My Remarkable Summer at… FEDERAL RESERVE BANK

By Colleen Murphy
Colleen Murphy Senior Associate Director, Pulsifer Undergraduate Career Development Center
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My Remarkable Summer Experience at Pepsico!

 

By Colleen Murphy
Colleen Murphy Senior Associate Director, Pulsifer Undergraduate Career Development Center
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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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Anapaula Gomes (CI,’18) is #HIRED at Xebia Labs!

Congratulations to Anapaula for securing an internship at Xebia Labs as a Social Media Marketing Intern! Keep up the great work and good luck!

 

 

By Rachid Macer
Rachid Macer Student Director, CareerEdge and Think Tank Colleague Team
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Cultivating a Consultant | What are the realities of landing at a place like BCG?

This is our final video in the Cultivating a Consultant series!  We hope you enjoyed the series!

In the video, Alex talks about how hard work, timing and luck are all factors in your consulting job or internship search.

For our Bentley students, the timing is great, because one of your next steps should be to RSVP for our BCG Alumni Referral and Prep Program Overview event on Friday, April 13th at 11am in the Trading Room (Smith 226).  This …

By Rachid Macer
Rachid Macer Student Director, CareerEdge and Think Tank Colleague Team
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Congratulations to the Travelers Actuarial Case Competition Winners!

A Bentley team composed of sophomores Anisha Dam, Karah Degnan, Tabitha (Tabbi) Levengood and Shuning (Michelle) Wu and freshmen Devon Curtis and Matthew (Matt) Farmer won the Travelers 10th Annual Actuarial Case Competition in Hartford on Friday, February 23, 2018.  They competed against teams from Bryant, Temple, UConn and WPI.  Congratulations to you all for a job well done!

A historical note: Bentley teams won this competition in 2011 and 2015 as well!

By Melissa J. Sawyer
Melissa J. Sawyer Senior Associate Director/Operations Manager, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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How I Chose My Career in IT #mycareerstorymonday

Name: Isabelle McDermott

Class Year: 2018

Major: Computer Information Systems (CIS)

Position: Technology Associate (Entering the TechStart development program)

Company: Liberty Mutual

I started my IT career the summer after my sophomore year when I worked part-time as a technology consultant at a small IT company in Vermont (named Maple Leaf IT, how Vermont?). This allowed me to work in a more technical setting on physical computer hardware, offering me a hands on experience. Additionally, I gained a unique perspective …

By Caroline Gervais
Caroline Gervais Student Director, CareerEdge & Event Planning Team
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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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How I Chose My Career in Sales #MyCareerStoryMonday

Name: Anna Grimalyak

Class Year:  Senior

Major: Professional Sales and LSM: Health and Industry

Position: LED Product Marketing Intern/Product Marketing Specialist EC/LED

Company: LEDVANCE

When I came back from studying abroad, I was in the process of looking for an internship. As I spent time looking online searching for an internship, I stumbled upon an opening at LEDVANCE for a Product Marketing Co-Op. I’ve known of the company ever since I was young. My mother has worked for LEDVANCE for …

By Caroline Gervais
Caroline Gervais Student Director, CareerEdge & Event Planning Team
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