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February 7th, 2008 |
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MBA Office Updates
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anxiously awaiting this moment-no more sports analogies for a wh
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Chinese
New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is celebrated with dragon dances/lion
dances, fireworks, fam relatives
and by giving red envelopes containing a monetary gift. (The red color of the
envelope symbolizes good luck.) Chinese years are associated with one of 12
animals. For example 2008 is the Year of the Rat. This is regarded as a very
practical system, since a ch (Sources: http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html#animal
and Wikipedia) I
am writing with two bittersweet updates regarding some upcoming staff changes
that will directly affect you all as students!! MBA Program Office Carolyn
Bogle, who has worked with me since 2003, is going to move upstairs and
become the Dean’s executive assistant. It is a fabulous opportunity for
her, but as all of you know, she is a central part of our MBA staff and w In
the Dean’s email to faculty and staff she noted that, “Carolyn
will bring strong administrative skills and deep knowledge of and commitment to
Simmons and the SOM to the position. This move will give Carolyn the
opportunity to expand her administrative experience in higher education and
complement her experience of working with students and faculty with that of
working with alumnae and other external constituents. I am looking forward to
working closely with Carolyn as we move through the final stage of AACSB,
develop our work with the Business Advisory Council, and expand my role
externally.” I
hope you will join me in congratulating Carolyn on this promotion!
Kathy
Berger, who has been at the SOM for over 5 years, has accepted a position as
the Assistant Head for Information Services at the Frederick S. Pardee
Management Library at Linda
Schuller Wolf, her current boss, wrote - “During her time at the SOM
Library, Kathy has played a vital role in providing reference and instruction
service to so many members of our school. She has always gone above and
beyond her job, as she provided the highest quality reference service in an
efficient manner….with a smile. The students all admire her willingness
to help and listen. We’ll all miss her vast knowledge of business
information and her dedication to exemplary customer service. Kathy’s
last day at the SOM Library will be February 8th .” We
totally echo Linda’s words and congratulate Kathy on this promotion. |
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MBA
Information Session MBA Info Session Join Dean Deborah Merr Find out about our one-year
accelerated program, part-time options, curriculum, career placement,
financing your degree and the application process. To
sign up for this event, please RSVP by visiting our web site at http://www.simmons.edu/som/mba/info/
This lecture series highlights new, cutting-edge research
that is relevant to CGO’s work. Each lecture will link theory and
practice by offering an opportunity to discuss practical implications of the
findings and apply them to our own situation. Date: Wednesday,
February 13, 2008 Time:
12 noon – 1:30pm Place: Speaker:
YOU! Topic: Hot Topics
for Women in Leadership Today The world is changing. The world of work is
changing. Women and men are changing. How are these issues
affecting us and the change agenda we have for making our workplaces less
gendered? Today’s workshop w Date:
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Time: 12 noon
– 1:30PM Place: Speaker: Professor
Boris Groysberg, 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 Portab Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Time:
12 noon- 1:30pm Place: Speaker:
Professor Robin
Ely, 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 Apr |
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Career
Services Updates ~ Development
and Programs Director – Save the Bay
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Accounting Manager – ~ Chief
of External Programs ~
Senior Communications Associate - New England Healthcare Institute ~ Regional Sales Manager- Cisco Systems, Inc Recent
Internship Postings – Visit Career Connect ~ Human
Resources Intern – The As a reminder,
please keep your Career Connect prof Outside
Networking & Career Events Outside
networking and career events w
Bu Presented
by Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting Thursday,
February 7, 2008, 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm State
Street Corporation, Free
Admission: register and for more information: http://www.alpfaboston.org/ CFO
Forum Roundtable: Friday,
February 8, 2008 7:00 am - 9:30 am Emerging
Deta Registration:
RSVP to Jack @: jack@thecforoundtable.com Northeast
Human Resources Association (NEHRA) Complimentary
Panel Discussion Wednesday,
February 13, 2008, 4:30 pm– 7:00pm, Panelists
include: -
Rachel Belino, with PTC - Vandy
Densmore, HR Generalist at Comcast - David
Kimmelman, VP of Talent Services at Vestmark - More
info and to register: http://www.nehra.com/events/eventdetail.cfm?id=143 Just
Means Greater
NYC Citizenship and Social February
25, 2008, Deta Networking
Luncheon Thursday,
February 28, 2008, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Vinalia
Restaurant, Registration
& Deta 3rd
Annual Interactive Industry Career Fair in BIMA
( Wednesday,
March 5, 2008, 12:00 pm - 5: 00 pm (Registration closes at 4:30 pm) *Registration
opens February 5, 2008* More
information and to register: http://www.bima.org/events/1020.cfm
Interesting
Career Articles Bottom
Line for (RED) Read entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06red.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&ref=business
Be ready to handle interviews that venture beyond the
resume Q. I have been looking for a
different job for a couple of months and noticed that I am being asked
questions in interviews that seem totally unrelated to the job that I am applying
for. I have been asked questions such as, what do I like to do in my spare
time when I'm not working? What were the last two or three books that I read?
And what did I think about each of the books? Do I play golf? Where did I go
on my last vacation? I did not expect these types of questions and I was
really not prepared for them. I have been wondering if it is even legal to
pry into a person's personal life like that. What kind of answers are they
looking for? Is it acceptable for me to say that I do not want to answer any
questions about my personal life? Read
answers: http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/articles/2008/02/03/be_ready_to_handle_interviews_that_venture |
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Library
Updates Check out “The 100 Best Companies to Work For” in the
most recent issue of Fortune magazine. If you want to check the Primary Election results, take a look at
the current newspapers ava Come to the Dessert Party in the library today and say farewell to
Kathy. The party w Reminder: Books may only be checked out when
the library is staffed. Reserve textbooks may only be checked out for two
hours at a time and used in the library and group study rooms. |