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Chief Operating Officer – Markets and Securities Services Technology at Citigroup Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. When I was a little girl I played chairman of the board and monopoly with my barbie dolls, and spent hours on my Commodore 128 computer. Based on my childhood games, I suppose it…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I’m a professional musician, composer, and music educator, based in the Los Angeles area. I’m rooted in traditional jazz as a flutist and vocalist, but my music reflects the multiplicity of my life experience and musical influences from soul, to classical, to African and Indian…
Sarah Fishleder ’00 is the Founder and CEO of WayScout, a tool for falling in love with a city. While at Wellesley, Sarah studied Philosophy and participated on the Student Council to the Board of Trustees, Committee on Curriculum and Instruction, and Academic Review Board, in addition to spending a few early mornings rowing on…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. At some point in everyone’s life, we get this idea: what if I combined all of the things that I love most and turn them into a career? But there is no job in the world like that, right? No matter. I will make one! This…
At my first-year (then called freshman) year convocation, then-president Ruth Adams characterized a Wellesley education as a life-long membership in a powerful and inspiring community. And wow, was she right: my favorite part about going to Wellesley was life after graduation. Since leaving Wellesley/graduating, I have experienced the worldwide reach and depth of the alumnae…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. With a double major in Political Science (honors) and Middle Eastern Studies, I graduated in the grim economic recession of 2009. After receiving Wellesley’s Barbara Bush Volunteerism award to work in Ithaca on disability services for preschoolers that summer, I opted out of the disparaging…
LinkedIn is my secret weapon–both professionally and personally–but not for the reasons you may think. Yes, LinkedIn is a powerful recruiting source for small and large companies. Recruiters scour LinkedIn for the ideal candidate to woo for open positions. Having a strong LinkedIn profile is a huge advantage to you as a person in career…
If you’re like me and you’re an undergraduate student in the beginning stages of a job search and still trying to figure out what you want to do with your Wellesley liberal arts education, then adding Twitter to your job search repertoire might be useful in ways that you probably hadn’t thought about. When talking…
Summer should include a break from schoolwork, exams, and papers….but it’s a great time to do a few things to help you as you consider careers after Wellesley. Here are a few suggestions of things you might try! 1. Talk to people. Most people enjoy talking about themselves and their careers. Try to find ways to…
Elizabeth Tharakan ’06 has graciously written this blog piece on the value of networking and the Wellesley network. Take a look! “You don’t ask for a job on a date; you build a relationship.” That’s what the career services adviser at Cardozo School of Law advises law students and recent grads when it comes to…