Jobs in sustainability are growing at an unprecedented rate. But how can you get one? When it comes to jobs in sustainability, the options are endless. The notion of sustainability itself is so broad, it touches every area of human life. Sustainability itself is...
Working in Bali: A Comprehensive Guide to Jobs, Culture, and Living in Bali Discover the opportunities and challenges of working in Bali. Learn about the job market, work permits, cultural considerations, and more in our comprehensive guide. Bali, known for its...
What happened when this recent graduate landed a role for a Swedish music industry startup on Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. Like many recent graduates, Kim was unsure which direction to take her career. She loved illustration and had studied design...
Are you looking for a creative job? Perhaps something along the lines of a UX/UI designer/developer? Well listen up. I hate to be frank, but submitting a CV and a long cover letter to an employer won’t be enough to land you the job. Anyone can say on their CV that...
At Start Me Up, we offer advice on everything from nailing job interviews and applications, to upskilling. Many of the successful people we interview from the world of tech say they applied for over a 100 jobs before they bagged their dream one. The moral of the...
Some of today’s best-known companies, including Uber, Dropbox and Google hire growth managers. And according to Glassdoor, the US national average salary for a Growth Manager is $108,992. But what exactly do they do? “The Growth Manager function typically lives at...
From design research, to market research, the world of research offers a range of career options. Do you have a curious mind? Do you love researching new areas? Do you love to tell the stories of others? If the answer is yes, a career in research might just be for...
At Start Me Up, we offer advice on everything from nailing job interviews and applications, to upskilling. Find out more about our virtual internships here. The word ‘virtual’ has become part of our everyday vocabularies in the past few months. From virtual...
Thinking about working for a startup? At Start Me Up, we spend a lot of time interviewing people from the world of startups to find out what they like about their jobs. We think these are some of the best reasons to work for a startup: Make a Difference You’ll be able...
Suits, ties and starched shirts are probably some of the things that come to mind when you think about work attire. But the increasing influence of the casually dressed tech sector and the move to home working seems to be rubbing off on even the most traditional...
At Start Me Up, we offer advice on everything from nailing job interviews and applications to upskilling, Interviews are an essential part of most job applications. Interviews will usually involve a single candidate meeting with between one and three employees from a...
This year millions of students are set to miss out on valuable internship experience to help them land a job upon graduating. And with offices closed for 2020, many are looking to remote internships. Fortunately, the crisis has spawned a proliferation of remote...
At Start Me Up, we offer advice on everything from nailing job interviews and applications to upskilling. From long hours, to free sushi on-demand, have you ever wondered what it’d be like to work for one of the biggest technology players? We look at what it’s...
Remember: There’s no such thing as a stupid question. One of the biggest mistakes people make at the beginning of their careers is not asking enough questions. There are questions you have to ask yourself, like ‘why do I want this job?’ There are also questions you...
Planning your career or its development is a task many leave on the backburner. But, the more time you set aside for job-hunting, the quicker you’ll find that dream job. Even if you’re busy in your current role, set aside time to strategize your career today and...
At Start Me Up, we offer advice on everything from nailing job interviews and applications to upskilling. Product managers are some of the best-paid people in Silicon Valley. And successful product managers come from a range of backgrounds. So how do you go about...
At Start Me Up, we offer advice on everything from nailing job interviews and applications to upskilling, as part of our Career Kickstarter Program. Would you like a career with plenty of opportunities across a range of industries? People can be snobby about...
At Start Me Up, we offer advice on everything from nailing job interviews and applications, to upskilling.. Product managers are some of the best paid people in Silicon Valley, but what do they do exactly? Exact salaries depend on the seniority, the industry and the...
Shane is studying biomedical engeering at Duke University. He completed a biomedical engineering internship remotely as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. I love engineering and learning how to design devices is something I’m really interested in....
At Start Me Up, we offer advice on everything from nailing job interviews and applications to upskilling. Here are our top tips for getting a job at a tech giant. Don’t apply for your ideal job straight off the bat While you might be keen to get stuck in on the...
