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.…
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…
Picking up where we left off last week, Bryn Johnson ’89 provides additional insight on how job seekers can use LinkedIn to continue building their network with these four simple tips. Take a look below: Research Companies Researching companies. This is one of my favorite ways to use this remarkable LinkedIn database. Certainly you can…
I used to believe in perfect meritocracy, i.e. you get exactly what you put in. If you are semi-intelligent and you work hard, then your reward should be proportional to your efforts and strictly to your efforts, regardless of whether you are. This is a concept that Wellesley has drilled into me; if you want…
Terri Tierney Clark has a website for young female professionals called Advice for the New Careerist and runs an advisory business, Summit Equity Advisors, which offers private equity-related services to buyout partnerships, hedge funds, and financial services companies. Previously, Clark was one of the first female managing directors in the investment banking division at Merrill…
The reality of today’s job market is that 70-80% of jobs are found through connections and/or networking. So as it turns out, it’s not what you know, but who you know. Meaning, that sometimes to land that job or internship, you’ll need to leverage your connections and network, in addition to that fantastic resume you’re…