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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Colleen Murphy gives job seekers tips on how to succeed in an out of state job search

Colleen Murphy gives her hot take on best practices for an out of state job search in WalletMoney’s latest article on 2018’s Best & Worst Places to Start a Career!

By Alyssa Hammond
Alyssa Hammond Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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New Senior Graduates who are still seeking, please join the Career Launcher Series beginning June 5th.

The Career Launcher Series program has been created to help you stay on track with your newly revised Career Action Plan. This program will take place every Tuesday and Thursday in JUNE from 10:30-12:30p.m; the program will conclude on June 28th. You will need to be on-campus for the program. If you cannot be available, please know I will still be available via phone, or Skype appointments. If you are interested in attending this program, please email Colleen Murphy, …

By Colleen Murphy
Colleen Murphy Senior Associate Director, Pulsifer Undergraduate Career Development Center
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The Career Curator: Transition- Leaving a Fingerprint on Someone’s Soul

For my final Career Curator, I’d like to discuss the concepts of change and transition. According to William Bridges, change is something that happens to people, while transition is something that happens in your mind as you go through change. Recently, I have found this to be true. Currently, I am experiencing transition as a result of a decision to spread my wings after 15 amazing years at Bentley University and to begin a new role later this summer.

Many …

By Susan Sandler Brennan
Susan Sandler Brennan Associate Vice President, University Career Services
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Marketing Transformers Event

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The Bentley Center for Marketing and Technology (CMT) turns 10 this year! To celebrate a decade of marketing success, they’re holding a special Marketing Transformers event this Friday, April 27th from 8 am to 5 pm in Wilder Pavilion. In conjunction with The Center for Alumni, Parents & Friends, as well as Career Services, and the Bentley Marketing Association, the CMT is hosting a unique, all day event  that’s all about marketing!

The event will start with a …

By Caroline Gervais
Caroline Gervais Student Director, CareerEdge & Event Planning Team
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Senior Drop-Ins

By Rachid Macer
Rachid Macer Student Director, CareerEdge and Think Tank Colleague Team
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Next Up… Counter Offer!

Do you love Mondays? No? Well, Susan Brennan and Alyssa Hammond sure do… and now you can too! Bentley has created a new podcast series called Counter Offer to provide an additional way for job seekers of all ages to get insightful and creative career advice from our seasoned career advisors.

Counter Offer is a career advice podcast designed to guide you step-by-step through everything you need to know to thrive in your career. The hosts, our very own Susan …

By Caroline Gervais
Caroline Gervais Student Director, CareerEdge & Event Planning Team
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Senior Series Spring into Action

If you have landed a job or are going to graduate school, please be sure to let your career advisor know.

If you are still looking for a job, please know your senior advisor, Colleen Murphy, for the Spring into Action program is here to help you!  In order to launch a career, you may need to work on some of your materials (resume, cover letter, interviewing, or figuring out what industry interests you!).

The Career Services Office is excited …

By Rachid Macer
Rachid Macer Student Director, CareerEdge and Think Tank Colleague Team
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The Career Curator: Connecting the Dots

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of spending a few days with some of the leading professionals in our field while facilitating a conference around The Future of Career Services. Not only did I gather incredible insights from the other faculty, but I also learned so much from the fully engaged participants. Whether leading career services at an online theological seminary, a major public university or a small community college, we all share a commitment to what Simon …

By Susan Sandler Brennan
Susan Sandler Brennan Associate Vice President, University Career Services
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