BigInterview has come up with diverse resources to continue to support both the LGBTQIA+ community as well as addressing neurodiversity in the workplace. These resources are made available to Bentley students via BigInterview under the “Learn” section here.

According to BigInterview, “We now have an LGBTQIA+ playbook that includes 12 video lessons. We consulted with experts from the LGBTQ+ community for this, including career counselors, recent job seekers, and hiring managers. Based on their feedback, we created this playbook to …

HireVue, Personality Matching, Pymetrics, and Technical Skills Assessments. These four new screening methods have three main components in common:

They are becoming increasingly more popular amongst companies as methods to evaluate potential candidates.
The primary focus is to evaluate personalities and thinking-styles.
Students often find them intimidating.

Let’s talk about these points for a moment. These tests are often a way for employers to weed out candidates who do not outwardly show characteristics that they are looking for, and also …

If you are interested in learning more about consulting, it can be helpful to immerse yourself into the field by reading current insights articles from top firms.  Here is one such article from Bain discussing how companies can retool their strategy for a post-pandemic world.

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Small adjustments to make at work to reduce your carbon footprint!

Between classes, activities, or clubs, and anything else that busy Bentley students occupy their time with, recruitment season for each major can bring more stress into the mix. Below are some ways that you can make sure to alleviate some of that stress, as well as manage all of your many activities and responsibilities.

Start early. 

Make sure that you’ve been actively improving your resume and getting ready to rock your recruitment season. For finance and accounting majors, especially, as …

LinkedIn is your professional platform to shine. Other than your resume and cover letter, this is a way to showcase your professional pursuits and accomplishments. It is important to keep it clean, updated, and interesting! Think of it as your way to leverage connections, build a network, and define your credibility.

Here are some tips and tricks to make your LinkedIn top notch:

Take your time writing your summary; it should be an enjoyable read
Add some interesting details about …

Because many events have quickly had to convert to virtual platforms, students must now anticipate virtual interviews becoming the norm for communicating with companies. With this new interviewing method becoming increasingly popular, here are several tips that can help alleviate stress and make it feel more like an in-person interview. If you need more tips, check out even more virtual interview tips here. 

Be early, or at least on time. Although the prior rule of thumb of being at your …

Registration is now open for the Virtual Fireside Chat with Nick Noel from McKinsey & Company.

Summer 2020 is one that students will not forget. From having their plans uprooted in the age of COVID-19 and the pandemic shutting down many different opportunities for travel, in-person classes, internships, and even full-time jobs, this year is unlike any other. Luckier students who did not have their internships rescinded or canceled were given the opportunity to work from home, which was still also followed by difficulties adjusting. If you physically went to school for 12 or 13 years, …

There’s a reason so many people want to be consultants—especially right out of college. You get to become a trusted advisor and subject matter expert to clients of all different sizes. Not only is it exciting, challenging work that usually involves lots of training and diverse customers, but you’ll almost never get bored.

Veeva is a software company that helps some of the world’s brightest minds and most cutting-edge companies develop critical medicine, products, and services in the pharmaceutical and …