PPG Newsletter 11/8/22
Professional Event #2 Recap, Thanksgiving Pie Social, Career Resources, PM internships, and more!
Finally! Another big newsletter right before Thanksgiving!
Here’s the tl;dr for the week:
Professional Event #2 Recap!
In this event, we talked about how to go about creating your own internship/job opportunities, provided templates, and offered guidance on any questions you all might have!
Slide deck is located here!
Thanksgiving Pie Social (Pies Provided!)
Social will be in the Green Room, Irvine Auditorium @ 2 PM this Saturday!!!!
Please RSVP on the Google Calendar invite and fill out this form to reserve your pie slices!
Group Coffee Chats
After Thanksgiving, we’ll be aiming to set up some group coffee chat opportunities with past PM interns so you can ask more detailed questions about what it’s like to be a PM and what their experience with the role was.
Career Resources / Internships:
New Jobs/Internships listed below!
Internship and Job Database (not ours but it’s from a reputable company) - Has over 40 different internships related to Product Management or tech that you can check out!!!
Exponent - This is a PM interview prep website (with 1:1 coaching as well as lots of recorded interviews and articles) that Penn has provided for free through the Career Center
Now, let’s dive in….
Professional Event #2 Recap
Yesterday, we hosted our second professional event detailing how you can build your own PM internship/job! Several factors were discussed, including company selection, reaching out to alumni, cold emailing, and handling multiple offers!
You can find the link to the full slide deck here. Hope to see you at our next event!
Group Coffee Chats
After Thanksgiving, we’ll be aiming to set up some group coffee chat opportunities with past PM interns so you can ask more detailed questions about what it’s like to be a PM and what their experience with the role was.
We’ll be sending out a Google Sheet where you can sign up soon!
Thanksgiving Pie Social!
We are happy to remind you that our FIRST social event, the Thanksgiving Pie Social, is taking place this Saturday 2:00PM at the Green Room, Irvine Auditorium!!!
We have fixed an issue where some people could not access the 10-second pie reservation form. Please fill it out to reserve your pie and give us an idea of how many pies to prepare… Also RSVP on our calendar invite!
Good Career Resources/Internships
Internships (Handshake)
Coaching Services
Exponent - This is a PM interview prep website (with 1:1 coaching as well as lots of recorded interviews and articles) that Penn has provided for free through the Career Center
Newsletters
Books
Cracking the PM Interview (THIS IS YOUR BIBLE!!!!)
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
All the best,
PPG Exec
PS - Feel free to reach out to us at pennproductgroup@gmail.com with any questions, concerns, thoughts, or other stuff!
