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MSCPA Educational Foundation Scholarship Program

Designed to recognize and encourage today’s students who become tomorrow’s accountants, the Foundation promotes new accountancy programs in higher education, and strengthens the links between business and academia. Contributions fund educational scholarships and provide financial assistance to CPA Exam candidates who have limited access to support. In addition, donations help to underwrite the cost of summer programs that introduce minority high school students to the accounting profession.

Go here to learn more about how to apply for the scholarships ranging …

By Melissa J. Sawyer
Melissa J. Sawyer Senior Associate Director/Operations Manager, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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Find Your Passion Career Podcast Featuring Alyssa Hammond

Alyssa Hammond, the Director of Undergraduate Career Education and Outcomes at Bentley University, was recently featured in the Find Your Passion Career podcast! During her episode she shares her insider tips on living your best career from her years of experience in the industry. Her passion lies in what she does each in every day – aiding undergraduate Bentley students in navigating their own professional path.

Alyssa highlights a few main points including  the importance of informational interviewing, networking, and …

By Yasmeen Alwani
Yasmeen Alwani CareerEdge Content Creator
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What to Post on Your LinkedIn

LinkedIn is one of the best tools in our modern day that connects professionals at all levels across all industries together in one centralized platform. This network is a golden ticket waiting to be used. But, building a credible LinkedIn page and knowing what and when to post is sometimes confusing, especially in your college years. Outlined below are four different types of posts you can publish on your LinkedIn page that will generate more users to your page, increase …

By Yasmeen Alwani
Yasmeen Alwani CareerEdge Content Creator
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Is the CPA path for you?

If you are interested in pursuing a CPA, there are a lot of logistics that you need to consider:  what classes do you need to take?  where are you sitting?  when can you sit?  how do you study?  If you need answers to these questions or others, meet with our faculty today!  Below you will find the point people within the Department of Accountancy who are ready and able to answer your questions.  They look forward to meeting with you!

By Melissa J. Sawyer
Melissa J. Sawyer Senior Associate Director/Operations Manager, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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Interested in a $1,000 Scholarship? Fall Deadline is September 1st!

Have you ever been upset to see plastic bags, cigarettes butts, and candy wrappers littering your favorite park, school or just along the street or alongside a freeway? Do you wish your school or college provided recycling bins for single-use water bottles? What about the worldwide impact our consumption habits are having as a society? What if everyone in the World cared and helped protect the environment as much as you do?

If you’re reading this then we want to …

By Jennifer Graham
Jennifer Graham Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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Benefits of Joining the American Marketing Association

All too often, students don’t think of using professional associations as a resource or tool to fulfill an employment goal.  Just the word professional is enough of a deterrent for a student to explore an association.  Or maybe they are viewed as a place where only people with experience can be members.  And yes there are usually entrance fees attached to joining one which may cause students with tight budgets to defer.  However, I’m here to tell you, joining a …

By Paul Stanish
Paul Stanish Senior Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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Morning Brew is an Amazing Millennial Newsletter for Business Students!

“Traditional business news sucks” said Alex Lieberman, the 25-year-old CEO and cofounder of Morning Brew in a February interview with Forbes.  Many readers agree with him – or at least prefer to get their daily business news from the concise, witty Morning Brew newsletter, which officially hit 1 million email subscribers in Feb 2019.

Subscribing to the Morning Brew is free and this is a great way for Bentley students to keep up with business news!  The knowledge and business …

By Brian Moccio
Brian Moccio Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development Center, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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6 Job Search Tips That Are So Basic People Forget Them

The irony of job search advice: There’s so much available that you don’t have to spend more than four seconds Googling before you land on some nugget of wisdom or another.

Yet, at the same time, there’s so much available (some of which completely contradicts other advice you’ll find) that it can easily overwhelm you. Which, in fact, is probably the exact opposite outcome you’re looking for when you go sleuthing for genuinely useful counsel in the first place.

So …

By Colleen Murphy
Colleen Murphy Senior Associate Director, Pulsifer Undergraduate Career Development Center
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Still looking for a summer internship – why not try MICRO-INTERNSHIPS?!

If you haven’t had any luck with your summer internship search, it’s still not too late to get meaningful experience this summer by doing micro-internships!   Read about how Bentley student Adam Rekkbie successfully obtained meaningful practical experience by doing micro-internships in HR Dive’s latest article.

To apply for micro-internships, simply click on the “JOBS & INTERNSHIPS” button at the top of this CareerEdge page or click here!

By Alyssa Hammond
Alyssa Hammond Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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Congrats to the Class of 2019!

Our 2019 Falcons are ready to fly from the nest tomorrow and we couldn’t be prouder of them!  Congratulations on your graduation – we wish you all happiness, success and fulfillment as distinguished graduates of Bentley!

By Alyssa Hammond
Alyssa Hammond Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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