No doubt about it, it’s a jobseeker’s market right now. But the candidates who have the greatest advantage are those who can integrate technical knowledge along with human skills, such as communication and leadership, creativity, problem-solving, innovation, and teamwork.
A Brand-New World: Returning to a Post-COVID Workplace
Growing up in the 1970s and early ‘80s, Laura Gordon could not remember a time when her mother, Arlene, wasn’t working in the tech industry. An early pioneer of IT and computer science, Arlene Rosenbaum's groundbreaking career seemed unlikely when she graduated from City College of New York in 1964–a newlywed whose degree in theoretical mathematics seemed non-applicable. “Interviewers said they would not hire and train me if I was planning to have children,” Arlene recalls. “And they bluntly asked that question.”
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“By far, the best investment you can make is in yourself.” – Warren Buffett
On Thursday, May 6, to a Zoom audience of fellow students, faculty, staff, industry mentors, and invited guests, twenty MBS interns outlined their experiences as participants in MBS's Graduate Internships Program.
This year’s exuberant ceremony, held on May 13, honored Master of Business and Science (MBS) program graduates from October 2020, January 2021, and May 2021, followed by an “afterparty” via gather.town. Emceed by executive coach Kathleen Cashman-Walter, MBA, PCC, the evening was buzzing with excitement and joy!
On May 4, 2021, and May 5, 2021, more than 90 students split among 23 teams made scientifically-based pitches for products that could help make advancements in fields ranging from agriculture to veterinary care to cosmetics to textile recycling and, of course, to human healthcare and medicine.
