By Ilayda Bingul | August 5, 2020
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…
By Ridha Mirza | July 17, 2020
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…
By Donna Sosnowski | May 1, 2020
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.
By Peer Career Ambassadors | March 9, 2020
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…
By Peer Career Ambassadors | October 21, 2019
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…
By Emily Sterczala | July 23, 2019
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…
By Annie Bergeron | December 5, 2017
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…
By Peer Career Ambassadors | September 11, 2017
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…
By Priscilla Joy Ning | August 22, 2017
Rejection sucks, plain and simple. Before I got my current internship at NatureBox, I experienced my fair share of let downs for opportunities I believed I was perfect for and it is tough not to feel hurt that the employer just did not feel so. However, there is a misconception that this process is just…
By Sophia Zhu | July 8, 2017
Your first step in finding an internship may be going onto Google and searching “(Your major here) internship”. If there is a specific company you want to intern at, then you may search “(company’s name here) internships”. You land on a company’s careers page to find that there is not an internship position that interests…