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Below are this week’s upcoming events and deadlines at the CWS. These listings and more can be found in MyCWS. Tuesday, April 23 – Mashable’s Online Career Fair (West Coast companies) | 1:00 pm-4:00 pm | Online – Have you been searching for your dream job in the Northeast or West Coast? Do you fantasize…
1. Dress professionally Plan on wearing business casual to the event. Not sure what that means? Try wearing a skirt and dressy top, or dress pants with a button down or blouse. 2. Do your research on the alumnae attending. Read the alumnae bios beforehand and write down the questions you have for specific people.…
Suzanne Slezak ’03 writes the following post to all current students at Wellesley. She encourages students to take it one tiny step at a time; you don’t need to know what you are going to do the rest of your life the moment you become a graduate of Wellesley College. It’s OK to be unsure…
Since I was 11, I knew I wanted a life in music. As a music major, I spent most of my time at Wellesley in the practice rooms of Jewett. I wanted to be an opera singer. My plan was to spend the year after graduation working while I prepared for graduate school auditions. The…
Monday, February 25th – Managing Your Online Presence | 12:30 pm | Prior registration required – Learn how you can build a strong LinkedIn profile and use it to network with Wellesley alums and search for job opportunities. Capital One Case Workshop | 5:00 pm | RSVP on MyCWS – This is a GREAT opportunity for students…
Zara Ibrahim ’12 works for Infosys as an Analyst and lives in Manhattan. She worships Atul Gawande, hopes to go to medical school one day, and shares a blog with her roommate/fellow Wellesley alum (check it out here). Below are 3 ideas that I’ve found to help me explore the path I am currently on…
Despite sequester, fiscal cliffs, debt ceilings and other unnatural federal government disasters, there will always be entry-level law related federal jobs. They just will be harder to find and get. These jobs are in federal agencies all over the U.S. The Partnership for Public Service 2009 report, Where the Jobs Are: Mission Critical Opportunities for America,…
Karin Robinson ’12 works for HubSpot as a Support Engineer in Boston. She describes herself as an avid hipster researcher, radio aficionado and yoga enthusiast. Take a look into Karin’s journey from Wellesley College student to recent graduate. When I graduated in May of 2012, my boyfriend and I stuffed his CR-V full to the…
Photos from Sunday, January 13, 2013 The Bay Area BLCers—led by alumnae Erna Armeson, Jenny Brandemeuhl, and Leigh Marriner and Sandy Kraft (’84), Vicky Tsai (’00) and Sylvia Kuyel (’06) from the Wellesley Silicon Valley Club—co-sponsored an interactive career event on Sunday, January 13. BLC Co-chair Barbara Creed and Club President Sandy Kraft welcomed…
Below are the new two weeks of upcoming events and deadlines at the CWS. These listings and more can be found in MyCWS. Wednesday, January 30th – Psychology Internships Information Session | 12:30 pm | RSVP on MyCWS – Come learn about the CWS/Psychology Department Summer Internship Program. 3rd Annual Brandeis University Communications Forum |…