Emory College’s Pathways Center is expanding the number of students who can build first-hand career connections this spring with a new series of site visits to employers across Atlanta.
The Employer Site Visit series kicks off this month with a trip to Google Atlanta for students interested in careers touching on artificial intelligence, data science and technology. Monthly trips will continue through the semester to explore legal, business and health care careers.
The visits further bolster Pathways’ commitment to support students’ exploration of work that aligns with their values and interests.
The initiative also launches on the heels of the new Pathways Center location in the Boisfeuillet Jones Center this month for its student-focused programs in career services, experiential learning, national scholarships and fellowships, pre-health advising and undergraduate research.
“It’s a very exciting time for us to expose our students to all of the opportunities here in our backyard,” says Amanda Long, assistant vice provost of career and professional development at Pathways.
“Given the number of applicants for our first trip, we think students are excited as well for more opportunities to meet with alumni and early career professionals who can talk with them about how they navigated their own career journeys,” Long adds.
The Pathways Center’s signature Career Treks — which leverage Emory College’s expansive national alumni network with trips to cities renowned for specific career sectors — will continue in the fall.
By design, each trek accommodates a total of 25 students from Emory College and Oxford College. In contrast, the Atlanta Employer Site Visits will cap at about 30 students for each visit, opening the opportunity to more than 100 students this spring.
Emory College Advancement and Alumni Engagement, a regular Pathways partner, helped tap into some of the 15,000 Atlanta alumni to invite students to their workplaces.
Kadeem Trimble could hardly wait to host students and share his unique trajectory from Emory to working as a senior solutions architect at Google Atlanta.
One of the first graduates of Emory College’s unique Data and Decision Sciences program in 2017, Trimble knew that as much as he loved numbers, he didn’t envision a career in coding. He took it as a sign when he didn’t get a Google internship and instead began working in government consulting.
He almost didn’t apply when a Google recruiter reached out a year later, until he remembered hearing about the expansive roles available in tech during his internship interview. He worked in Google program sales for a few years before earning an MBA and advancing to his current job, bridging between major companies and Google’s technical offerings.
“When I was at Emory, I was trying to figure out what industry would let me use my skills and tell stories with data without sitting at a computer all day,” Trimble says. “I tell people my job now is a tech translator, and every day I learn something new.”
“If after eight years I’m still learning, I am sure that Emory students who love learning in all sorts of disciplines will see they can belong in the tech community, too,” he adds.
Learn more about Pathways Employer Sites Visits
The Pathways Center’s new Employer Site Visit series connects students directly with Atlanta employers and Emory alumni to learn about potential roles and industries that are shaping the city. Following the inaugural visit to Google Atlanta in January, upcoming visits will focus on law with a trip to King & Spalding in February; business/finance and consulting in March; and health care and life sciences in April.