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Alumni Spotlight
Daniela Valle, '05
Institutional Sales Trader
Banco do Brasil
What year did you graduate? 2005
What did you study at Clark? Economics with a
minor in Management
What is your hometown? Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I'm currently in
New York City.
What is your current position? Institutional Sales Trader at
Banco do Brasil's New York-based broker-dealer.
How long have you been at this job? Almost three years.
How did you find your current job? I sent my resume
to a friend of a friend who worked at the bank.
Describe in a few sentences the work that you do: I make sales
contacts with companies that are interested in investing in certain specific
products... U.S. Treasuries, Global Sovereign and Global Corporate bonds,
American Depositary Receipts, to name a few. I also execute trades for my
current clients, and I participate in a few private placements.
What do you like most about your job and the work that you do?Where
I am specifically I get to work with a wide variety of products so I am
always learning new things.
What do you feel are necessary skills to do your job?
You have to be dynamic, a fast learner, and willing to be a constant
student... Not in the sense of actually going back to school, but in the
sense that the scenario is constantly changing and there are always new
products to understand and use. Of course there are also many licensing
exams (I will be taking my fifth this year), and optional certifications
such as the one I am currently pursuing, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
How did your time at Clark prepare you for this position/work?
I built my time-management skills and my willingness to work hard
while at Clark. The actual subject areas that I studied helped me have a
solid understanding of the way the economy works.
Where do you hope to see yourself in 5 years?
Doing something similar to what I do now, but in a supervisory role.
What recommendations would you provide to current students interested
in pursuing a similar job? Get out there! I see too many
students focused on academics and afraid to get out into the real world.
Additional degrees will not get you as far as experience will. Internships
are a great way to get your foot in the door or at the very least build your
resume. Network as much as possible, and if you are looking to get a
position with the big banks, be aware that they do most of their entry-level
hiring through their website in the Fall. Good luck!
Have questions for Daniela about her job or her field? Feel free to
contact her at dvalle@gmail.com
Fall 08 Registration Reminders
 Registration for the Fall 08 semester will get underway at
the end of the month. Here are a few helpful reminders...
* There is a new MGMT elective on the schedule for the
fall. MGMT/ENT255 Navigating Nonprofit Dilemmas to Create Social Change
will be taught by Social Entrepreneur in Residence
Katya Fels Smyth. Please note that MGMT/ENT255 has MGMT/ENT215 OR
MGMT/ENT245 OR MGMT011 as a prerequisite.
*Other Fall MGMT elective offerings will include MGMT215
The Art of the New, MGMT225 Human Resources Management, MGMT245 Social
Entrepreneurship and MGMT252 Green Business Management.
* If you haven't already, you should contact your assigned
advisor to set up an advising appointment. Please do not leave this until
the last minute since they may not be available.
* If you need to declare your Management major or minor,
Innovation & Entrepreneurship minor, get a signature on a graduation
clearance form or change your advisor, you need to see Laura Burgess,
Program Administrator in GSOM. You can email her at
LBurgess@clarku.edu or call at
508-793-7744.
*Also, students planning on doing a summer internship for
credit or taking any non Clark courses over the summer with the intent of
transferring credit in to count towards a Management program requirement
need to see Laura Burgess with the appropriate paperwork for approval. The
deadline to turn in summer internship forms is May 9.
* If you will need permission to register for a course, you
need to contact the professor of that course to request permission. You
should do this before it is time for you to register so you have the
course allowance ready to go.
* While most of the core Management classes are offered each
semester, MGMT210 Management and Behavioral Principles is only offered in
the fall. This class is open only to juniors and seniors. All juniors who
have not yet taken this course must take it next fall to meet their
graduation requirements by May 2009.
NEW International Business Elective Course & Travel
Opportunity
The opportunity to enroll in an international business
elective offered at Western New England College is being offered to
Clark Management majors and minors. The course, "International Business
Study/Travel Consortium," includes a pre-travel seminar that provides an
introduction to the history and culture of the country to be visited (taught
online by a Western New England College faculty member) and a
10-day study/travel experience. The online pre-travel seminar is conducted
from the beginning of the fall semester (adjusted for differences in the
calendar of participating schools) and the trip occurs during the winter academic break.
