# @ugacareercenter on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B71MC9DBE7v
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21270652-ugacareercenter-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-01-27T17:13:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** UGA Career Center (@UGACareerCenter) — https://gondola.cc/UGACareerCenter

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"When I signed up to participate in the #UGAMentor Program, I had no idea that less than a month later I would be sitting face-to-face with a research team lead from Bayer, or that the table between us would be at a tiny Mexican restaurant halfway between Athens and Atlanta.
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​When I got an email advertising the UGA Mentor Program, I thought it could be the perfect chance to talk to an alumnus who made it through the grad school gauntlet at UGA and worked their way up in the industry. This – and so much more – was exactly what I got from Dr. Jennifer Yates, a Wheat Breeding Lead at Bayer Crop Science 🌾. I’ve asked her questions about everything from how she entered the job market and hunted for internships to what her days look like now as she balances her duties as a research team lead. More than just answering questions interview-style, though, Jennifer’s supported me in and out of the lab. When I spent a harrowing week buried in reading and preparing for my oral exams for candidacy last month, she spent most of our skype call listening to my fears and offering encouragement and perspective. The fact she had been through what I had at UGA🐾 and could relate to my specific experiences made her advice and insight even more valuable to me.
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​The biggest surprise to me was how willing she was to act as an advocate and “linker.” For all these reasons and more, I couldn’t recommend the UGA Mentor Program more highly to graduate students looking at getting a deeper understanding of careers in their field. I know I’m grateful to have gotten to be a part of the process." --Alyssa Baugh, Ph.D. Candidate, Microbiology ('23). #MentorMonday ​--
​Read Alyssa's full testimony 👉  https://tinyurl.com/ss9kbwe

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