I believe in innovation, empathy, and enthusiasm. There is nothing I love more than learning something new: a new skill, a new word, a new fact that makes me look at the world just a little differently.
Laughter and travel are my favorite activities. When I am not traveling to new places (or even when I am), I am usually reading, working on a crossword puzzle, hiking, or doing yoga.
I am a firm believer in the potential of all people, and constantly ask myself how I can help empower those around me. I am passionate about international innovation, and have experience working in several different countries—including Madagascar, Cameroon, Morocco, and Haiti—as well as in US-based international organizations.
At LinkedIn, I feel so lucky to have found a company that allows me to never stop learning, laughing, and caring about individuals and the world, and am honored to work with the best teammates and leaders imaginable!
Talent Solutions Consultant @ I am excited and honored to be on the Sales Development team for LinkedIn Talent Solutions. No matter what the company or industry, talent is always the most essential building block for any business. As a Talent Solutions Consultant, I am proud to help connect inspiring talent with great opportunity, while helping companies of all shapes and sizes succeed and grow. From August 2015 to Present (5 months) San Francisco Bay AreaBusiness Leadership Program Associate @ The Business Leadership Program is a rotational program that gives high performing and driven graduates the opportunity to experience working in the company's core business and leadership arenas.
BLP Associates have the opportunity to participate in an incredible learning and development workshop series, meet and learn from senior level executives from across the company, and perhaps most importantly, form strong bonds with like-minded peers and mentors.
Although everyone’s BLP journey is unique, mine has given me the gifts of insight, growth (both personally and professionally), and fun. In my rotations I have worked in the following roles:
Recruiting Associate, Campus Tech:
• Brought on board the first generation of LinkedIn talent – our summer interns
• Sourced, contacted, and interviewed candidates for a wide range of roles; followed up consistently with all candidates to ensure Best on Planet candidate experience
• Gained deep knowledge of all roles recruited for: Associate Product Manager, Business Analyst, Production & Events, Systems Engineer, Software Engineer.
• Worked with a team of hiring managers, managers, recruiters and coordinators to create a smooth and streamlined candidate hiring process.
LTS Support, Global Customer Operations
• Worked with enterprise customers as a “detective” to uncover and solve the root of any problems they might encounter
• Collaborated cross-functionally with salespeople to support client relationships
• Participated in extensive workshop series to gain deep understanding of the whole organization
• Extensive use of JIRA and Salesforce From January 2015 to Present (1 year) San Francisco Bay AreaPresident and Co-Founder @ Code for Humanity teaches basic web development, business skills, and entrepreneurship in Madagascar as a means of overcoming economic injustice.
Starting in December of 2014, I designed the project, procured in-country partnerships in Madagascar, and applied for funding from Davis Projects for Peace, a $10,000 grant awarded yearly to university students or recent graduates. With this funding, we launched our pilot class in May of 2014 with a $10,000 grant from the Davis Projects for Peace. It was a great success, with 12 graduates who built entrepreneurial projects ranging from restaurants to tour companies to dance clubs. Several of our graduates have gone on to find employment in technical roles at higher level organizations in Madagascar.
In 2015, CFH launched our second class. Through a university partnership, we were able to bring three college interns from the US to work as teachers, business administrators, and outreach coordinators. They currently manage a group of 15 students.
I have the honor of working with an amazing team as President and Co-founder on:
• Business Development
• Recruiting and managing interns
• Managing a team across countries and languages
• Key partnership formation and outreach
• Financial and Managerial Accounting and reports
Please feel free to visit our website here for more about the work we do:
www.cfhinternational.com From January 2014 to Present (2 years) Co-Founder, CEO @ A cleaning and cooking service for on- and off-campus housing at Claremont McKenna College. Responsible for creating detailed business plan, managing accounting records, creating web and social media sites, and advertising. Currently two employees, but with the high (and growing) demand we plan to increase these numbers very soon. From August 2013 to June 2014 (11 months) Web Team Intern, Facebook Social Media Blogger @ Worked as a full-time intern and continued as part-time employee for the Communications and Web Teams of international non-profit Human Rights Watch.
