Are you thinking of the next move in your life and career? Looking for an opportunity to learn the latest tech and to skyrocket your self-confidence? How about a startup job in San Francisco? Before moving forward, let’s just have a short chit chat first and introduce you to our
Many designers look to pursue the admirable high-cultural career path as a designer: design school in London or Milan, art history of Middle Europe, AD positions in organizations that let you learn from the best. Few designers get their education only to make their way to Silicon Valley and to draft
Interviews are like sales calls – situations where you can sell the best possible product: yourself. And just like you would never go to a customer call without some preparation, you really shouldn’t go to an interview either. Quite the opposite. We at Startuplifers pulled out some tips to help
As a rule of thumb you should reserve at least 4 months for the process. It’s not straightforward to say how long it takes from the point you submit an application to Startuplifers and get accepted, to the point you’re sitting on a plain on your way to SF. As
We often tell our candidates to tweak their resumes into a form that gives the essential information about them within 6 seconds. That’s right. Six seconds. If you’re lucky. That’s why, whatever it is you decide to focus on, keep in mind that the CV should be easily skimmable. This post
Text and pictures: Pauliina Alanen, @palan3n If technology, future, startups, blockchain or AI interest you, but you’re not a huge tech nerd, don’t worry. You can still come to Silicon Valley. It just might be a bit more challenging (read: not advertised) to find out about the “open positions” as they’re
A well-prepared interview is like setting one foot in the door already. The key points vary a bit depending on the position you’re applying. We conducted the best tips for you to prepare. Be aware of the time difference. The time difference in San Francisco is –10 hours. So 6–9
Text by Juuso Haavisto Disclaimer: The following article is written for the participants of Startuplifers, a Finnish internship program, thus the advice might not be generally applicable for J1 transfers. For Startuplifers anything is possible. Sometimes you see a happy kitten looking at you while commuting, sometimes you run into
Let’s face the facts. 80% of the positions offered at Startuplifers cycle around tech jobs – coders, data scientists, developers. That’s the sector where Finland mainly competes internationally. For business students, hence, it is recommended to look for positions independently, too. As the competition for business positions such as marketing, sales,
Presenting Startuplifers On Demand – San Francisco edition The quickly evolving and growing world of startups is expanding to extents such that there’s no way Startuplifers team alone could include every single startup out there in the batch pool. Hence, a concept called Startuplifers On Demand was launched already some