How to Build Your Portfolio

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...

How to Make Your Own Recruitment Campaign

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...

How to Land a Job as a Growth Manager

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...

How to Get Into Research

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...

Are Virtual Internships Worth It?

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...

5 Reasons You Should Work for a Startup After You Graduate

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...

Six Jobs Where You Don’t Need to Wear a Suit

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...

How to Prepare for an Interview

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...

What to Look for in a Remote Internship

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...

What It’s Like to Work for a Tech Giant

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...

10 Questions to Ask at the Beginning of Your Career

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...

How to Be Strategic About Your Career

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...

What It’s Really Like to Be a Product Manager

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...

Remote Biomedical Engineering Internship

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....

How to Score a Job with a Tech Giant

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...