This article is based on “How to Ace A Job Interview”, a training by Alexandrina Danifeld, Recruitment and Talent Management Lead at Livit. Have you applied to lots of remote internships and/or graduate jobs and failed at the video interview? Here, we...
Kelly Nolan is a recent environmental science and policy graduate from the University of Maryland. She spent one month on Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. This past month, I have had the privilege of working with an amazing team at a coral reef organization...
This article is based on “How to Future Proof Your Career”, a training by Lavinia Losub, Managing Partner of Livit. Are you worried about your career prospects due to the global pandemic? Here, we share seven ways to help future proof your career. Here at...
Experienced professional Tony-Laura wanted to learn new skills and try out a different career. We caught up with her to find out how she got on with her one month on the Remote Internship Program. We first spoke to Tony-Laura when she was holed up near a tropical...
Recent Dartmouth College Graduate, Zoe Schwartzman, completed a Conservation internship as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. “I’ve been working for a social impact startup that tries to pair rising tech talent with social good enterprises in...
Languages undergraduate at Kings College London, Jade Goldsmith, completed a Fashion Internship as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program Who has been your mentor? My mentor was Zoe, she’s been great at checking in with me and making sure everything is...
Elie Anne is from Quebec in Canada, she studied Graphic Design as a Bachelor degree and then did a Masters in UX design. She completed a UX Internship as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. Why did you decide to join Start Me Up? “After my Masters,...
Lenny had over ten year’s experience working in corporate IT. She wanted to switch careers into UX and experience the world of remote work and so joined Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. What project have you been working on? “I have been looking at...
Lauri has just graduated from the University of Glasgow with a degree in Business Management and Classical Civilisation. She completed a product design internship for a sustainable furniture startup as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. “I...
Khalil is from Kenya but graduated from the University of Edinburgh where he studied Business Management. Although he has been working for startups in Kenya, he completed a cryptocurrency internship as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. Why did you...
Carolina just graduated with a Masters in Oceanography from Southampton University. She completed a Fashion Internship as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. Why did you decide to do a Start Me Up internship? “I thought I wanted to do something...
Originally from Hong Kong, Vicky now studies Chemical Engineering at the University of Bath and has been doing a marketing internship as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. Why did you decide to join Start Me Up? “I wanted to join start me up because I...
Sadiq is a graduate of University of British Columbia. He embarked on a Data Analysis and UX Internship as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. Why did you decide to join Start Me Up? “I was just looking for jobs and I didn’t really see any...
Maria studies English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford. She completed a Gaming Internship as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program on a social networking app for gamers. So why did you decide to join Start Me Up? “I wanted to do...
Kitty studied Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Sussex and completed a Renewable Energy Internship as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. Why did you decide to join Start Me Up? “I decided to join Start Me Up because it...
Emet Zeit recently graduated from University of California, Santa Barbara, with a Bachelor’s degree in Physics and a technology management certificate. He spent one month working on a social enterprise as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. Why did...
Rhiannon Osborne Tonner is a fourth year Natural Sciences student at UCL. She spent one month in Bali on Start Me Up’s UX Remote Internship Program. I used to think remote working was for two kinds of people: coders and influencers. The rest of us, I assumed,...
Ashna Jalan is studying cognitive science and artificial intelligence at the University of Toronto. She spent one month on Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. Why did you decide to do Start Me Up? “I worked in a corporation last summer. So this time...
Suma Kanuri is majoring in data science and international studies at the University of Michigan. She’s spending one month on a Data Analytics Internship as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. I’ve been interning remotely for a company with operations in...
Rhiannon Osborne Tonner is in her final year of UCL studying Natural Sciences. She interned on a month long Start Me Up UX Internship. Has anyone ever told you that University days are the best days of your life? I’m confident they’ve never taken a year out. Taking a...
Vish Patel studied Computer Science at Newcastle University. He spent a month working on a Software Engineering Internship for an IoT startup as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. I chose to do a Start Me Up internship because all I wanted to do this...
