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She then looked at the "Indeed Jobs" and "MonsterCollege Jobs". She thought the number of results returned from them was laughable and wondered why the results weren't combined into a unified view with the MIT-specific ones ranking first or called out in a specific fashion. In the few minutes observed she was able to locate several thousand jobs related to epidemiology, however since she had not previously specified her experience or her field they were returned in an unsorted list. She then went back, amended her experience information and was able to find a posting that was suitable.
User MM
Michael is an MIT alum of both Course 6 and 15 and regularly advises undergraduates on finding internships/jobs. Right now, however, he can only help people that he is immediate friends with. One of his main concerns when asked what he would like most about website assisting in finding internships/jobs was being able to contact other users. This way undergraduate users from all of MIT would be able to contact him for help. Michael also brought up the current solution to this, MIT's alumni directory InfiniteConnection, but said he has never been contacted through it. As a result he's come to the conclusion that not many undergraduates even know about InfiniteConnection, so a more widely known service would be ideal.
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