Alyssa Hammond

Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center

Alyssa Hammond is the Director of Undergraduate Career Development in the Pulsifer Career Development Center at Bentley University and leads the undergraduate team and its efforts for advancing its career education curriculum (CDI courses which won the National Association of Colleges and Employers Career Services Excellence Award), dedicated career coaching and outcomes for all undergraduate students, technology innovation, student collaboration, social innovation, and marketing initiatives.

A graduate of Syracuse University and New England Law Boston and a bar certified attorney, Alyssa has worked as a career coach and higher education administrator for more than 20 years. She has provided career coaching and presented career-related classes, workshops and presentations to thousands of students through her work at Suffolk University, New England Law and Bentley University, and to professional organizations such as the National Association of Law Placement, the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Public Relations Global Network.   She is also a certified CliftonStrengths and Strong Interest Inventory coach and conducts one on one and team coaching, large scale CliftonStrengths development programming for companies such as Verizon, Kronos and Martignetti Enterprises, and has incorporated and implemented Strengths into the CDI 101 and 201 courses for first and second year students at Bentley.

Alyssa has served as Vice President of Student Membership for Publicity Club of New England’s Board of Directors and has been a member of the National Association of Colleges and Employers, Career Leadership Collective, the Ad Club, the Publicity Club of New England, and the Network of Executive Women.  She has also been an adjunct professor for the Information Design and Corporate Communications Department here at Bentley, teaching IDCC 390 “The Business of Social Media”.

Additionally, Alyssa has been featured in U.S. News & World Report, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Chicago Tribune, the Boston Herald, Boston Business Journal, Boston.com, BostonInno, and Business Insider for her career services and social media work and co-hosted Bentley’s career advice podcast, Counter Offer, which was named a Top 10 Higher Education Podcast by eCity.  Her #AskAlyssa videos are featured on CareerEdge and Bentley Career Services’ Instagram account and she is featured in a Bentley University Master Class video on networking.

Alyssa is known on campus to be an expert in “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” and loves to play it with her CDI 101 and 201 students when discussing the importance of contact theory and networking in their job search. She loves to be challenged anytime, anywhere, so if you see her in the halls, shout out an actor or actress and she’ll surely figure out how they are connected to Kevin B.! Her favorite things about her office are working with Bentley’s “Falcon” awesome students, her team, and their culture wall –  the “Love Mondays” tile is her personal fav because she definitely does and wants her students to, too!

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5 Fashion Companies Leading the Sustainability Movement

Although the fashion industry is glamorous, its business practices sometimes aren't. With New York and London Fashion Week wrapping up, environmental experts are examining the sustainability of the fashion industry. Environmentally harmful practices—such as using toxic chemicals in tanneries and polluting water with textile dye—are commonplace and contribute to the fashion industry's damaging footprint. With this in mind, those fashion companies that surmount environmental obstacles inherent to the industry in order to create sustainable looks deserve attention. Here are five …

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EACE’s 2022 Virtual Road Trips to the Real World!

Bentley students do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity to get a head start on your career planning!

The Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers (EACE) is offering college students the opportunity to attend one-day employer virtual site visits between January 4 – 19, 2022. In this experience, you will hear from 11+ host companies about their organization, industry, internships, and job opportunities.

If you would like to receive more information on what companies will be in attendance or …

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Apply for The 2022 Google Lime Scholarship Today!

We want to support YOUR academic journey in Computer Science or Engineering!

The 2022 Google Lime Scholarship application is now LIVE and is open to current undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. students with disabilities* who are pursuing Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or closely related degrees. Recipients will receive a monetary award for the 2022-2023 academic year ($10,000 USD for those studying in the US and $5,000 USD for those studying in Canada). Scholars will also be invited to attend a Google …

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The Verizon Forward for Good Challenge application is now open!

Verizon Forward is an all-inclusive diverse program now partnering with the Clinton Global Initiative to challenge undergraduates and grad students interested in a career in sustainability or IT with a strong desire to propel their change-making journey to the next level.  Verizon’s initiative for the good challenge is economic, environmental, and social advancement. The initiative hopes to empower students to tackle society’s biggest challenge across five focused areas: education, environment, and climate change, peace and human rights, poverty alleviation, and …

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Interested in Commercial Real Estate? Become a Project Destined Student Today!

Bentley students interested in a career in commercial real estate take a look at Project Destined.

Project Destined is a diversity and inclusion forward company now offering a number of terrific opportunities for undergraduate students of color interested in commercial real estate. They have now launched an 8-week paid Real Estate Virtual Internship Program led by professional experts in the field. The program will explore real estate, the importance of ownership, and the power of technology to tell authentic, compelling …

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Interested in tech/operations/management consulting? Deloitte Consulting has exclusive opportunity for Bentley students – act now!

Deloitte Consulting is proud to offer Bentley students the exclusive opportunity to explore the world of consulting.

The Deloitte Consulting Externship is a volunteer-based, technology-focused management consulting simulation experience open exclusively to Bentley students.

What is the Externship Program?

The Deloitte Consulting Externship is a collaborative program between Deloitte Consulting and Bentley University. The program is focused on providing students with an authentic technology and management consulting experience, while conducting research on an exponential technology’s application in a relevant industry.

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Top Open Source Machine Learning Tools to Learn (and Use) in 2022

To have a successful career in future technologies like data science, machine learning (ML) and analytics, you need a combination of two complementary skill sets: An instinctive understanding of data and practical expertise with relevant tools. While developing an instinctive understanding of data will be a long-term and immersive endeavour, you can begin playing with machine learning tools right away. Here are some tools that we recommend you begin with. We’ve kept them all open-source to help you not only try …

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Artificial Intelligence vs. Human Intelligence: Who Will Build the Future?

Artificial Intelligence(AI), the science of making smarter and intelligent human-like machines, has sparked an inevitable debate of Artificial Intelligence Vs Human Intelligence. Indeed,  Machine Learning(ML) and Deep Learning(DL) algorithms are built to make machines learn on themselves and make decisions just like we humans do. In an attempt to make smarter machines, are we overlooking the impact of AI takeovers on future careers? Would Human Intelligence face an existential crisis? Vivek Kumar, Managing Director at Springboard, demystified the myth of machines …

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Women interested in Cyber Security, this article is for you!

If you are looking into a career in security but do not have any background this article breaks down the main aspects of what the career entails. In this article you will find an interview from Erin Joe, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Alliances at Mandiant who also worked as an FBI agent and leader for 25 years! Joe explains why she chose the career path that she did and what her day to day assignments looks like.

If you …

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Top 17 Green Companies That Are Doing Their Share for the Environment

Check out Green Citizen’s article on the Top 17 Green Companies that are doing their share for the environment!

https://greencitizen.com/green-companies/

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