Tasks as intern included:
• Utilizing HTML code (in Dreamweaver) to update website and create new pages to bring stories of human rights abuses into the awareness of the world
• Creating weekly global human rights newsletter circulated to over 100,000 recipients worldwide, using Dreamweaver software and Photoshop for featured images
• Analyzing Kintera Database statistics for strategic development of newsletters
• Attending weekly staff meetings for both Communications and Web Development teams, meet with web design consultants.
As part-time social media development intern, managed such tasks as:
• Creating, tracking and analyzing daily social media content on Facebook
• Compiling report on social media uses
• Selecting and editing images and composing article headlines for Facebook audience: Human Rights Watch Facebook page participation consistently increased, and the number of "likes" have increased more than 150,000 since the start of dedicated Facebook employment. From June 2012 to June 2014 (2 years 1 month) Senior Writing Consultant @ Work with undergraduate students on writing of any kind including essays, scientific papers, creative writing, and teach ESL students the basics of grammar and the writing process. Bi-weekly staff meetings allow senior consultants to research and discuss the most recent theories and advancements in writing center literature. From August 2010 to May 2014 (3 years 10 months) Co-founder @ Connecting existing health care non-profits with shipping companies and for-profit organizations. Provide health care equipment to hospitals in Cameroon.
Responsibilities include: Co-Founding organization; traveling to Cameroon to research potential equipment recipients and implement equipment training.
Successful fundraising efforts under personal responsibility include: pitching to potential major funders; creating three minute documentary that raised initial funds of $2,600 From January 2013 to November 2013 (11 months) Wilderness Orientation Adventure Leader @ Led a group of 15 incoming freshmen students on a kayaking and camping trip in the Channel Islands; no faculty or staff present. Helped plan orientation for incoming freshman class, coordinated incoming shuttles, flights, and settling in. From August 2013 to August 2013 (1 month) Newsletter Founder, Editor in Chief @ Founded newsletter for for on-campus Human Rights Institute, with articles including center news, opportunities, and student essays. To reach widest audience, utilized HTML code to create online newsletter and web page available to students, faculty, and Center board members. Gathered staff of writers and section editor to ensure continuation of newsletter.
Additional responsibilities for Center for Human Rights Leadership include: Hosting speakers, acting as liaison with board members. From August 2011 to May 2013 (1 year 10 months) Life Section Editor, Senior Staff Writer @ As the Section Editor for Claremont McKenna College's daily online news source, assign and coordinate all Life Section articles from a staff of over fifteen writers, publishing a minimum of six articles weekly; participate in weekly strategy and planning meetings with editorial and administrative staff.
As a senior staff writer, generate and research content, produce polished articles on a deadline for daily online student-run publication. From August 2010 to April 2013 (2 years 9 months) Communications and Marketing Intern @ As a volunteer, worked with a crew in Haiti constructing a primary school and visiting sites to learn how the NGO works on the ground.
As an intern in the US office, answered phones, responsible for research and data entry, fundraising, and cataloguing. Main project was researching and creating impact report for over 15 current and past Foundation projects, circulated to potential donors From December 2011 to February 2012 (3 months) Sailing Instructor @ Worked as a sailing instructor during the summers at an island boating club, teaching two classes per day, five days per week. Taught all levels from beginners to Olympic-class racing, and all ages from 10 to 75 years old. Responsible for managing dock and boats during independent sailing hours after classes and on weekends. From June 2009 to August 2011 (2 years 3 months) Crossword Puzzle Writer @ Create weekly Crossword puzzle with solution set and theme, published in physical newspaper serving five college campuses and over 6,000 students. Participate in strategy and planning meetings with “The Student Life” editors and staff. From August 2010 to May 2011 (10 months)
Bachelor's degree, Economics, Anthropology @ Claremont McKenna College From 2010 to 2014 Nora Studholme is skilled in: Nonprofits, Entrepreneurship, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Web Design, Editing, Internet, Adobe Creative Suite, Social Media Strategist, Marketing, Craft Beer, Management, Microsoft Word, Leadership