The Internship Show

On this episode of The Internship Show, we speak with Deanna Okuno and Adriana Garcia from Pinterest. Deanna is a University Recruiter and  Program Manager for the Engineering Internship Program at Pinterest. Her passion for University Recruiting started in college with her involvement in student orgs where she helped find opportunities to connect their members with networking and internship opportunities. She has been in the UR space for about 3 years now and absolutely love working with students to help them get their career started! Where Adriana spent the first 10+ years of her career in public education as a teacher in New Orleans, running a college readiness program for high school students in East Oakland, and leading recruitment & HR for a small public charter school network in East San Jose. She transitioned into University Recruitment to continue making an impact in diversifying teams.

They shared general interview preparation tips, an overview of the Pinterest ERG’s and why their company is a great place to work as a college student.

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On this episode of The Internship Show, we speak with Lori Paladino from LiveRamp. Lori has 10+ years of talent acquisition experience at Bay Area companies (LiveRamp, Google, Genentech, Oracle/Siebel & H&Q).  She's passionate about building innovative programs to attract a diverse pipeline of talent to opportunities that launch careers.

She gave us an overview of their internship program, what their candidate experience looks like and more.

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On this episode of The Internship Show, we speak with Lori Paladino from LiveRamp. Lori has 10+ years of talent acquisition experience at Bay Area companies (LiveRamp, Google, Genentech, Oracle/Siebel & H&Q).  She's passionate about building innovative programs to attract a diverse pipeline of talent to opportunities that launch careers.

She gave us an overview of their internship program, what their candidate experience looks like and more.

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On this episode of The Internship Show, we speak with Renee Davis from Duolingo. A Former PR girl gone University Recruiter who Made a career change to UR in 2016. She previously Worked at rue21 as the Associate Manager of Early Talent, led University Recruiting at Arconic, joined Uber ATG and recruited for teams while also supporting Diversity Initiatives. Now managing the University Recruiting team at Duolingo.

She shared the structure of their internship program, an overview of their company and why it is such a great place to work.

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On this episode of The Internship Show, we speak with Katelyn Amidon and Courtney Chacon from Lyft. Katelyn is currently a University Recruiting Manager of Early Talent Programs at Lyft, leading their early career recruitment for their Rideshare, Transit, Bikes & Scooters organizations. She has been at Lyft for three years, and prior to that worked in recruiting for a small startup in San Francisco.She has a passion for moving the needle for I&D practices in recruiting strategies and giving students information and access to opportunities in the growing tech industry. While Courtney is the Program Manager on the Early Talent Programs Team at Lyft. She has been with Lyft for 3 years now and oversees the Internship Program Experience.  

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On this episode of The Internship Show, we speak with Anna Desousa from Akamai Technologies. A lifelong resident of Massachusetts, Anna is a campus recruiter for the Emerging Talent team at Akamai Technologies, responsible for full-cycle hiring for all interns and co-ops in North America. She graduated in 2018 with a Bachelor's degree from Tufts University with majors in Psychology and Sociology. She likes to spend her free time relaxing with her dogs and cooking new recipes with her husband.

Anna shared their company culture, what a student can expect interning at their company and why it is a great place to work as a student.

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On this episode of The Internship Show, we speak with Stephanie Wezelman from Echo Global Logistics. Stephanie is the University Recruiting Manager at Echo Global Logistics, where she works to recruit and retain top talent in the early career and internship space. If she is not traveling nationwide to college campuses to meet with students and career centers, you will find her creating innovative programming and leading Echo's successful summer Internship Program, which spans across 9 departments and 5 office locations. Company culture is the most important thing to Stephanie, and she loves being able to share Echo's incredible culture with students and bring them on board to start their careers.

She gave us the structure of their internship program, how a student can differentiate themselves when applying to their jobs and the overall goal of their program.

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On this episode of The Internship Show, we speak with Nicole Wright from Gusto. She is passionate about creating meaningful recruiting and work experiences for early career talent. She hopes to create guidance and clarity for students trying to navigate their first career and their professional life after college.

Nicole gave us insight to their internship program, how to avoid remote work burnout and more.

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On this episode of the Internship Show, we speak with Casey Jo Chapman and Mariah Wills from Protiviti. Casey Jo is the North America Campus Recruiting Lead for Protiviti, based in its Houston, Texas office, and has been with the organization since 2007. Her role includes developing and executing the campus recruiting strategy across all North America offices, including the U.S. Intern Program, early identification programs, entry-level Foundations positions, and our campus recruiting teams career development. She enjoys seeing a graduate find a career path that excites them; and am actively looking to hire their organizations future leaders, and be along for those individuals career journey! Where Mariah is a Campus Recruiting Specialist in the Houston Protiviti office. She has spent most of her career recruiting for internship programs and entry-level roles. 

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On this episode of The Internship Show, we speak with Kristen Dauler from Figma. She started her university recruiting career at Lyft in 2014 when she started the program from scratch and scaled it from their first class of 17 interns to over 300 when she left in 2020. Now, she is excited to build the foundation of successful university programs once again, at Figma!

She shared their company culture, what their recruitment process looks like and more.

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