Become career ready this spring
There’s never been a better time to explore LinkedIn Learning’s offerings and add some new skills to career readiness or personal “toolkit.” LinkedIn Learning is a video-based online instruction resource available for Middlebury students. You can watch short videos or work through an entire course — with over 15,000 courses there is something for everyone! Check out my collections on the following topics:
- Professional Networking & Informational Interviews
- Interviewing for Business, Consulting, & Financial Services
- Internships & Career Management Strategies
- Finance Fundamentals
- Financial Accounting
- Financial Modeling
- Entrepreneurship
- MS Excel
Once you’ve signed in with your full Middlebury email address and password you’ll be ready to begin.
For more details about how to use LinkedIn Learning, visit http://go.middlebury.edu/LILinfo.
Preparing for your Summer Internship!
You’ve landed the internship or have plans to secure one soon. How do you prepare for your internship and get the most from your summer experience? Hear from a panel of students giving their best tips and advice on making the most of your internship. The conversation will include working with supervisors, taking initiative, what to do when you make a mistake or don’t know how to do an assigned task, organizing your work, negotiating conflict in the workplace, advocating for yourself, preparing for and ending your internship strong, and more! There will be time for your questions as well.
Making the Most of your Internship!
Monday, April 26, 5:00-6:00 pm
RSVP here!
Brought to you by Blueprint and the Center for Careers and Internships.
Data Science Career Panel THIS Friday
Friday, April 16 at 3:00 EDT
We are delighted to invite you, your friends, students and colleagues to the Northeast Student Data Corps (NSDC) Data Science Career Panel taking place virtually on Friday, April 16th at 3:00 to 4:00pm ET. This event is for students and educators interested in learning more about data science careers, internships and education opportunities from students and professionals in academia, industry and nonprofit organizations. The event is free.
The online flyer provides more information about the event, and the inspiring students, professors, researchers, and industry professionals who will share their journeys and answer questions about why to pursue data science careers and education, how to find internships and jobs in data science, and other questions on your mind.
Please visit the event website to view the speaker bio’s and Register here. You can submit questions for the panelists to consider when you register for the event.
Sophomore Consulting Exploratory Program at Brattle Group
Brattle is very excited to share that we have launched our first ever Sophomore focused program. The inaugural Sophomore Consulting Exploratory Program: A Day in the BHive will take place as a virtual half-day workshop on Saturday May 22, 2021.
What exactly is the Sophomore Consulting Exploratory Program?
The Brattle Group’s inaugural Sophomore Consulting Exploratory Program is a professional development experience for undergraduates completing their second year. This unique experience is designed to help students learn more about how they could apply the economic, finance, policy, computer science, and/or engineering concepts from the classroom to a career path in economic consulting. This is open to all students, but is really tailored to those who have analytical interests like math and data and are interested in exploring different career paths before graduation.
A Day in the BHive will demystify the industry of economic consulting and clarify how it is different from other types of consulting. Participants will learn about a day in the life of an economic consultant, as well as learn academic tips and interview techniques from consulting staff and the Talent Acquisition team. Sessions will include Q&A’s with consulting teammates and a resume workshop from HR, to name a few.
This program is meant to be a learning opportunity for students. There is an application process but there will be no interview process involved.
Students interested in reading more about the program and applying can do so here.
Kearney: Info Session about consulting job for rising seniors, class of 2022
Consulting 101 Panel | Road to Kearney Webinar on Thursday, April 15 from 5:00pm – 5:45pm CT Join our Kearney consultants to learn more about a career in consulting. Our Business Analysts will give you advice on recruiting and walk you through the type of work consultants do. Instructions to join the webinar will be sent in the confirmation email. |
Register |
As you begin to think about the upcoming full-time recruiting season, we hope you will consider a career at Kearney. As a global consulting partnership in more than 40 countries, our people make us who we are. We’re individuals who take as much joy from those we work with as the work itself. Driven to be the difference between a big idea and making it happen, we help our clients break through. Because we’re big enough to make real impact but small enough to stay connected, working here means getting into it and making your mark. Never sitters on the sidelines, we’re doers by nature and count on everyone to join in. This is a place to let your ideas out and make it happen. To help you get to know Kearney, we will be hosting a webinar in April to introduce you to our firm. We look forward to sharing more with you very soon! All the best, Kearney Campus Recruiting |
Consulting Internship at Oliver Wyman for summer 2022
Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in 50+ cities across 26 countries. Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. Our 4,000+ professionals help clients optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities.
