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Great Experience at the 14th KeyBank Minority MBA Case Competition!

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By Benedetta Piva, MBA Class of 2019

The 14th Annual Minority MBA Student Case Competition took place in Cleveland, Ohio on February 24, 2018, and was hosted by KeyBank Corporation in collaboration with The Ohio State University. Twenty-eight teams from several of the strongest MBA programs across the country came together to compete in the event, including; Indiana University of Bloomington, University of Michigan, Purdue University, University of Alabama, University of Maryland and more. Farzan Sohail, Karthick Jayakumara Sarma, and myself, all 1st Year Continue reading →

2018 Spring Supply Chain Career Fair

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By James Babb, President, Supply Chain Management Association, MBA Class of 2019

The Center for Supply Chain Research at the Penn State Smeal College of Business put together another great event this January 30th and 31st. The Spring Supply Chain Career Fair was a very productive outing for MBAs looking for Continue reading →

Deloitte Supply Chain Case Competition

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By Michael Freenock, MBA Class of 2019

The final round of the 5th annual Deloitte Supply Chain Case Competition (2017) took place at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah on November 30th and December 1st. Numerous teams from several of the strongest supply chain management MBA programs competed in the event with the preliminary round held in early October. 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 →