Rhiannon Osborne Tonner is in her final year of UCL studying Natural Sciences. She interned in Bali on a month long Start Me Up UX Internship. When you tell people you’re interning abroad, a lot of people raise the question “Why?”. Why intern in a foreign country when...
Rhiannon Osborne Tonner is in her final year of UCL studying Natural Sciences. She interned in Bali on a month long Start Me Up UX Internship. You’ve just graduated. Your university days are behind you. You’ve been launched into the world that lies beyond your...
Pooja Vadha has just finished her Physics Masters and is going on to study for a PhD in Solid State Batteries for Electric Vehicles at UCL. She spent one month on Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program. “I applied for this program because I wanted to learn new...
Emma Bourgeois recently graduated in law from the University of Exeter. She spent one month interning remotely on Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program for an edtech company. “I decided to go for this experience because first of all it’s in Bali, which is amazing,...
Juan Carlos is studying at York University in Toronto. He spent two months working in marketing for a social enterprise as part of Start Me Up’s Remote Internship Program in Bali. Why decide to take part in the Start Me Up Program? “Coming from a business...
Hannah Nasif recently graduated from the University of Bristol in the UK where she studies law. She spent one month on Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program in Bali interning for a fintech startup. After graduation, Hannah was looking to explore new avenues and...
Chicagoan Kai Cromwell loved surfing and already had his own idea for a surf brand, KeAloha Threads, which makes causal wear from recycled plastic. He spent his Startup Internship in Bali learning more about sales, marketing and advertising so he could develop and...
Tayla Christensen worked on a web development and UX project, as part of Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program, for a Bali-based social enterprise. Tayla was looking for a way to get some more experience of the startup world while she traveled around South East...
Rhiannon Osborne Tonner is a fourth year Natural Sciences student at UCL. She spent one month in Bali on Start Me Up’s Startup UX Internship Program in Bali. Interning abroad can be an unbelievably rewarding experience. The opportunities to grow as an individual while...
Jessica Lochan-Jenkinson spent one month on Start Me Up’s Startup Gap Year Program in Bali. What have you been doing in Bali? “For the past month I’ve been doing Start Me Up’s Gap Year Program. While here I’ve been trying to create my own clothes swap site....
Luke Kock recently graduated from Warwick University in the UK. He spent one month on Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program in Bali. What have you been doing over the past month? “I’ve been combining traveling throughout Asia with a Start Me Up internship...
Recent Canadian graduate Amelia Martin spent one month interning for a book publishing startup while on Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program in Bali which led to a remote job and a year of travel to 11 countries. When I was in my final year of business school I...
Camille de Villiers spent part of her Gap Year before University on Start Me Up’s Gap Year Startup Program in Bali. I’d come to the end of my school career. All of my friends had decided what they were going to study and I had no idea. I decided I wanted to travel and...
Isabella Ippolito spent two months on Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program in Bali. During that time she got the chance to build her freelance portfolio and work on projects for Penguin Random House and on a viral campaign that was featured by the BBC – all...
Einar Jonsson has just completed a Masters in Mechanical Engineering at UCL in the UK. He completed a two month internship as a Machine Learning Engineer for a Asia-based aggregator service for the entertainment industry as part of Start Me Up’s Remote...
Zoe Bassett is in her third year studying psychology at Exeter University. She carried out a market research project and built a website for a social enterprise as part of Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program in Bali. I joined the program because wanted to...
Céline Dogsé is studying Arts & Sciences at UCL, she spent one month interning for a social enterprise as part of Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program in Bali. I decided to join the program and come to Bali because I wanted to see something new: to see...
Lorraine Cliff is at Princeton studying Operations Research and Financial Engineering. She spent two months working on a Data Analytics and Visualisation Internship as part of Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program in Bali. I’m not studying abroad during my four...
Lizzy Merrall is at Durham University studying Politics and Philosophy in the UK. She spent two months interning for a Series A tech startup in Queensland, Australia on Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program. I decided to apply for the Start Me Up program because I...
Josh Campbell has just graduated. He took part in Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program in Bali. I’d just graduated from university and had an offer for a graduate program at the supermarket chain Lidl. A lot of my friends were moving to London but I wasn’t...
