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Apr 2023
29m 32s

Maximizing Your Engineering Internship: ...

Anthony Fasano, P.E., AEC PM, F. ASCE
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In this episode, we talk to Robert J. Khoury, the co-founder, and CEO of Agile Rainmakers, a high-impact business development consulting and advisory firm based in Chicago’s Gold Coast, about how engineering students can maximize their engineering internship by taking a deeper look into the importance of setting expectations, effective communication, establishing routines, and building professional […]

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