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Company culture is so important when evaluating whether a company or position is the right fit. Company culture has the ability to make or break your experience and your work ethic. When your values, beliefs, personality, etc. align with the company culture, you can become comfortable, happy, focused, efficient, driven, and many other positive traits. …
A high school athlete came in for an evaluation this past week who had been on the shelf for about a year. Due to major setbacks, combined with potentially faulty physical therapy he still has not been able to resume any activity with the injured arm. For the better part of the past year this…
Alright. Let’s talk about the subject that makes most people nervous. Networking. If you’re like me, you probably know that informationals are the key to networking. Yet it’s one of the hardest art to master, especially if you’re doing it over video or phone. I’m someone who connects with people much better in person, where…
As the second week of my internship came to an end, I decided to write down some key differences in culture that I noticed. The internship at Financial Capital seemed very different for me in the aspect of the organizational structure and workflow set up. I had some previous experience of interning in the large…
The Hoffman Family Undergraduate Center for Career Development is excited to host our 5th annual Summer Photo Contest! Why participate? This competition is a great branding opportunity for students. COVID-19 has caused disruption to normal business and academic activities. Here is an opportunity to let employers and others in your network know how adaptive, positive…
Payment ecosystem is quite complicated, and when it is mixed with new technologies it becomes harder to understand. Researching about how acquiring, issuing and processing differs from each other would give you an idea of how things work. Also having a general ideal of models such as 3 party or 4 party models would allow…
I had 3 internships during my time at Babson and 2 of them were offered by Babson Alumni. If you are an international student trying to find an internship outside of your country it may seem challenging, but you shouldn’t forget that Babson Alumni is all around the world. If you go to Babson Connector,…
I started my internship in the UK while the country was reopening. It is important to respect everyone’s personal space, and handshake might not be the best way to introduce yourself. My company has people working from the office and from home depending on their teams and their current locations. To connect with each other,…
There are some lessons we all need to learn before jumping into seeing ourselves as part of a profit-driven business, and before profit-makers, we are all life-changers.
This blog post was written by Peer Career Ambassador, Vivian Hsieh ’20 Of the many concentrations available at Babson, I chose to concentrate in Accounting for many reasons. It is definitely a challenging concentration, but there are so many positive sides to it that make it an attractive field to me and many other students.…
