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CFA Society Boston: Women In Investment Management Event on 4/25

Bentley women undergraduates are invited to a FREE Panel Session — CFA Society Boston’s Women in Investment Management: Choosing a Career in Investment Management

The panel will be held on Thursday, April 25, from 6-8 pm  at Babson College (10 Babson College Drive, Wellesley, MA, The Innovation Center at Park Manor West).

Students will have the opportunity to:

Celebrate CFA Society Boston’s inaugural group of undergraduate women participating in summer internships with four leading investment management firms
Listen to accomplished women professionals …

By MaryEllen Ryan
MaryEllen Ryan Senior Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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The Best Career Sites to Follow

Need more career advice and tips? Here is a list of the top sites that post blogs on all career topics. Everything from cultural assessment, resume tips, cover letter writing, networking advice, interview skills, career resources and so, so, so much more. Check out a few of them and see which ones pique your interest and how you can leverage these websites to continue to accelerate and enhance your career today.

The Muse
The Vault
Balance Careers
Career Geek
Position …

By Yasmeen Alwani
Yasmeen Alwani CareerEdge Content Creator
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How I Chose My Career in Human Resources #MyCareerStoryMonday

Name: Ryan Cadorette

Class Year: 2018

Major: Management (Concentration in Human Resources)

Position: HR Business Partner I (People Supervisor)

Company: Anheuser-Busch

 

I started thinking about my Human Resources career when I originally worked at a local savings bank as a teller after high school. Once in college, I was able to get an HR internship at TD Bank working in Employee Relations one summer and then returned to the same company to do an internship in compensation going …

By Rachel Linehan
Rachel Linehan CareerEdge Manager
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How I Chose My Career in Accounting #MyCareerStoryMonday

Name: Jeff Peloquin

Class Year: 2009

Major: Accounting (minor in Law)

Position: Senior Tax Director

Company: Peloquin and Company, LLC

 

I started thinking about my accounting career when I was in high school. I started off by scooping ice cream in high school, which lasted for a few summers.  I could’ve kept doing that forever (it was a blast and the ice cream was delicious), but decided to get into the accounting world by interning at a local machining …

By Rachel Linehan
Rachel Linehan CareerEdge Manager
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Bentley wins NACE Career Services Excellence Award at national conference in New Orleans

It was all celebrations and smiles when Bentley Undergraduate Career Services was recently awarded the National Association of Colleges and Employers Career Services Excellence Award.

NACE’s Excellence Awards competition is national in scope and recognizes the outstanding achievements of college career services and HR professionals.  NACE represents over 8,200 four-year and two-year college members and over three thousand employer members who hire college graduates.

The entry entitled “Bentley University HIRE Education CDI Course Suite” was judged on program need/objectives, relevance …

By Rachid Macer
Rachid Macer Student Director, CareerEdge and Think Tank Colleague Team
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Our own Alexandra Steinman shares great employability advice for college students in CommonWealth Magazine

By Alyssa Hammond
Alyssa Hammond Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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Cultivating a Consultant | What kind of feedback did you receive from people who helped you practice case interviews?

Here is the third video in our Cultivating a Consultant series including some very helpful commentary below from Alex.  Enjoy!

As mentioned in the previous commentaries, the case interview has different components that are used to evaluate the candidate in different ways.  Although every single part of the case interview is important, the framework used to solve the case is the most important part since it is the backbone of the case.

The framework is so important because it shows …

By Rachid Macer
Rachid Macer Student Director, CareerEdge and Think Tank Colleague Team
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Cultivating a Consultant | How did you Prepare for the Case Interview?

Here is the second video in our Cultivating a Consultant series as well as some accompanying commentary from Alex.  Enjoy!

One key characteristic of case interviews is that it requires a lot of preparation both on your own and with someone else. When you talk with people in consulting, you realize that there is no one person that was able to get an offer without preparing extensively for the case. In my opinion, one of the reasons that people from …

By Rachid Macer
Rachid Macer Student Director, CareerEdge and Think Tank Colleague Team
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Cultivating a Consultant | Knowing Yourself and Your Top 5 Strengths

We are pleased to share the first video in our Cultivating a Consultant series as well as some accompanying commentary from Alex.  Enjoy!

Before realizing that consulting might be the job that best fit my needs and strengths, I spent two years interning in wealth management at Goldman Sachs.  After my first internship, the decision to accept the offer for a second internship was a no brainer for me: I was working with a great team, at a very good …

By Rachid Macer
Rachid Macer Student Director, CareerEdge and Think Tank Colleague Team
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Cultivating a Consultant | A New Series

We are excited to announce the launch of a new short series of videos entitled “Cultivating a Consultant”!  This series features Alex Aserraf, a 2017 Bentley grad who landed a full-time role as an Associate with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).  The series will highlight Alex’s wisdom and guidance for current Bentley students interested in the field of Consulting.  We were lucky enough to have obtained this amazing information during Alex’s senior year at Bentley via an interview conducted by …

By Rachid Macer
Rachid Macer Student Director, CareerEdge and Think Tank Colleague Team
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