As an international student, one of the biggest challenges I face is “you are great, but we cannot afford to sponsor you” phrase. If you manage to land on an internship that means the company is already interested in you. Next step should be impressing them even more so that the expense of hiring you…
Searching for jobs during a pandemic is incredibly difficult– and understandably so. Many companies laid off people and cut down on hiring. I also struggled a bit throughout my summer internship search process, but I learned 3 important things from my experience: #1. Don’t take cancellations personally During my second semester of college, I completed…
We know so many things are out of our control, but here in the Hoffman Family Undergraduate Center for Career Development, we have some ideas on how you might turn the challenges of COVID-19 into opportunities that positively impact you and your community.
This blog post was written by Peer Career Ambassador, Alex Martiros ’21 Breaks from college can be a great way to recharge and recover from the constant studying and classes of the semester thus far, but there’s a lot of opportunity for networking and internship search if you’re willing to put in the work. One…
This blog was written by Peer Career Ambassador, Yuwei Zheng ’22 The job search process can be both exciting and stressful. A successful job search requires taking initiative and finding ways to stand out. It is more than seamlessly clicking the apply button and uploading your resume. Rather, it is an active process that involves…
With August right around the corner, many of us are wrapping up our summer internship experiences and reflecting on the skills and knowledge we have gained. Since it is not yet our time to enter the professional working world, you may be thinking: now what? It is vital that interns use this transition time to…
The 5th annual Babson Boston Connect, held on November 30th, 2017, drew a large number of attendees to the HubSpot offices in Cambridge. The event was organized by the Graduate Center for Career Development and Babson’s Events Management Office and was open to all of the current graduate students (One Yr and Two Yr MBA,…
Babson’s F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business was recently named No. 3 for career progress by the Financial Times. To me, this comes as no surprise—as the senior director of our Graduate Center for Career Development (CCD), I have the privilege of working closely with our graduate students throughout their Babson journey. And I’ve seen…
The Babson Undergraduate Center for Career Development is pleased to announce our 2018 Spring Recruiting Season programs and offerings are now available! We invite you to join us to build your brand on-campus and identify talent for your organization. Below please find many ways to continue to tap into Babson’s talent this Spring. We hope…
This post was written by Peer Career Ambassador, Shreya Shah ’20 As an enthusiastic first year student, I was ready to take advantage of all Babson had to offer. I decided to join many clubs and organizations and I attended as many leadership workshops, guest speaker events, and retreats as I could. When I…