The Fall 08 course will focus on India, and the class
trip will be to India (tentatively Delhi and Bangalore) from January
2-11, 2009. The itinerary includes business visits and cultural
activities in India.
The expected cost for the course will be in the $4000
range. The fee includes course credits, airfare, all transfers, hotels,
all breakfasts, and most lunches and dinners, plus cultural events and
business visits.
For more information and to obtain a WNEC course
registration form for this class, students should contact Professor
Elsass at PElsass@clarku.edu.
Students will need to fill out a Transfer Credit
Approval form that can be obtained at the Academic Advising Center.
Students who want this course to count as a Management major or minor
elective will need to see Laura Burgess in GSOM for approval.
Colleges of Worcester Consortium Career Fair
 Plan for your future now! Discover some of today's best
prospective employers under one roof. Have the opportunity to talk
one-on-one with representatives from these companies and learn important
information to keep you one step ahead in an increasingly competitive
marketplace. Listen to and discuss topics important to YOUR job search and
future career.
When: Wednesday, March 26 from 1 - 4:30 pm
Where: DCU Center, 50 Foster Street, Worcester
How much: Free for students
Students looking for jobs and internships are encouraged to attend!
Over 80 organizations will be participating in the
career fair, including EMC, John Hancock Financial Network, Blue Cross
Blue Shield, Verizon, Liberty Mutual, Target and Wells Fargo Financial.
Visit the
website for a complete list.
$2,500 Barth Summer Internship Award
Thanks to the generosity of the Theodore Barth Foundation, Career
Services is able to offer Clark undergraduate students a $2500 stipend (6
total awards) to support unpaid, summer internships in the nonprofit sector.
This funded internship opportunity is open to Clark undergraduate
sophomores and juniors who plan to complete an unpaid summer internship
within a non-profit organization. Students awarded the Barth Internship
Award will be required to participate in an internship student panel during
the 2008-09 academic year.
The deadline for application is April 30th.
Interested students may pick up an application from Career
Services or
download it from the website.
The application must also include a 2-3 page statement
describing your proposed internship budget (costs involved such as travel,
housing, etc), resume, & copy of your unofficial transcript.
Completed applications should be delivered to: The Barth
Selection Committee c/o David McDonough Director of Career Services 122
Woodland Street Worcester, MA 01610
If you have questions, please contact Sharon Hanna at
shanna@clarku.edu or 508-793-7258.
Listen and Learn
 Although
opening day is still a few weeks away, baseball season has
officially begun with spring training. There is more to running a
successful sports franchise than the players you see in uniform
though. The Boston Globe recently sat down with Mike Dee, the Red Sox
Chief Operating Officer, to learn more about how to make a franchise
successful both on and off the field. As COO, Dee oversees the sales,
marketing, accounting, finance and human resources departments of
the Red Sox franchise, as well as Fenway Park operations and
enterprises, and while he's not coaching the players, he is largely
responsible for the Red Sox organization's recent successes. Give
his interview
a listen and hear what he has to say about his work.
Management Tip of the Month
Have you finished off almost all of your major requirements
and need free elective courses to fill out your schedule next year? Or are
you just looking for other courses that would complement what you have been
studying in the Management department? Every semester, Management advisors
get asked what non-Management courses are recommended for Management
students. We usually give recommendations based on students' personal
academic interests and future career interests. Here are a few
suggestions... If you're interested in all things "green,"
along with Professor Sarkis' Green Business Management course, try out
BIOL103 Principles of Environmental and Conservation Biology, EN103 The
Sustainable University, GEOG106 Forest Ecology and SOC276 Environment
and Inequality. If marketing or public relations is a
field you're thinking of, try out COMM202 Feature Writing, ENG105 News
Writing, PSYC172 Psychology of Personality and TA119 Public Speaking.
If you'd like to build up your background in the international arena,
look into CHIN101 Elementary Chinese, ECON208 International Monetary
Theory, FREN137 Studies in Contemporary French Culture, GOVT069 Intro to
International Relations, GOVT243 The European Union, ID125 Tales from
the Far Side and SPAN243 Latin American Essay and Thought.
And if athletes are looking to apply what they learn on the field or
court to the classroom, try ECON250 The Economics of Sport.
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