We look for initiative, intuition and creativity with a strong background in problem solving and analytics. We do not require a specific academic major or industry experience and we value extracurricular activities and evidence of leading an interesting and impactful life outside of studies/work. One of the best things we can do for our clients and ourselves is to recruit a diverse group of people who bring a broad range of strengths and backgrounds to their roles.
Come aboard if you are excited by challenges and at ease working across cultures. You’ll find interesting people who speak their minds and measure success not by how many hours are worked but by what gets accomplished.
This opportunity is specifically for current sophomores, class of 2023. Deadline is April 25.
Click HERE to read more in Handshake and apply.
The Jack Langerman Hall of Fame Internship
The Jack Langerman Internship at Hall of Fame Media, a new division of the Hall of Fame Resort and Entertainment Company.
The Jack Langerman Internship is given to a Middlebury student who best embodies the qualities Jack brought to everything he did. The program is a two-month, remote summer internship working within the content division to help identify, develop and produce various content initiatives built around professional athletes.
Hall of Fame Media leverages the stories, personalities and passions of professional athletes and the Pro Football Hall of Fame to develop unique long and short-form content features for distribution networks, brands and fans. The person that fills this position will support the Hall of Fame Media team in a range of functions, will have a front row seat to watch the content development process unfold, and will contribute to building the nation’s next great sports and entertainment enterprise.
Responsibilities include:
- Researching trends in the sports content marketplace, and identifying athletes and opportunities that fit those trends
- Researching, understanding and cataloguing intellectual property housed within the Pro Football Hall of Fame and its archives
- Creating decks, one-sheets and other collateral materials to support content development efforts
- Organizing company materials as directed
- Attending meetings and producing concise meeting summaries and action plans
Skill Requirements
Candidates should be confident in their research, analysis, writing, organizational and time management capabilities. As a small team company culture is paramount, so candidates should be personable and outgoing.
About Jack Langerman
Jack was a proud Middlebury graduate and an extraordinary human being who seized every day he had to the fullest, living more in his 24 years than most do in 80. He never left a moment unused, an opportunity unpursued, or a friendship unmade. He was a Full Participant in Life, perpetually propelled by a pure joy that makes it difficult to recall a day that he would have described as “unhappy” – to Jack the most interesting person was whomever he was talking to; his favorite place wherever he was standing.
Jack applied a high level of character and commitment to all of his endeavors. When he set his mind to something he was all in, and by sheer force of will made himself a better student, a better athlete and a better person. Throughout, his natural warmth, good humor and broad, signature smile made it look easy, even when it wasn’t.
Jack deeply loved and was enormously influenced by the many communities of which he was lucky enough to be a part during his far-too-short life, and Middlebury featured prominently among those. These communities played an outsized role in molding Jack into the exceptional young man he became, and it is our honor, our privilege and our obligation to give as much back to them as they gave to him – and then some. With that as our guiding principle our hope is that Jack’s legacy will endure in part by ensuring that the institutions, organizations, people and places that shaped Jack continue to shape others just as profoundly. Students who apply for this internship should have a passion for sports, for Middlebury, and for life – Jack would have expected nothing less.
This internship is funded with a CCI award of $3,000.00. If you are offered and accept this internship, please be aware that your funding for this position is provided by CCI, and therefore you will be required to complete funded internship paperwork. Typically, seniors are not eligible for funding for CCI sponsored internships, but occasional exceptions are made.
Click here to apply in handshake!
Terrence (TJ) Smith’18, Account Manager at Google, answers career related questions LGBTQ+ identifying students might have when seeking job opportunities
Peer Career Advisor (PCA) and Posse Scholar Zoey Ellis’22 interviewed Terrence (TJ) Smith, Account Manager at Google, to answer common career related questions LGBTQ+ identifying students might have when seeking job opportunities.
Zoey: What activities or student organizations were you involved in during college and how did they help you get to where you are today?
TJ: I was involved in Black Student Union as the treasurer. I also was a RIDDIM co-director and a Language Tables manager. My experiences in these organizations allowed me to strengthen transferable soft skills such as: people management, effective communication, and organizing events. That said, I think the biggest benefit was being able to have a diverse outlet. Understanding the importance of caring about something or being involved in something outside of work is crucial.
Zoey: As a graduate who identifies as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Non-Binary, Gender Non-Conforming, Genderfluid, or Queer, what are some of the questions you suggest students should keep in mind when researching employers and applying to job opportunities?
