Our Podcast is Growing! We’re Excited to Welcome 10 College Interns to the InTheir20s Team
We’ve Partnered with Upkey to Launch a Virtual Internship Program focused on Podcasting and Business Development for College Students.
Our podcast went live on June 15, 2020 because we saw the need to help students and young professionals, who like us, graduated during a global pandemic.
In what continues to be an odd and isolating time, young people have less and less resources for inspiration. It was because of this, we built a podcast that seeks interviews with influential Biz Leaders, Celebrities, and All-Star Athletes to hear how they navigated the travails and opportunities during their 20s, while gaining an in-depth look into the strategies that led them towards success.
When we launched InTheir20s, we could’ve never imagined that our “quarantine idea” would evolve into something that’s really impacting the lives of a lot of people during the pandemic.
Over the past few months, we’ve had many great conversations with influential people on our podcast like Presidential candidates, celebrity chefs, Hall-of-Fame athletes, well-recognized doctors, and Fortune 500 CEO’s. In a few weeks, we’ll be releasing episodes with ‘The Most Powerful Woman in Banking’ and a cast member from MTV’s Wild N’ Out. Our goal has remained the same since we began: Share the best advice with students and young professionals.
We recently sat down with Amir Badr, the Founder and CEO of Upkey. Upkey is a career development startup based in Chicago, IL that helps students prepare for the professional world by helping them get noticed by top companies. Upkey does this by utilizing their proprietary suite of software tools to help companies remove traditional hiring biases with students.
The story of how Amir developed Upkey dates back to his early days. When Amir was 17 years old, he fled his home country of Iran to begin a new journey in America. He had zero connections and no professional network. And then, on a lucky encounter in the airport, Amir met his very first mentor, who would change his life and guide him through the professional world. Amir’s mission with Upkey is to recreate that “airport scene” for students and young professionals, through virtual mentoring opportunities and career-readiness tools.
Our interview with Amir was both eye-opening and inspirational. It became clear that our missions were aligned, and that we could work together to help students and young professionals by providing them with the tools needed to succeed.
We’re excited to share that we’ve partnered with Upkey to bring 10 passionate college students onboard to the InTheir20s Podcast team as apart of a Virtual Internship Program.
Our internship will focus on four fundamental roles: Podcasting, Social Media Marketing, Content Creation, and Business Development. Our unique program will help students gain impactful experience outside of the classroom; build a network of useful connections; and find work they are truly passionate about. We‘ll share updates over the next few weeks about what our interns are up to and how their internship has expanded both their tool box skills and outlooks.
For anyone in their twenties with an idea, start small and dream big. You never know where your ideas can take you. All you need is a plan and purpose.
Make sure to follow In Their 20s and Upkey for updates on our internship. Don’t forget to stream our podcast @intheir20s
