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February 28th, 2008 |
The mission of the
New Information This Week
Note from Mary D.
Quote of the Week
Schedule Updates for Week of 3/01 – 3/08
Registration
International Certificate Open
Meeting
Net Impact Meeting: Wednesday, March
5th
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The
Center for Gender in Organizations Winter/ Spring 2008 Distinguished Scholar
Speaker Series, Date: Tuesday, March 25,
2008 Time: 12 noon
– 1:30PM Place: 409
Commonwealth Avenue, Speaker: Professor
Boris Groysberg, Harvard Topic: Women and
Portability: Why is women's star performance more portable than men's? Professor Groysberg's research focuses on the challenges of
managing professional service firms, especially how firms develop, hire,
retain, and utilize star knowledge workers. In this presentation he will
discuss the issue of portability and the surprising findings from a study of
investment banking professionals that women are able to maintain their star
rankings more reliably than men after changing employers. It appears
that there are a number of things that occur in the process of becoming stars
that make female analysts portable in a way their male colleagues are
not. Professor Groysburg will discuss these
factors and lead a discussion about the practical implications of his
findings for women, men and the field of knowledge work. >>Please RSVP to cgo@simmons.edu by March 21, 2008 for
“Women and Portability: Why is women's star performance more
portable than men's?” Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Time: 12 noon- 1:30pm Place: 409 Commonwealth Avenue, Speaker: Professor Robin Ely, Harvard Topic: Unmasking Masculinity For years, CGO has been
helping organizations relax gendered norms that are a barrier to equity and
effectiveness. This presentation is a case study of offshore oil platforms
where the company accomplished this on its own by focusing solely on
effectiveness. Offshore oil rigs may seem an unlikely place to relax
the masculine gendering of work norms. Yet, this is exactly the
environment in which researcher Robin Ely and co-investigator Debra Meyerson found men proactively adopting traditionally
non-masculine work behaviors such as acknowledging physical limitations,
expressing vulnerability and attending to their own and others emotions. >>Please RSVP to cgo@simmons.edu
by April 11, 2008 for “Unmasking Masculinity” |
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Career
Services Updates Don’t
miss this opportunity to hear from a Senior Director with one of the most dynamic organizations in the world. Dan Bross, Senior Director of Corporate Citizenship Microsoft
Corporation Date:
Wednesday, April 9, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Location:
Green Room, RSVP by
April 2: julie.barenholtz@simmons.edu
– SEATING IS LIMITED Note:
Please see attached details Fashion and Networking Event Date: Friday, March 7, 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm Location: RSVP by March 3: julie.barenholtz@simmons.edu Note:
Special opportunity to donate clothing & accessory items to Tailored For Success at
the event. Click here for
donation instructions! Note:
Please see attached details Fireside
Chat – Consulting as a Career Choice Tuesday,
March 18, 3:45 pm – 5:45 pm, RSVP by
March 14, julie.barenholtz@simmons.edu Seminar:
Got an Offer? Deciding & Negotiating Thursday March 27, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm, Gold Room RSVP by March 22, julie.barenholtz@simmons.edu Fireside Chat: Human Resources as a Career Choice Postponed - Stay tuned for information in next weeks MBA update Great
Summer Internship Opportunity at DEADLINE MARCH 2, 2008 The
Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship is looking for smart, capable
students who are interested in helping business leverage its social, economic
and human assets to ensure both its success and a more just and sustainable
world. We offer a paid 10 – 12 week internship; hands on
experience in CSR; site visits to other organizations focused on socially
responsible business (e.g. CERES, KLD Research & Analytics);
opportunities to participate in webinars, brown bag
lunches, and presentations by corporate members; interactions with corporate
membership; and a valuable job experience. Past interns have gone on to
jobs with KLD, McDonalds’ CSR team, and The Center. We have openings in
the following areas:
To
learn more and apply, visit our job
bank. (If
link does not work visit our webpage and click on job bank under the
knowledge center: www.bcccc.net) Recent
Job Postings – Visit Career Connect ~
Business Process Optimization Analyst - PTC ~
Administrative Manager – ~ Emerging Markets Development
Advisers Program – USAID/IEE ~
Program Manager – Initiative for Competitive Inner City ~
Director of Vertical Marketing - PTC Recent
Internship Postings – Visit Career Connect ~
Intern - New England Eye Institute (NEEI) ~ MBA
Internships - EMC As a
reminder, please keep your Career Connect profile up to date. If you forgot
your username and password, please contact julie.barenholtz@simmons.edu
or 617-521-3857. Please do not re-register yourself as past information about
you will be lost. Any questions about Career Connect? Please do not hesitate
to contact Julie. Outside
Networking & Career Events Outside
networking and career events will be posted in detail on Career Connect in
the Events and Conferences folder located in the Resource Library. Below
serves as a brief reminder of upcoming events. You can register for Career
Connect at: https://www.myinterfase.com/simmons/student/home.aspx
3rd
Annual Interactive Industry Career Fair in BIMA ( Date:
Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 12:00 pm - 5: 00 pm (Registration closes at 4:30
pm) Location:
*Registration opens February 5, 2008* More
information and to register: http://www.bima.org/events/1020.cfm
A fair
to highlight long-term service opportunities and careers in non-profits for
individuals in Date:
Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Location:
City Year Headquarters, More
information and to register: http://manonprofitservicefair.wordpress.com/
Putting
Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector The
social sector is big business. In the United States alone some 1.5 million
nonprofits and other social ventures have combined revenues of $700 billion
and control assets valued at $2 trillion—a seemingly substantial
arsenal to tackle problems in crucial areas such as education, poverty, and
health care. But the
truth is that many of these efforts, despite best intentions, have not solved
the issues they target, says Read
entire article: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5782.html
Ten
Step Plan to Career Change How does it happen?
Perhaps you just begin to lose interest. Perhaps you find something that
interests you more. Perhaps your company is downsizing. These are just some of
the numerous reasons people find themselves on that precipitous cliff looking
back on their career just as the dirt begins to crumble beneath them. Read
entire article: http://www.quintcareers.com/career_change.html |