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College & Career Chats

College & Career Chat

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Wednesday, Oct 25
4:45-5:45PM ET

virtual event; open to mentees, peer-to-peer mentees and program alum

Take charge of your goals as Girls Write Now teams up with powerhouse professionals across schools and industries! Consider this your all-access pass to be part of an intergenerational exchange with inspirational creatives, educators, trendsetters, executives and media mavens—including BIC, Penguin Random House, Google, Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation, and more—all while picking up their nuggets of wisdom. Enter a warm, intimate space, and emerge with a new trajectory and contacts for life.

In Career Chats, mentees gain exposure to various industries by networking with employees—Girls Write Now “Mentors for the Day”—across publishing, media, beauty, finance, and more. Professionals share their journeys, advice for breaking into their industry, and how they are charting a course for a successful career. Learn about positions you never knew existed, and get support applying to a curated selection of open jobs and internships within companies like NBC, Scholastic, Royal Bank of Canada, Estee Lauder, Dotdash Meredith, EHE Health, BBDO Advertising, and more.

In College Chats, mentees meet with Girls Write Now “Mentors for the Day” to talk about why their alma maters might be right for you, including tips and tricks for navigating everything from the application and interview process, to campus life, majorsand writing your theses. Schools include small liberal arts colleges around the country; state and city schools; universities big and small; rural and urban; schools with specialties in literature, science, and everything in between. Come learn more about Columbia, Fordham, Harvard, Howard, Hunter, SUNY, CUNY, and more!

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For 25 years, Girls Write Now has been breaking down barriers of gender, race, age and poverty to mentor the next generation of writers and leaders who are impacting businesses, shaping culture and creating change. Thank you for joining our movement.

This event is open to:

all mentees, peer-to-peer mentees and program alum

October 25, 2023 4:45 pm 5:45 pm EDT

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