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New York this is fun! What more can I do with this, Said
Mustafa.
Former Hokie transitions into the
working world after graduation and Mustafa continues to work at Yelp and
continues to network to become more
gives tips on receiving a job post-
experienced in her field. As an alumni she
graduation intends to keep in contact with her sorority
By: Jordan A. Lozama sisters as well as student interested in what her
job entails and wondering how she got where
ayla Mustafa former graduate of Virginia
she is. As an alumni we are meant to help
Polytechnic Institute and State University
shares her thoughts on ways to increase those that are still working towards a degree,
likelihood of receiving jobs after we are here to answer question assist those in
graduation is to use the people you know as a need of guidance, said Mustafa.
resource.
Jordan Lozama: What attracted you to the
Mustafa received her a position at Yelp in the major?
advertising and sales department through a Layla Mustafa: First coming into tech I was an
close friend from high school and sorority sister International studies major: that didnt work
of AKA (Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority out werent meant to pursue it. I ended up on
Incorporated). Both of whom worked for Yelp the BSA [Black Student Alliance] as the public
and helped with ways of how to receive a relations executive and I realized, hey this is
position. fun! What can I do with this?
JL: Did you seek the location out or did you just
randomly ended up at yelp?
Mustafa: I didnt seek out the location the job
just happened to be in NY but it did contribute
to me wanting to do it more because I always
wanted to work in a city