• Make an appointment to talk with Jorimel Zaldivar, Senior Associate Director, Office of Career Strategy
• Use the Yale Office of Career Strategy online database to connect with alumni, or look for job opportunities
• Look at posts in the EDST weekly opportunities mailing
• Ask fellow students about their recommendations
• Consider some recurring internships (check in working groups)
• Meet w/ Ed Studies faculty & ask for their connections
• Post a query in the Yale Alumni Educators FB page – 774 members https://www.facebook.com/groups/YaleAlumniEducators/
• Create a profile on LinkedIn. Do a targeted search of Yale alumni

Sending an intro email

Some of the best leads for research, internships and jobs come from people you don’t have any links to. When you’re emailing someone you don’t know, keep it brief and keep your ask minimal. Expect rejection. Everyone has way too much email to respond to – a long message with multiple requests will be relegated to the “later” pile.

1. Make sure your heading is focused – “Request to come visit your program”

2. Aim to make your request in the 1st paragraph.

3. Have no more than 2 paragraphs in the first email. Keep it brief!

Here’s a version of one that I sent to a distinguished senior Professor when I was a graduate student. The request got me included in a small conference that was an ideal space to meet other colleagues. One of them became a dissertation Advisor!

Dear Professor X,

Greetings! I am a sociology graduate student at Yale University planning a dissertation working on middle class parents choosing urban/racially integrated schools.

Professor Y at Northwestern mentioned your conference at the ESS last year, and I’m so sorry to have arrived to the topic too late to have attended. I was particularly interested in your presentation on “Non-Decision Decisions” Unpacking the Process Whereby Parents Decide Where to Live” and was wondering if you have submitted it anywhere, and whether there is a version you might be ready to share. I’m currently writing up my dissertation lit review and prospectus.

Also, do you have a group mailing list? I would love to be in the loop for future events.

Best wishes, Mira