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Veterans MBA Conference 2021

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Smeal MBA students at the Veterans MBA Career Fair and Expo

Left to right: Nathan Lewis ’23, Patrick Higgins ’22, Matthew Robles ’22, Gabe Eshleman ’23, Miles O’Keefe ’23, Andy McKenna’22 on October 1, 2021

By Andy McKenna, MBA Class of 2022

Transitioning from any job or industry is difficult and challenging. Transitioning from the military into the business world however involves unique challenges. The professional recruitment cycle is unfamiliar and can be overwhelming. It is difficult to communicate and explain to recruiters how military work experience relates to the business world. Fortunately, the veterans’ Continue reading →

Veterans MBA Conference 2019

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By Bobby Ettorre, MBA Class of 2020

One of the greatest challenges facing Veterans who transition from the military service into the private sector is a lack of business acumen. Speaking from personal experience, when I left the service, I didn’t know how to communicate my work experience to recruiters and was unfamiliar with the professional recruitment cycle. I remember being completely lost at my first career fair; figuring it out as I went along. Continue reading →

SINC: Sports Industry Networking & Career Conference

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By James Mitsos and Jack DeBoef, MBA Class of 2020

We are grateful to have had the opportunity to attend the SINC conference at George Washington University. It was a fantastic occasion to learn from some of the brightest and most influential minds in the business of professional sports. With a wide variety of speakers, ranging from the general council of the Washington Redskins to the Human Resources Director of UNICEF, there were talks and information sessions for any avenue of sports that students were interested in. Continue reading →

Pulse Entertainment and Sports Conference

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By Thomas Fiki, MBA Class of 2019

Lights, camera, action! When you hear those words you think of film, movies, glamour and of coarse Hollywood. When the idea of this conference arose, four members from the Class of 2020, along with myself, decided to jump on this opportunity. The Pulse Entertainment and Sports Conference is held annually by UCLA and gives great exposure to that industry. Being in central Pennsylvania we don’t necessarily get to be front and center of the entertainment. This year it was hosted by Paramount Pictures and simply we had to consider: where do we go from here?

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2018 Net Impact Conference

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By Sophia Schuster, MBA Class of 2019

At the end of October, six MBAs from the Net Impact Graduate Chapter had the opportunity to attend Net Impact’s National Conference in Phoenix, AZ. Aside from getting some much-needed and well-deserved time in the sun, we had the opportunity to connect with students from across the country who are committed to fusing their sustainability and social responsibility with their business expertise. Continue reading →

11th Annual MBA Veterans Career Conference Expo

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By Andrew Simpson, MBA Class of 2019

The 11th Annual MBA Veterans Career Conference Expo kicked off this year in Chicago, IL and Smeal was well represented! A record 400 veterans attended the conference to find their place among over 50 prestigious recruiting companies. The MBA Veterans Career Conference and Expo is a unique Continue reading →

MBArk/Expo Fest

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By Liz Kennedy, MBA Class of 2019

For people who care a lot about healthy foods and sustainability and want to work for a company that does too, attending the Natural Products Expo East Conference was a dream come true. What made the experience even better was attending as part of the MBArk program. MBArk was started by a Yale School of Management graduate named Joe Dobrow. Continue reading →

How to Get the Most out of a Career Fair

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By Benedetta Piva, MBA Class of 2019

Career fairs: the arenas which thousands of students attend to compete for just a few minutes of face time with the recruiter from their dream company. It surely isn’t easy to stand out in a packed room where the only tool you’re really given is the map of the booth location of hundreds of companies (most of which you have never heard about).

The key in this kind of environment is knowing what it takes to distinguish yourself from the crowd. You’re probably saying: “easy to say, but hard to do!”. Continue reading →

AMBA Annual Conference

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Being one of the largest and longest running of its kind, the AMBA Annual Conference empowers Asian American students to become leaders, while providing companies the opportunity to meet with potential candidates from this incredible pool of talent. The event was held on November 4, 2016 in New York, featured with a career fair, speaking sessions by industry leaders, (AMBA Talk & Industry Sessions), and networking opportunities. Continue reading →