TJ: When researching employers, check to see if they have a LGBTQ+ resource group, typically you can find that around the company culture section. Do they have a resource group? Are they recognized for their work in the LGBTQ+ space? If they have a company blog, do they mention topics the queer community face? Honestly, any question that interrogates how the company values their queer employees.
Zoey: Would you suggest students consider to what extent they would like their career to incorporate their LGBTQ+ identity? Do you want your identity to have a major role, such as working for an LGBTQ+ advocacy group? Or expressed in a different way, like joining the LGBTQ+ affinity group for employees at an organization?
TJ: When thinking about your brand and who you are, think about what kind of role you want your LGBTQ+ identity to play. I, personally, decided to be out at work, but I haven’t been too involved with our company’s LGBTQ+ resource group. I’m a big advocate of separating work and personal life, so I focus on expressing my queer identity in avenues outside of work i.e. volunteering with LGBTQ+ orgs.
Zoey: Could you recommend any career related LGBTQ+ resources that helped you in the job search process?
TJ: O4U (Out for Undergrad) is a great organization that hosts conferences for queer college students to explore their LGBTQ+ identity while in the workplace. I recommend every queer student to at least check out the website. If they have an event for your field, definitely apply! It’s a great network and exposure opportunity.
Zoey: Have you come out to your employer, and if so, when in the employment process and how?
TJ: I came out after I was already hired. If you decide to divulge your queer identity during the interview process, I would just make sure you leverage it in a way that shows strength to your character. I have no strong feelings for or against discussing your identity while interviewing, it’s all situational.
Zoey: What advice would you give your younger college self?
TJ: Be open to change. Determining how you spend your 40+ hours of the week for the rest of your life at 21 years old is absurd. Your dreams may change. Don’t be afraid of evolving.
Zoey: Is there any other advice that you’d like to share with Middlebury students?
TJ: You’re a Middlebury College student during a pandemic. Except for the class of 2020, literally no one alive can say they’ve experienced that. Be easy on yourself and give yourself space to take things day by day.
If you would like to contact Terrence (TJ) Smith, please reach out via Midd2Midd!
Consulting Internships to check out
These look pretty good:
Summer Project Manager (Intern) at The New England Consulting Group Founded in 1981, The New England Consulting Group pioneered the concept of experience-based consulting and brought a new model of the “Principal Principle” to the management consulting industry. Our objective is to produce the highest quality marketing and business management consulting product. Our secondary objective is to create an environment conducive to learning, growth and achievement. Our first responsibility is to our clients. We put our clients’ businesses and careers ahead of our own and provide superior quality counsel that positively impacts our clients’ businesses and careers.
Project Management Summer Associate, Conflict and Stabilization at Dexis Consulting As a Project Management Summer Associate, you will be an important part of our Stabilization Team here at Dexis to support our work throughout the globe. We hold the USAID/Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) Support Which Implements Fast Transitions (SWIFT-5) contract that supports nations in transitions. As part of our team, you will be a part of a dedicated group of individuals who work to address the whole life cycle of programs from capture to implementation.
SEO Career Diversity Internship Program SEO Career is the nation’s premier professional development program for Black, Hispanic, and Native American freshmen, sophomores and juniors. With over 40 years of experience, SEO Career has a proven track record in preparing students for competitive summer internships that lead to coveted full-time jobs. Our team of coaches gets you interview ready for the recruiting season and throughout your summer internship to land the return offer.
Albright Stonebridge Group (ASG) is the premier global strategic advisory and commercial diplomacy firm. With a commitment to excellence, integrity, and discretion, we help our clients navigate challenges and capture opportunities in markets around the world. ASG goes beyond opening doors, working alongside our clients to develop and implement tailored strategies. The global ASG network includes over 230 regional and sectoral experts and has a record of success in over 120 countries. ASG is seeking interns for the summer 2021 semester with knowledge of Africa, the Americas, China, Europe, East Asia & Pacific, South Asia, Health and Life Sciences/Global Health Solutions, Corporate Sustainability, Global Innovation & Growth, and Business Development, Communications and Marketing.
Consulting Bootcamp with MCG
This semester MCG has launched their Consulting Bootcamp Series. Now, they are expanding the program to include non-MCG members!
Through this series, you will gain a deep understanding of the diverse field of consulting, improve your technical and behavioral skills through trainings led by tested consultants, and enjoy a community of helpful mentors and like-minded peers.
The series occurs every Sunday from 4-5pm EST. See the schedule here for more info.
If you’re interested in participating, please reach out to Dennis at Dmirandacruz@middlebury.edu.