Being an internal track fellow is a unique situation to be in. It differs from external fellows because I was already working for my host company before I knew of Challenge Detroit, only learning about the program that Quicken Loans has an ongoing partnership with through my team leader. \u00a0Before that, it was by happenstance that I even applied to Quicken Loans.<\/p>\n
I was graduating college with dreams of becoming a journalist. Of course, like any\u00a0normal undergrad, I was at a pretty big loss for what post-graduation held for me; so I began frantically posting and searching for internships or entry-level jobs. A friend sent me the link to my current position on the Quicken Loans Community Investment Fund team. Among the dozens of applications I chose to submit, this was one of them, and the only one I happened to be hired for. I took the job without truly understanding what I was getting myself into. But I thought ‘what’s three months?’ \u00a0<\/em>and took the internship.<\/p>\n About halfway through the internship, without any knowledge of what the Challenge Detroit program, my team lead mentioned it to me, telling me I’d be a great candidate for it. So, I did my research.<\/p>\n This was a very overwhelming opportunity, going from having no idea what the Quicken Loans internship would bring; it led to this new decision that had to be made. Would I accept the fellowship that would place me in Detroit for a year? Or would I leave Quicken Loans and pursue my career in journalism?<\/p>\n I weighed the pros and cons and accepted the fellowship spot. The experience has shown itself to be the right decision and has given me such a new perspective of nonprofits;\u00a0as well as progressed my project management skills.<\/p>\n The most impactful part of this fellowship so far has been becoming immersed in the city of Detroit, learning and working hands-on with the nonprofits that are partnered with Challenge Detroit. This is by far one of the greatest opportunities I was given post-grad, just by happenstance.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Being an internal track fellow is a unique situation to be in. It differs from external fellows because I was already working for my host company before I knew of Challenge Detroit, only learning about the program that Quicken Loans has an ongoing partnership with through my team leader. \u00a0Before that, it was by happenstance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":323,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/323"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}