Whatever It Takes

When I was growing up, I idolized ballplayers who scrapped and worked hard to do what the team needed. They were always “whatever it takes” guys; lay down a bunt, hit behind the runner, hit the ball in the air …

By Michael K. Shaub
Michael K. Shaub Clinical Professor & Director of Deloitte Professional Program Director
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How MBA Students are Using Artificial Intelligence to Land Jobs

(Editor’s Note:  The Mays Business School Career Management Center offers both VMock and 12Twenty resources- services mentioned in the article below- to students in the MBA and MS programs!)
Robots could wipe out many jobs, but MBA students are using …

By Seb Murray
Seb Murray
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How to Build Confidence at Work: 6 Practical Tactics (Part 2) | Your Best Professional Self Series

(Shared from the Ivy Exec newsletter)

Confidence is a major contributing factor to accomplishing our goals and how we are perceived in the workplace— but it’s not a naturally occurring trait in all of us. For those who already feel …

By Lin Grensing-Pophal
Lin Grensing-Pophal
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Defining Confidence: What Does Professional Confidence Look Like? (Part 1) | Your Best Professional Self Series

It’s a new year and professionals of all stripes are looking to hit the ground running at work and go for it. The challenge: many lack, or feel that they lack, the confidence to really make an impact. But, what …

By Lin Grensing-Pophal
Lin Grensing-Pophal
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Is It Time for a Career Transition? 15 Signs It Is and 7 Signs It Isn’t (Your Professional Best Series)

You’ve been in your position for a while and you’ve become fairly comfortable in it, perhaps too comfortable. Maybe you’re feeling that you’re becoming stagnant and not being challenged enough. Maybe you’re frustrated by the slow pace—or stressed out by …

By Lin Grensing-Pophal
Lin Grensing-Pophal
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5 Mindsets of Highly Effective Sellers

(Article shared from Inc.com)
Great sellers are able to understand why they sell a product and how it will genuinely help their customer, resulting in a natural sales process and experience.

Even the most basic sales training make an average seller out …

By Matt Ehrlichman
Matt Ehrlichman
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7 Tips for Successfully Closing MBA Summer Internships

A career coach, b-school student, graduate, and official offer their advice on best and worst practices.

(A US News.com article written by Menachem Wecker, Staff Writer)

AS THEIR SUMMER internships wind down, MBA students can learn a lesson from Ernest Thayer’s 1888 …

By Menachem Wecker
Menachem Wecker Staff Writer
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How to Land an MBA Internship

By Katherine Hobson, Contributor, for US News, 19 March 2019

MBA students should maximize the summer to secure a top job after graduation.

Before Michael Levit arrived at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business to start his MBA, he …

By Katherine Hobson
Katherine Hobson Contributor
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What Not to Say During Salary Negotiations

(Shared from the Daniel Bortz article on Monster. com)

Finally, after making it through a grueling interview process you receive that job offer you’ve been gunning for all along. Still, there’s one more hurdle to cross, and that’s salary negotiation.

By Daniel Bortz
Daniel Bortz Monster Contributor
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3 Tips for Surviving a One-Way Video Interview

(By Kaitlin McManus, 22 March 2019, for the Vault blog)

Burgeoning bankers beware—recruiting techniques continue to shift towards the electronic. Financial services giant JPMorgan announced that it will be drastically cutting down its presence at college career fairs and will be moving …

By Kaitlin McManus
Kaitlin McManus
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