823 Advizers
Aditi
Founder
P16 Partners
UC Berkeley
Harvard University Graduate School of Education - Master in Education Policy & Management

UC Berkeley - Social Sciences
Q1Career path
Networking
Career Exploration
Job Search Strategies
2:07
"Your career center is an untapped resource that college kids don't use enough of."
Q2Main responsibilities
Career Pivoting
Nonprofit
Education
1:08
"my roommate was applying to Teach for America, and I thought, great, I love kids. I love teaching and it's two years of job security, so let me apply. And I got in."
Q3Day in the life
Networking
Business Development
Client Relations
1:41
"there's just a lot of, um, like current client work as well as like doing the work to make sure that I have like a continuous business pipeline."
Q4Most important skills - role
Meetings
Communication
Executive/Leadership
1:17
"I get to make it what I want, and so it's very intentional and it's designed by me."
Q5Favorite parts - role
Project Management
Problem-Solving
Confidence
1:21
"confidence in yourself and what you can do for a client or a customer"
Q6Biggest challenge - role
Autonomy
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
1:10
"I love that I get to be the captain of my own ship."
Q7Favorite parts - industry
Work-Life Balance
Decision-Making
Entrepreneurship
1:10
"My biggest challenge as an owner of my own business is figuring out what I wanna say yes and no to in terms of work."
Q8Who thrives in industry
Community Development
Nonprofit
Education
1:17
"I'm a fervent believer in the power of public education. I think it is at the core and heart of communities."
Q9Wish known before - industry
Collaboration
Problem-Solving
Public Education Advocacy
1:08
"You gotta have a fervent belief in the power and promise of public education."
Q10Entry-level positions
Overcoming Challenges
Achieving Goals
Career Exploration
1:10
"I wish someone had sort of assured me that not knowing and being open to possibilities, um, was actually the key to the career success that I've had."
Q11Significant lesson - career
Program Associate Roles
Nonprofit Careers
Entry-Level Jobs
1:17
"There's a lot of entry level work with titles like program associate, project associate, site coordinator."
Q12College ideas for success
Executive/Leadership
Overcoming Challenges
Resilience
1:39
"There are no mistakes. Even the big screw ups have totally prepared me for the work I'm doing now."
Q13How identity impacted career
Openness to Experiences
Confidence
Career Exploration
2:01
"I think the fact that I was open, open to friendships, open to like living situations, open to majors, um, open to like just different ex life experiences, um, I think that like really helped give me a sense for who I am, when I'm away from home, um, what I'm interested in and not"
Q14Advice for social science majors finding their first job
Overcoming Challenges
Networking
Career Development
2:30
"it's made me have to lean into like myself, my own motivation to like seek things out, to take initiative, to attend things, to develop myself"