Isak Wärnman is the newest Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. team addition in Alameda, CA. He will start in the strategy team this summer, through the Staruplifers program. So let’s go back to the beginning of his journey, and look at how he managed to land a job in one of the
As people and businesses across the globe have been getting used to remote work, the conventional boundaries have started fading away. With many more startups embracing remote work, we’ve started seeing talent opening themselves to remote work opportunities with companies from the other side of the world. If you’re considering
Searching for a job is hard. It is time-consuming. It can impact your self-esteem. Especially, when rejections keep rolling in. How to keep moving forward? How to use these attacks on your self-worth, and turn them into self-improvement and job search success? Realise, it’s not you. Some job openings may
Be it in a résumé, an application letter, or a face-to-face interview. We need to be able to sell our skills. Selling a skill does not mean inventing something, but rather showing the skill in a light that is relevant to the position we are applying for. How many times
Our latest community member, Antonio, is a Human Computer Interaction and Design major, made in Aalto University. What sets Antonio apart is his passion for the Apple world. This is what led him to get hired by Elevate Labs in San Francisco as an iOS Engineering Intern. However, this is
Our community is growing again! Say hello to our brand new member Emmi, an Information Networks graduate from Aalto University. Before taking off to San Francisco Emmi gained experience as a consultant at Wunderdog: “I got a very good experience and a glance at “modern style working” that is applicable to
Meet Joakim, the latest addition to our Startuplifers community. Joakim holds a BSc in Economics from Aalto University. Previously he worked on building Europe’s largest hackathon and continued to kickstart the operations of a European ride-hailing unicorn in Finland, Helsinki and UK. When asked about the new role he’s taking
Meet Oleksii, our brand new Startuplifers community member, who joined Neosensory as a trainee Algorithms Engineer. Oleksii, who graduated from Aalto University with a master’s degree in Machine Learning and Data Science, said “studying for three years at Aalto has been probably the best years of my life, thus feeling
Cover picture by Veeti Haapsamo Motivation is the most important asset in the job hunt. If you are willing to spend time with sourcing the companies, perfecting your CV, and preparing for the interviews you will most likely find a job. At the end of January, a group of people
Are you thinking about a semester abroad? We conducted a comparison between an exchange and Startuplifers experience to help you find your perfect match. It’s the time of the year when everybody is browsing through fascinating countries and interesting universities, wondering if they would like to spend an exchange