{"id":4412,"date":"2020-08-31T18:20:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T22:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/school-of-business\/som-graduates-successful-in-tough-job-market\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T11:45:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:45:47","slug":"som-graduates-successful-in-tough-job-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/news\/som-graduates-successful-in-tough-job-market\/","title":{"rendered":"School of Business graduates successful in tough job market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When the world economy signals there are few jobs, it takes discipline and motivation to be successful in a job search \u2014 or even to engage in one. The School of Business<\/a> at Clark University gives its graduates the skills they need not only to succeed in their chosen careers, but also to commit to a job search that will reap positive outcomes, even in difficult times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStudents from School of Business find a variety of things helpful, including working with the Stevenish Career Management Center<\/a> (SCMC), networking with alumni \u2014 either through our on-campus events or through LinkedIn \u2014 a previous internship that turned into an offer upon graduation, or even a faculty referral,\u201d says Kelly Kochis<\/a>, associate director of SCMC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sophia Dzikas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sophia Dzikas<\/strong> \u201919, MSF \u201920, landed an internship at Unum before her senior year at Clark. As she worked on her master\u2019s degree, she continued to apply to other programs, but accepted a position as a finance intern with Aetna<\/a>. The company\u2019s internship program feeds into its Finance Leadership Development Program (FDLP), a three-year, full-time rotational program. After her internship, Dzikas was offered a full-time position as an FDLP treasury analyst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSchool of Business professors and advisers provided constant support and guidance on career tracks, interview advice, and networking,\u201d she says. \u201cMy advice would be to start early and don\u2019t rule out too many positions early in your career. School of Business and Handshake helped me find my internship at Unum as well as on-campus teaching assistant positions during my fifth year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yulen (Blair) He<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yulun He<\/strong>, MSF \u201920, knew that she wanted to find a job back home in China, a search that was made even more difficult by her hometown of Chengdu being in full quarantine. She took advantage of online interviews and training courses to familiarize herself with open positions in her field and is currently a technical analyst at Ming Qi Technology in Chengdu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was able to refine her search because of the assistance she received from the staff and faculty at School of Business. \u201cThe staff at Stevenish gave me practical suggestions on improving my r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and encouraged me to be confident,\u201d she says. \u201cMy professors inspired me to find this job and enhanced my understanding of technical analysis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gabrielle Totten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe job search process was long,\u201d says Gabrielle Totten<\/strong>, MBA \u201920. \u201cI researched a number of consulting firms, contacted recruiters, and leveraged my network. This included reaching out to family friends, ex-colleagues, and others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After attending alumni speaker events at Clark, Totten was referred by another Clark student and secured a position as a risk and financial advisory analyst at the New York office of Deloitte<\/a>. Totten credits a lot of her success to the alumni speakers who came to School of Business and the program curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClasses in School of Business are notably project-based and rooted in real-world problems. This allowed me to enhance skills that are important in consulting and gave me content to talk about in interviews,\u201d she says. \u201cThe network I created through the School of Business was crucial to my attaining this job. Without the referral from my classmate, I would not have had the opportunity to showcase my skills throughout the interview process at such a large and prominent company.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more graduate student success stories from Clark\u2019s class of 2020:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n