11: How to Leverage Internships for a Full-time Job With Sanam Rastegar, McLarty Associates [Main T4C Episode]

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Sanam Rastegar speaks 5 languages — 3 of them fluently.  She also had 3 interesting summer internships at Independent Talent Group Limited in London, Maclaren and Hermès that she believes helped her hone skills that she’s putting to use now in her job as a Senior Associate at McLarty Associates*, a boutique firm specializing in international strategic consulting.  In those internships, Sanam got to try her hand at marketing, merchandising and assisting other full-time employees in important tasks. In effect, Sanam learned the basics of how to succeed at other companies even before she’d graduated from college. Sanam was also involved with the sailing team, which taught her how to be a leader and how to work as a member of a close-knit team. It paid off because once she graduated, she landed a job at McLarty Associates! Sanam graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Global Affairs.

* Sanam left McLarty Associates in May 2019.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE:

• Why you should put in extra hours even when you’re working in an entry-level job (6:04)
• How to effectively balance distractions when you have to juggle a lot of responsibilities (8:01)
• Why studying foreign languages is a big benefit if you are international in working in international affairs (9:31)
• How to properly translate job descriptions in your field of interest (11:00)
• Why paying your dues as an assistant or associate has hidden benefits even if the work may be tedious (14:20)
• What are the hidden benefits of participating in a team sport at college and how can it help you when you start working in the “real” world (19:15)
• How an internship can be just as educational as an academic experience (20:02)

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