Paul Stanish

Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center

Paul Stanish is an Associate Director of Undergraduate Career Development in the Pulsifer Career Development Center at Bentley University and the dedicated Career Coach for Creative Industry, Film & Media Studies, Information Design and Corporate Communications, Marketing, and Professional Sales majors.  In addition to working with those constituents, he teaches all levels of students in the award winning CDI 101, 201 and 301 courses and manages the CareerEdge Career Colleague team.   Paul spends time cultivating relationships with corporate partners and companies in advertising, beauty, fashion, market research, television and many more.  As a certified Gallup strength coach, Paul has coached multiple staff and students on how to best utilize their strengths in the personal and professional lives.  He is certified as a Strong Interest Inventory coach and has recently completed a course in Stanford’s Life Design workshop.  He currently serves on the department strengths task force.  Paul has over 20 years of prior experience at Bentley working in Student Affairs and the Center for Alumni, Parents and Friends.  Since 2006 Paul has worked as an event planner, merchandise manager and consultant for various sports memorabilia companies in New England.  Prior to Bentley, Paul worked for CVS corp. in their management and operation training programs.  Paul graduated from Bentley with a Bachelor of Science in Management. Dedicated Career Coach for the following majors:

  • Creative Industries
  • Film and Media Studies
  • Information Design and Corporate Communications
  • Marketing
  • Professional Sales

 

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Mediahub Rising Talent Mentorship Program – Deadline to Apply Dec. 5

Mediahub is welcoming applications for their upcoming spring 2022 edition of the program. This mentorship program is designed to create access in the media industry, so applications to individuals who identify as a member of a historically marginalized/underrepresented community within the media industry will be given preference.

Each selected “mentee” will be paired with a Mediahub employee to learn the ins-and-outs of the media industry.

Many benefits of the Mediahub Rising Talent Mentorship Program include:

Professional contacts who can introduce you …

By Paul Stanish
Paul Stanish Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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Road Map to Your Tech Interview

When preparing for an interview you may feel nervous or you may not even know where to begin your preparation. When it comes to tech interviews in particular this may be a terrifying process between you and your dream job. This article from The Muse has made your interview prep just that much easier.

In the article How to Ace Your Technical Interview it gives your a step-by-step on preparing for your interview from before your interview and for your interview. …

By Paul Stanish
Paul Stanish Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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The Ultimate Guide to Acing Your Tech Interview!

To all Bentley students interested in the tech industry this is for you!

When seeking out a Tech job or internship you will have to go through a rigorous interview process that some may not be aware of. This is why you need to prepare and research prior to an interview but with the article from Learn to Code with Me, your life becomes a lot easier when preparing for an interview. In The Ultimate Guide to Acing your Technological …

By Paul Stanish
Paul Stanish Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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20 HR Podcasts for Human Resources Professionals

Introduction

Podcasts can provide listeners with the chance to easily digest information while on the go. Whether you’re on your morning commute, cleaning the house on a Saturday afternoon, or on your evening walk, podcasts are readily available during your busy life. 

This audio-based media format is a rich source of news, education, and entertainment. For human resource professionals, podcasts can be a great resource for information. 

HR podcasts are extremely popular – and it’s no wonder why. Listeners are …

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Land your dream job and advance your career with expert advice.
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Marketing Job Titles and Their Definitions

Students may often get confused when looking at the variety of entry level marketing  roles, responsibilities and tasks associated within the industry.  Each company may use similar titles but have different tasks attached to the role based on the company needs and size.  To help understand the variety of titles the american marketing association produced an article offering a rundown of the responsibilities with the most common marketing roles.  To read more about marketing assistants, marketing coordinators, digital marketing managers …

By Paul Stanish
Paul Stanish Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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To Ace Your Next Interview for a Management Position, Be Ready to Answer These 10 Questions

Interviewing for a management position? Even if you’ve never been a manager before, you’ll want to clearly demonstrate to the interviewers your managerial skills and leadership philosophy.

This article will reveal 10 questions you should reflect on and be prepared to answer in your interview for a management role (in addition to other common interview questions). Even if your prospective employers don’t ask every one of these, preparing to answer them will help you gain clarity on your strengths and …

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LinkedIn Guys! The Bentley Resource to Help You Become a LinkedIn Pro

Listen up Bentley students! We have a resource available to our students that you may not be aware of from an organization called LinkedIn Guys. This resource is a free online course that teaches Bentley students how to enhance and improve their LinkedIn experience and can now access these tools on the platform without paying the premier subscription fee! This resource could aid any incoming Freshman who would like to learn how to make your LinkedIn look presentable to secure …

By Paul Stanish
Paul Stanish Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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Entrepreneur.com – Another Resource Available to you

Many students have an aspiration to start their own venture, want to work independently or already have started their business.  Regardless of where your are in the process you may want to know where to start or how to keep your business fresh, trending and of course viable.  For those craving more information on this topic, there is a comprehensive, trendy magazine and website with an abundance of information for entrepreneurs.  Entrepreneur magazine and Entrepreneur.com has been around for years.  …

By Paul Stanish
Paul Stanish Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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Are You Optimizing the Power of LinkedIn

More often than not, when I ask students if or how they are using LinkedIn, I typically get an indifferent toned response.  Some students will share they live on LinkedIn, but that is rare.  Additionally, there are students who will share they check it 1-2 times a week.  But a heavy majority tell me they don’t use it, or they do not know how to use it.  Regardless of how often you use LinkedIn and all of the platform’s tools, …

By Paul Stanish
Paul Stanish Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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Marketing Dive – A Digital Marketing News Resource

Looking for another source of trendy, comprehensive and interesting digital marketing news?  This site might be for you.  MarketingDive.com is a news site that covers topics such as brand strategy, social media, agencies, data analytics and so much more.  There are events one can attend and a library full of archived articles and other pertinent information.   All the information is free to access and readers can register to receive weekly newsletters.

 

By Paul Stanish
Paul Stanish Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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