The Pulsifer Career Development Center's fall 2025 hours of operation are 8:30am - 4:30pm on Monday - Friday.  Bentley University strives to make web content accessible to all users. If you are having difficulty accessing information and need this content in an alternate format, please contact The Pulsifer Undergraduate Career Development Center at 781-891-2165 or GA_UCD@Bentley.edu.

There’s No Secret Sauce: How Finance Students Actually Land Internships and Jobs

Students often ask, “What’s the secret?  Tell me what I need to do to land that internship or job!”

Here’s the truth: there is no secret sauce.

Landing an internship or job comes down to three things – and none of them are mysterious.

1. YOUR APPLICATION MATERIALS NEED TO BE FLAWLESS.

Before anything else, your resume, cover letter, and LinkedIn need to be clean, clear, and error-free.

Why?  Employers receive hundreds of applications.  They’re actively looking for reasons to screen …

By MaryEllen Ryan
MaryEllen Ryan Senior Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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Form Your Teams Now ~ 2026 Case for a Cause Competition with Roland Berger

Roland Berger is a leading global strategy consulting firm with offices in over 34 countries. In the U.S. we are in Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Houston. They are hosting their 10th annual charity consulting case competition to benefit Make-A-Wish® Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The competition provides undergraduate students the opportunity to solve a written case based on a real-life consulting challenge.

The goal of the Case for a Cause charity case competition is to raise funds to sponsor a child’s wish and provide …

By Lisa Dinsmore
Lisa Dinsmore Senior Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development Center, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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Management Consulted’s November Industry Report

Management Consulted’s November Consulting Industry Report highlights the developments influencing hiring, pay, skills, and firm strategy as we head into 2026.

You’ll walk away with a clearer picture of where the opportunities are – and what it takes to stay competitive.

Inside the report:

View the web version here. Be sure to login with your Bentley account to see full report.

By Lisa Dinsmore
Lisa Dinsmore Senior Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development Center, Pulsifer Career Development Center
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Nervous to Network? I Hear You.

If the word networking makes you nervous and tense you are not alone. A lot of students think and view networking as walking into a room full of strangers and trying to impress people. No wonder it feels overwhelming.

But networking doesn’t have to look like that.

I recently read a Forbes article by Ruth Gotian, who points out that people who hate networking usually think they have to “perform.” They assume networking requires being loud, outgoing, or the most interesting …

By Shreya Nair
Shreya Nair
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Vault Guides

Vault Guide to Case Interviews, Ninth Edition

Case interviews are a crucial part of the hiring process in the consulting industry. Designed to test an applicant’s knowledge …

Vault Guide to Behavioral Interviews, 2024 Edition

The Vault Guide to Behavioral Interviews contains essential tips for preparing for and acing behavioral interview questions. These questions (which …

Vault Guide to the Top 15 Consulting Firms, 2023 APAC Edition

Vault’s editors have composed this essential resource of leading consultancies, tailored specifically for the Asia-Pacific market, and covering both international …

Career Resources

Students with Disabilities Career Resources

The Pulsifer Career Development Center is committed to providing accessible careerdevelopment resources for all Bentley students.

Navigating your career …

Marc Cosentino’s Case One Program

All Bentley undergraduate students have free access to Marc Cosentino’s Case One Program! Marc is the author of “Case In …

Case Interview Workshop

In the resources section of Handshake, you will find a video of an excellent Case Interview workshop which includes both …

mconsultingprep.com

This resource has some free/ some paid resources to learn about the recruitment process for management consulting. Articles on casing, …

PrepLounge.Com

PrepLounge is a case interview community where candidates with similar career goals get connected, practice cases and sharpen their consulting …

ManagementConsulted

Website offering both free resources and paid coaching for management consulting recruitment prep.

Free content includes case video walkthroughs, app …

Igotanoffer

Both Paid & Free resources for management consulting recruitment prep.

Good free content includes resume/cover letter writing, Case interview most …

Caseinterview.com

Site with free and paid resources for case interviewing

Contact & Location

Phone
781.891.2165
Address

Undergraduate Career Development
Pulsifer Career Development Center
LaCava Center 225
175 Forest Street
Waltham, MA 02452

Career Service Hours

Day of the week
Career Development Fall 2025 Hours of Operation First-Year and Sophomore Drop-In Hours Will Begin on September 8, 2025
Monday 8:30am-4:30pm 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Tuesday 8:30am-4:30pm 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Wednesday 8:30am-4:30pm 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Thursday 8:30am-4:30pm 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Friday 8:30am-4:30pm 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Visit our Staff Page to see Career Community Coach’s Individual Drop-In Hours for JUNIORS & SENIORS.