Tomi Ogundayo is from New York City but she lives in Barcelona. She spent one month in Bali interning for a blockchain startup. After her internship she was invited to represent her startup at the United Nations World Investment Forum on Blockchain for...
Emily Healy is studying computer science and business at the University of Virginia. She spent one month working on a Software Engineering Internship as part of Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program in Bali. I did the Start Me Up internship because I wanted to do...
Kat Rathe spent two months on Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program in Queensland, Australia. My internship through Start Me Up was incredible. The program coordinator was hospitable, friendly, and in tune with what we wanted to experience in the startup...
Juan Vidal de la Peña is a 4th year student at the University of Navarra in Spain studying Economics, Leadership and Governance. After spending his previous two summers interning for the UN in New York, Juan spent two months enrolled in Start Me Up’s Internship...
Emma Balant, an Economic student from the UK spent one month working for an E-commerce business, looking at UX and data analytics as part of Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program in Bali. Working for a startup allowed me to get involved within all aspects of the...
Rhiannon Osborne-Tonner is at UCL studying Natural Sciences focusing on genetics, mathematics and statistics. She spent one month interning on a UX project, as part of Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program, in Bali. I decided to do this internship because I...
Joël Ngana is a 3rd year Electrical Engineering student at the University of Southampton in the UK. He completed a Software Engineering Internship for an IoT startup as part of Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program in Bali. I’m currently working on an app called...
Rachel Wells is studying Biological Sciences at Imperial College London. She took part in a Data Analytics and Visualization Internship as part of Start Me Up’s Internship Program for a HealthTech startup in the UK. I decided to do a Start Me Up internship because I...
Anna Callahan recently graduated from Durham University in the United Kingdom. She spent one month interning for a new co-working space during Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program in Bali. I applied for this internship to help me get a better sense of what...
Are you looking for a career that mixes travel, strategy consulting and entrepreneurship? So was Nicole Schlemmer, a recent graduate in International Business Administration at the Rotterdam School of Management in the Netherlands. Nicole interned on one of Start Me...
People often choose careers on the flimsiest basis. Because their Dad was one. Because they like the idea of wearing a suit or a wig. Or because they can’t think of anything else. So how do you know if you are picking a career for the wrong reasons? Choosing a...
Beatrice Olehova is a Management with Marketing graduate from the University of Leeds. She completed Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program in Bali. The surprising thing about my startup internship abroad is actually that I did any work. This is not because...
As a student I spent too long reading really old books. And while I credit the 17th century French philosophy with helping me question everything, it wasn’t that helpful when it came to making early career and life choices. So here are several books I wish I’d had the...
When I was at university, I felt limited by my career options. I was supposedly getting a fantastic education that would enable me to do anything. And yet, I felt like there were actually only a few options out there for me. They say you are the average of the people...
If there is one question that historians are probably bored of, it’s relatives asking: “What are you are going to do with a history degree, be a historian?” Helpful. Maybe you already know. Maybe you’ve already got your line about having a gap...
When I was at university, many of my contemporaries told me they planned to one day get into startups. “I’ll do a corporate job for a while and learn how the business world works and then I will be able to do anything.” Which all sounds sensible, but...
Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE), otherwise known as the blagger’s degree. Or is it? In the UK, students have traditionally majored in one subject. When I finished PPE, I felt like I’d spent three years not really mastering anything – except...
You may have the grades and the experience. But do you ever wonder why you didn’t make the cut? Sometimes motivation letters are what really sets you apart from other candidates; both for work and a university application. That’s why we at Start Me Up highly emphasize...
“Talk with more experienced entrepreneurs and be proactive. Go to meetups and don’t be afraid to talk about and test your ideas.” Benjamin Touboul, Founder NUSApack As a child, Benjamin had a plan. He would be an inventor. So he was disappointed to discover there were...
Abby Mitchell is studying a BASc: Arts and Sciences at UCL in the UK. She spent one month in Bali on Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program. I had my doubts about paying to do an internship, but I figured it was not really much more expensive than just going...
