How to Answer the 7 Most Important Sales & Trading Interview Questions

The key to acing a sales and trading interview is preparation—and beginning your preparation as soon as possible. It’s a lot easier to begin learning finance concepts gradually than it is to become a fixed-income derivatives expert in two weeks. …

By Amelinda Vazquez Rossitto
Amelinda Vazquez Rossitto Senior Associate Director
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6 Ways Your Résumé Should Differ from Your LinkedIn Profile

Although your resume and LinkedIn profile are both important job-search tools, they serve slightly different purposes and are read by slightly different audiences under different conditions. As a result, they should never be identical.

Here, we explore the difference between building …

By Eran Peterson
Eran Peterson Associate Director, Student Engagement
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Stay up to Par by Networking: Lessons from the Late, Great, Arnold Palmer

The sport of golf has been gaining popularity over the past few years thanks in part to emerging talent like Jordan Spieth and Rory Mcllroy. While I myself am not a golfer and not overly familiar with these two particular …

By Kristen Soprano
Kristen Soprano Career Consultant | she, her, hers
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Can’t make it to the fair? Here’s how to connect with the employers you missed.

The career fairs that happen on campus each semester are an amazing opportunity for students to meet dozens of employers from various industries in one place and time conveniently located right on-campus. However, if exams, work or illness get in …

By Allison Rescsanski
Allison Rescsanski
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Professionalism 101

You’ve probably heard the word “professionalism” thrown out in many different contexts, but what does acting professional actually entail? Professionalism spans far beyond dressing well or having an impressive resume. Rather, the way you act in your academic, extracurricular, and professional …

By Arianna Dines
Arianna Dines
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What if I don’t have a passion?

Last week I sat in a training where my colleagues and I were asked to share one thing about ourselves that our coworkers didn’t already know. Immediately my mind started racing and I felt like the most boring person in …

By Emily Merritt
Emily Merritt Career Consultant, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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Leaving with Grace & Professionalism

Well, summer is almost over, folks (I know, I know). As one season changes to another, many students are ending summer internships and professionals are closing out seasonal or temporary experiences. Along with change comes the awkwardness of saying goodbye. …

By Ana Clara Blesso
Ana Clara Blesso Associate Director, Career Coaching & Experiential Learning
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Have You Always Wanted to Learn Excel? You Should! Here’s How.

Looking back at my undergraduate career at Ithaca College, one of the most valuable skills I gained was proficiency in Microsoft Excel. I was required to take a course called Business Analytics & Technology, where I spent a whole semester …

By Lisa Famularo
Lisa Famularo Associate Director, Student Engagement and DE&I | Pronouns: she, her, hers
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When is the best time to find a job or internship?

Some students already have their first job after graduation secured, with the offer being made and accepted last fall. This might be a result of a “conversion,” a summer internship that resulted in a job offer at the end of …

By Lisa McGuire
Lisa McGuire Associate Director, Corporate Partner Relations
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Networking gets the job

Whether you’re looking for a job or already working, you should constantly be networking. Are you representing your organization at an event? Attending a meeting with people you don’t work with everyday?

Or are you looking for your next opportunity? …

By Lisa McGuire
Lisa McGuire Associate Director, Corporate Partner Relations
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