo County

Syracuse University
Santa Clara University School of Education and Counseling Psychology- M.A. Counseling

https://www.linkedin.com/in/maraina-weyl-407565116/

This Advizer is open to you reaching out!

Skills: Advocacy, Education, Community Organizing, Mental Health Support; Industries: Schools, Nonprofits, Public Service, Legal Offices

Government & Public Sector

Nonprofit, Foundations & Grantmaking

Consulting

International Relations & Affairs

Scholarship Recipient

Pell Grant Recipient

Worked 20+ Hours in School

LGBTQ

First Generation College Student

Q1Career path

Advocacy

Project Management

Communication

1:39

"So as a project coordinator, I'm kind of like the client facing side of the legal work that we do."

Q2Main responsibilities

Bilingual Skills

Communication

Project Management

2:01

"This is actually the first job I've ever had where that answer isn't, it's different every day."

Q3Day in the life

Organization

Time Management

Persistence

2:23

"If you're gonna work in this community...who really, really needs help...you have to have empathy"

Q4Most important skills - role

Project Management

Problem-Solving

Communication

1:18

"The immediacy of being able to help people is probably the best part about my job."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Communication

Problem-Solving

Project Management

1:00

"The bureaucracy and the hoops we have to jump through is the opposite of that."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Legal Services

Community Development

Nonprofit

1:52

"it's kind of like going to law school light for free. You just get to learn things when, when things are on the table and available to you."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Organizational Skills

Stress Management

Empathy

1:57

"People who are organized, reliable, punctual, persistent. Definitely people who have an empathetic streak. People who are willing to listen, and they know how to read the room."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Problem-Solving

Project Management

Self-Motivation

1:11

"I think the expectation is that you just know things, and sometimes you do and sometimes you don't."

Q9Wish known before - industry

Project Management

Entry-Level

Communication

0:50

"I think that a project coordinator is an entry-level position. You can move up in a scale, you know, with certain years of experience."

Q10Entry-level positions

Stress Management

Project Management

Resilience

1:30

"you have to be able to turn it off and go into your day when you leave work, and not take it with you because otherwise you're gonna burn out immediately."

Q12College ideas for success

Curiosity

Interdisciplinary Studies

Broad Knowledge Base

1:37

"Now, not only am I good at Jeopardy, but I also think that it gave me a wealth of like non-sequitur experience that actually helps me."

Q13How identity impacted career

Overcoming Challenges

Achieving Goals

Confidence

2:35

"Don't hide. Uh, you don't have to fit into a box for somebody to hire you. Um, and if you do, you don't wanna work there anyway."

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