Sanam Rastegar
Senior Associate
McLarty Associates
Education
Yale University
B.A., Global Affairs
2016Podcasts
0:27:5411: How to Leverage Internships for a Full-time Job With Sanam Rastegar, McLarty Associates [Main T4C Episode]
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*,..
Career Path
Interview Highlights
“I thought being an assistant may not be a lot of fun. I don’t want to sit and do scheduling all day, but then I realized, actually, this is great because these are key skills that I’m going to need to learn.”
Best Career Advice
“Don’t be shy to promote yourself, advertise yourself in the right way, because you have accomplished great things and you will continue to accomplish great things. And don’t be afraid to brag about yourself in the right way so that when people think back to their interactions with you, you really stand out in their minds.”
Career Challenge
“I was planning this 20th anniversary party for over 300 guests, so a lot of pressure to make sure it special and perfect for our firm and for our leadership. And then at the same time I was hiring for my replacement. I was doing my normal day to day job as Nelson’s assistant, and I was already starting my new responsibilities as senior associate. So I was slowly losing my mind… I think that my biggest lesson from that was being able to take a step back, realize that probably things will only get harder from this stage of my career and knowing how to manage that.”
Skills
Fundraising, Foreign Languages, Microsoft Excel, Sailing, International Relations, Stata
Professional Interests
Yale University Careers, Hopkins School, McLarty Associates, Biden-Harris 2020 Alumni Group, McLarty Associates Alumni Group, The Richard U. Light Fellowship Alumni Group, Yale University