In days gone by, if you wanted to live abroad, you would pack up your worldly belongings, apply for a transfer and assume an ‘expat’ job posting. Traditional expat job postings could include teaching English as a foreign language, working for an NGO,...
Get more insights while you’re walking, traveling or at the gym by checking out one or all of these podcasts. From startups and entrepreneurship to harnessing your creativity, here are some horizon-expanding podcasts. The Pitch A show where real entrepreneurs...
An engineering graduate asks, “How does it work?” A science graduate asks, “Why does it work?” An accounting graduate asks, “How much will it cost?” A law graduate asks, “Is it Legal?” A philosophy graduate asks, “Would you like fries and a Coke with that?”...
21-year-old Suzi White has just graduated from Durham University with a degree in history. She spent one month on Start Me Up’s Fintech Startup Internship Program in Bali. Graduating should be a time of celebration, but for many recent graduates, it’s a time when...
If you’re interested in pursuing a portfolio career, you’re almost certainly going to have to learn about freelancing. Freelancers often work from anywhere and work flexibly on different projects, selling work or services by the hour, day, job, etc., rather than...
“Taking risks worked out well for me. When you’re young you can take bigger risks career-wise. As you get older, it gets trickier.” 25-year old Arnas Goldberg didn’t take a conventional route. So it’s little surprise that he doesn’t do a conventional job. After...
“Find a thing you like and do it. Figure out what people have paid you for in the past and where that intersects with what you like. Make a list of those things and pick one that speaks to you.” Michael Burns is a professional writer, copywriter, storyteller, and...
Most of you will be familiar with the phrase ‘work smart’, but how many of you are familiar with the productivity guru David Allen? Loved by everyone from eminent entrepreneurs to corporate CEOs, Allen wrote the first edition of Getting Things Done: The...
Think you have to study computer science to a decent programmer? Think again. Check out Start Me Up’s Coding Bootcamp and Software Engineering Internships. Jenny Ho, a British software developer did a BA and a Masters in History before becoming a full-time...
As a university student, the chances are you spend most of your days with your nose in a book. University is about gaining a critical awareness of your subject. There’s scarcely enough time to develop a critical awareness of the world of careers too. Here are a few...
Aishy Vimal is 20 years old and a recent graduate in filmmaking from Cornell University in the US. She spent one month on Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program in Bali. I’d just graduated and am heading to graduate school next year, but I had six months off...
21-year-old Simba Deu is studying a BASc in Arts and Sciences at UCL and was a Google intern in 2018. She spent one month interning with an Australian fintech start-up based in Bali as part of Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program. I joined the internship...
Max is doing a Masters of Science in Astrophysics and Physical Chemistry at UCL in London. He spent one month helping develop software for a neuroscience healthtech startup in Bali as part of Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program. I was intrigued by the idea...
Amelia Bargh is 20 years old and studies Politics, Philosophy and Economics at The University of York. She’s just finished a one-month startup internship in Bali as part of Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program. I started the Start Me Up internship...
As someone who spent last summer interning for a startup in Bali, I’m a big believer that you don’t have to wear a suit and do a big city commute to take part in a valuable internship. Especially given the growth in remote working, digital nomads and destination...
Most international students love to travel. And many identify as global citizens. So it’s hardly surprising that many international students are pretty open minded when it comes to where they end up living in the longer term. So what options are there for...
Start Me Up Founder and certified LinkedIn profile writer Clare Harrison, offers her top tips. LinkedIn, the business networking platform with an estimated 500 million users, is a way for many people to get discovered or hired. It can also be a way to find mentors,...
The surprising thing about my startup internship abroad is actually that I did any work. This is not because I’m lazy or work-shy. Honest. But because I was doing my internship in Bali. And most people in Bali are on holiday. To say my parents were suspicious...
Eleonora Cordella graduated with a degree in Foreign Trade. She completed a 2-month internship with Start Me Up. When I applied on the Start Me Up website in December 2016, I was just like any other indoctrinated, task-oriented, European University student. My future...
