First Generation and/or Low Income Students

Yale’s Office of Career Strategy is committed to ensuring that all first generation and/or low income students feel supported in exploring different careers, searching for internships/jobs and applying to advance degree programs. We realize that many FGLI students face additional obstacles when approaching these processes, and our goal is to help you overcome them by providing guidance and sharing our specialized resources.

Some employers may offer diversity recruitment programs aimed to address historical gaps in the workforce, and students are encouraged to research those programs to learn more.

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Engage Yale Alumni

  • 1stGenYale :  This shared-interest group (SIG) under the Yale Alumni Association aims to connect first-generation alumni with each other and with current FGLI students to share their own experiences and become resources for current students.
  • Utilize the Peer Networking Lists in Yale Career Link
  • Identify potential mentors with Yale alumni via Cross Campus, Yale’s new online networking platform. Join various groups in Cross Campus including the 1stGenYale group.
  • Create your LinkedIn Profile and starting using the Yale Alumni LinkedIn Page.
  • Conduct informational interviews  to learn about career paths and build future relationships.

Professional Development & Extracurricular Activities

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Nonprofit Jobs & Internships

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The following positions were all found from the following 3 sources: Yale Career Link, Idealist.org, Globaljobs.org. For more listings like these, be sure to check out these websites.

Internships (Paid)

DC Youth Orchestra, Program Intern – $3,500 stipend. Deadline May …

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Forage’s Virtual Work Experiences

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Forage offers virtual work experiences, which are online programs built and endorsed by leading companies. Each virtual work experience contains a series of resources and tasks designed to simulate the real-world experience of starting a career. They are 5-6 hours …

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Yale College: Leverage SEA Funding to Land a Summer Opportunity

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Yale College students who receive any amount of financial aid from Yale are eligible to use their Summer Experience Award (SEA) to help with the expenses of an unpaid or underfunded summer experience (less than $1,500). The SEA can be …

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Vanderbilt University’s Picture Your Career Workbook

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Vanderbilt University has written and publicly shared a 132-page workbook, Picture Your Career, for using visual thinking with careers!

Students and alumni are encouraged to download it — anyone who might find the information helpful.  It is a great way to …

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Navigating First-Gen Career Pressures

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By Helen Pho. Originally posted on Inside Higher Ed

When I first told my parents I was leaving my job as an admissions officer to begin a doctoral program in history after just graduating from college a few years before, …

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Career Resources

1stGenYale

This shared-interest group (SIG) under the Yale Alumni Association aims to connect first-generation alumni with each other and with current …

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FGLI Facebook Group

The FGLI at Yale Facebook group is available for first-generation and/or low-income students to join and learn what’s happening on …

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Tools and Resources for First-Generation Medical School Students

Tools and Resources for First-Generation Medical School Students

As a first generation student in medical school, you may not know what you don’t know.

As a medical student, you …

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FGLI at Yale: student organizations

Yale College supports a number of student organizations aimed at developing community among first-generation and/or low-income students throughout their time …

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Community Spotlights

Michael Watson

Michael Watson

First Generation and/or Low Income Students
  • Deputy Director, Human Resources, The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
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Lise Chapman

Lise Chapman

First Generation and/or Low Income Students
  • Chair, 1stGenYale
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Jason Contino

Jason Contino

First Generation and/or Low Income Students
  • Co-President of A Leg Even (ALE), Class of 2021
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Raveesha Gupta (MA ’17, International and Development Economics)

Raveesha Gupta (MA ’17, International and Development Economics)

First Generation and/or Low Income Students,Humanities,Masters,Social Sciences,STEM
  • Research Analyst
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CONTACT & LOCATION

Phone
(203) 432-0800
Email
careerstrategy@yale.edu
Address

55 Whitney Avenue, 3rd Fl.
New Haven, CT 06510

SERVICE HOURS

  Academic Year Summer Hours
M 8:30am - 5pm 8:30am - 4:30pm
T 8:30am - 5pm 8:30am - 4:30pm
W 8:30am - 5pm 8:30am - 4:30pm
TH 8:30am - 5pm 8:30am - 4:30pm
F 8:30am - 5pm 8:30am - 4:30pm

The office is closed weekends, holidays, and recess days.