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Welcome to the First Generation Student Career Community, created to bring together students and community members who are first generation college students and acting as a place to share career resources, advice, or opportunities for others of similar backgrounds. Explore this Community to browse upcoming events tailored to the 1GenBen community, access new job opportunities, or view up to date resources to help support you throughout your career and academic journeys!
Are you interested in learning more about your industry or different job types, or as we like to call it in our office at Bentley, your Career Community?
Well you have come to the right series for that!
Each week we are going to unveil our suggestions for engaging content to learn more about your industry, or any industry of your choice. Thinking about making an industry switch? This is a great start to learning more about different options and …
Do you have a meeting scheduled with your career coach soon but aren’t quite sure what to ask them? Here are a list of questions that you can ask your career coach to get better guidance on navigating your career path. Knowing what you want to learn when you enter that 30 minute meeting slot will maximize your time each and every session. This list is by no means an exhaustive list but it is certainly a start and can …
In this episode, Alyssa answers the question “What To Do this Summer if You Don’t Have an Internship”. With COVID impacting many summer internships, students are searching for different ways to develop experiences and skills for a career path.
What CAN you do and what SHOULD you do? Here are a few tips she shares in the video:
Volunteer
Join professional associations
& MORE
Tune into the episode to hear her share why these are awesome …
Another resource for free skill building over the summer! IBM new platform Open P-TECH. Students can take free online classes in things like block chain, design thinking, AI amongst others.
Digital learning on cutting-edge technology, designed for students!
Engaging videos and gamified assessments to spark and keep student interest!
Free to academic institutions, students, and teachers!
Industry-recognized digital badges!
Special resources for teachers!