Permanent Link: https://blogs.babson.edu/undergraduate/2016/08/30/welcome-from-the-director-fall-2016/
Dear Parents, Throughout the summer, the Undergraduate Center for Career Development has been working feverishly to develop a robust offering of career focused programming for the fall. Feverishly, you say? With the recruiting cycle for many companies moving to early fall, for both full time and internship opportunities, we have revised our programming to ensure…
Career development is most certainly a process that takes plenty of time and dedication in order to find what you are truly looking for in an internship. My search process took a great deal of time, effort, rejection, and luck. My internship search really started when I had an “Oh, S$%*@” moment and realized that…
One month into my third summer internship, I can now say that I have developed a keen understanding of what it is like to work for a start-up, NGO (non-governmental organization), and large corporation. I think it is critical for all college students to get internships in different settings because it allows one to get…
Did you know that Business Development/Sales is the number two career function for Babson graduates? Yes, that’s right, 17% of our students followed this path in 2015 and our early look at 2016 shows the same trend. So I ask you… have you considered a career in sales? If not, I am going to guess…
This post was written by Peer Career Ambassador Jenny Hai ‘16 Do you remember when you first made your decision to forge a career in business? I remember when I first made mine. I was 17 and determined to forge a career in marketing -the only field in business I came into contact with prior…
Each semester, Babson ugrads visit tech companies and hear from company representatives to get an “insider’s perspective.” It’s been a busy week here at Babson San Francisco with the undergraduate cohort visiting both Google and weTravel. We were able to gain insights into what it’s like to work for a big, established company such as…
Jared Silver ’19 is a first year student at Babson, whose personal mission is to change people’s lives through technology, entrepreneurship, and unconventional problem solving. An entrepreneur and self-taught programmer, he is an active member of C.O.D.E. — Community of Developers & Entrepreneurs — a student organization where students learn and create viable software solutions for problems…
This post was written by Peer Career Ambassador Jaclyn Gaines ’16. As millennials, we are pretty well versed in social media platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, you name it. However, LinkedIn is a different battle that our generation is still trying to grasp. One of the biggest challenges I have found amongst our generation regards…
This post was written by Peer Career Ambassador Shun Ping Huang ’17. Informational Interviews are an informal conversation in which you seek advice on a specific career path, industry, or corporate culture of a specific company. WHO ARE YOU? You can be A student An unemployed job seeker Or an employed individual considering new options WHO…
Professional Voicemails that will Attract Employers. This post was written by Gyda Sumadi ’18, CCD Peer Career Ambassador. How old were you when you got your first cell phone? 12? 14? Basically, you were pretty young. When was the last time you updated your voicemail? If the answer to this question was the same as…
