Students: Are you seeking to build skills over a school break (or even a weekend)? You can engage in free, short virtual work simulations through Forage. Committing just a few hours can help you to better understand career pathways, build skills and confidence, and add an experience designed and delivered by leading companies to the appropriate section of a growing résumé.
How does a Forage experience work?
- Click the Forage link to be taken to the Forage Explore Sign-up page for students at Grinnell College
- Create an account
- Choose your experience and work through a series of hypothetical tasks designed to simulate the type of work an intern might do within a given organization.
- Spend six to eight self-paced hours engaged in the simulation.
- Use Forage’s Reference Guide to add the experience to your résumé and LinkedIn profile.
Hundreds of Companies Offer Forage Experiences
Here are just a few:
- Business – lululemon Merchandising, Sydney Romantics Branding and Design, Discover Marketing Analytics at Wayfair
- Consulting – Accenture Future Innovator in Training; PWC Digital Assurance; BCG Strategy Consulting; Deloitte Technology Consulting
- Finance – Citi Investment Banking; Citi Markets (Sales and Trading) and Securities Services; J.P.Morgan Investment Banking Virtual Experience; J.P. Morgan Commercial Banking Virtual Experience, Experience a Day with KPMG Audit & Assurance
- Human Resources – GE Explorer
- Law – LEOCussen Centre for Law Human Rights Law; Latham & Watkins Mergers & Acquisitions; Kilpatrick Townsend Patent Law; Clifford Chance Climate Change; Herbert Smith Freehills Digital Law Group, Morrison Foerster Patent Strategy & Prosecution
- Social Impact – Virtual Startup Internship Innovating for Smart Cities, Engaging the community through Teach for Australia
- Technology – PWC Cybersecurity Virtual Case Experience; Goldman Sachs Engineering Virtual Experience; BCG Digital Transformation; BCG Data Science & Advanced Analytics
Benefits for a Forage Participant (a Forager)
- Employers are two times more likely to invite a Forager to interview and four times more likely to extend an offer to someone with Forage experience.
- The projects reflect real day-to-day tasks at leading companies.
- Resources are curated by industry leaders to help you learn relevant industry skills.
- Video instruction features senior employees at Forage companies.
- You can learn what types of work tasks you enjoy and, potentially, discover work projects that aren’t a good fit.
Forage Goes on Your Résumé!
