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Click and Connect with Career Management

  • Facebook
    Click in to our new Facebook Group to manage your career from A-Z and get the latest information on job postings and upcoming events.  Join our group by searching “Groups” for Fordham University MBA Career Management.
  • Instant Messenger
    Why call? Connect instantly and conveniently for answers to quick questions.  We are online from 11am to 5pm, Mon.-Fri. Use AIM or Yahoo: Screen name FordhamMBACareer, or MSN Messenger: Screen name: FordhamMBACareer@hotmail.com .
  • Student Opinion Survey
    We want to hear from you.  Give us your feedback and be entered to win a $25 AMEX card.  For every 50 completed surveys, a drawing will be held. Deadline is April 30th. This link will be sent to your Fordham email, or you can find it on Symplicity under “Announcements.” Completing is easy, please click here.

Guest Speakers - Deloitte Corporate Taxation
Wednesday, April 22, 8 – 10 PM
Lowenstein Room 506
A great networking opportunity for MTA and MST students! Tax professionals in the M&A Transaction Services from Deloitte will discuss aspects of Corporate Taxation and share real-world war stories. This event is open to all current GBA students. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions and learn from subject matter experts. RSVP is required as seating is limited. Refreshments will be served.

Guest Speakers – PricewaterhouseCoopers Partnership Taxation
Wednesday, April 22, 5:50 – 7:50 PM
Lowenstein Room 506
A great networking opportunity for MTA and MST students! Tax Partners from PricewaterhouseCoopers will discuss aspects of Partnership Taxation and share real-world war stories. This event is open to all current GBA students. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions and learn from subject matter experts. RSVP is required as seating is limited. Refreshments will be served.

Select Career Services Job Postings
Log onto Symplicity to see these and more opportunities.

  • Watermatic LLC
    • Account Executive
  • TD Bank
    • Intern
  • Caveat Emptor Capital
    • MBA Internship - Investment Management
  • My Life Passport
    • Marketing Intern
  • StudioEIS Inc.
    • Marketing Assistant
  • U.S. Dept of Commerce
    • International Trade Assistant Intern

Sports Management Club
Are you looking to pursue a career in sports? Learn about the inner working of the business of sports, directly from current professionals across a wide variety of roles in the sports world. Join the new Fordham University Graduate School of Business Sports Management Club! Contact Emile Avanessian at eavanessian@gmail.com.

World Wise Network Career Series: Reinventing Yourself
Monday, April 20, 6:30 - 8:30 pm 12th Floor Lowenstein Presenter: Mary Anne Walsh. RSVP: cziczo@fordham.edu

IBM 72-hour Global Online Conversation
A Smarter Planet will be instrumented, interconnected, and intelligent. People want it -- you can make it a reality. To get there, innovative ideas and new approaches are required. Take the challenge; help transform the way the world works. An invitation to collaborate! Beginning April 21st, IBM will convene a “Jam” with faculty, students, IBM business leaders and technologists, and industry partners from across the globe on how technology and business can help build a Smarter Planet in areas such as:

  • Smart Cities
  • Smart Carbon & Water Management
  • Smart Grid
  • Smarter Healthcare
  • Skills & Education

Please click here to register. You will need to use your school e-mail address (no gmail, hotmail, yahoo) and use Internet Explorer 6.x (or higher) or Mozilla Firefox 1.5 (or higher)

Diversity in Advertising Career Day (DiACD)
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Hilton New York
http://diacareerday.com/
Employers include: Arnold Worldwide, Bartle Bogle Hegarty, BBDO, DraftFCB – Chicago, DraftFCB Healthcare, Globalhue, GroupM, Mindshare, MAXUS, mediaedge:cia, MediaCom, Interpublic Initiative, JWT, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, McGarry Bowen, MPG, and Starcom Mediavest.

5th Annual Women of ALPFA Summit “Maximizing the Opportunity for Change”
Wednesday, May 13, 8:00 - 10:00am
Credit Suisse, One Madison Avenue, OMA Auditorium
The women of the NY chapter of the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting invites you to their 5th Annual Summit. Student tickets: $15. Please click here for more info/RSVP.

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My Education

2009 Calendar

Apr. 18
Last day of classes

Apr. 20
Final examinations begin

Apr. 25
Last day of final examinations

NSHMBA 2009 Scholarship Applications Now Being Accepted
The National Society of Hispanic MBAs is how you afford your MBA! The 2009 application will be available online from February 1 through April 30, 2009. NSHMBA provides financial assistance to outstanding Hispanics pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) or equivalent. In 2008, over $1.4 million in financial assistance was awarded to students around the country, aiding them in beginning or completing their degrees. For eligibility and program guidelines, please visit: NSHMBA Scholarship

Latin America and Caribbean students:
The Leo S. Rowe Pan American Fund

These highly subsidized loans are made with the understanding that upon completion of their studies, beneficiaries commit to repay the loan in full and return to their home countries to apply their knowledge and training to the economic and social advancement of the developing countries within the Americas.

  • Supplementary aid of up to US$15,000 (for living expenses, tuition, or emergencies not covered by their principal source of finance)
  • Applications are accepted and reviewed year-round –there are no deadlines.
  • Loans are granted for graduate and undergraduate studies.
  • Scholars, researchers, and professionals are also eligible for exchange programs and professional development courses lasting minimum one academic semester.
  • Easy access to loan application forms and instructions are on-line at: www.oas.org/rowe

Turnaround Management Association’s Carl Marks Student Paper Competition
Visit www.turnaround.org for complete program details and the entry package. The Carl Marks Student Paper Competition recognizes outstanding student achievement in the field of corporate renewal. This program presents an excellent opportunity for students to showcase their ideas and research to members of the corporate renewal industry.

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Fordham Black & Hispanic MBA Association's 5th Annual Banquet Transitions: Moving to the Future
Saturday, April 18, 6 – 11pm Join BHMBAA for a night of networking, including a keynote address and banquet dinner. Keynote Speaker: Joyce Roche, CEO Girls Inc. Alumni Honoree: Justin Reyes Purchase tickets at http://www.fordhambhmba.com/ (Please use Internet Explorer on a PC.)

Sounding Board Research Panel, Sony Music
The Consumer Research Team at Sony Music is seeking Fordham MBA students to participate in a market research study. Students can become members of the Sounding Board research panel which consists of individuals living in the NY metro area interested in talking about music and music-related topics. To be eligible, participants should not be involved in the music business. Interested students should send an email to: consumerresearch@sonymusic.com.

Deadline: Business Plan Competition Registration
Win $10,000, and Learn, Network, and Grow. Open to all Fordham alumni and students.
Click here for more info or email: ingrassia@fordham.edu

Student Business Cards
You now have the opportunity to order business cards.  If you are interested in having GBA business cards, please click here to place your order with Dash Printing:

  • Home address is not included on the cards for your privacy.
  • Cards must use your fordham.edu email addresses.
  • If you have a dual concentration, separate the two by typing in an "and" or a "&".
  • Please be certain to review your proof before submitting your order.
  • Your order is placed when you hit "Send" even though you will not receive a confirmation email.

The order you are placing is for 500 cards at a cost of $50 plus $3 shipping.  Email gradbusiness@fordham.edu with questions.

Student Volunteers Needed
The admissions team is requesting volunteers among the current student population to help promote the Fordham MBA at the monthly information sessions. Any interested students should contact Cynthia Perez, Director of Admissions, at 212-636-6200 or perez@fordham.edu

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Special Announcement:

Special Announcement: Town Hall Meeting
Thursday, April 16, 6 - 8 PM
Lowenstein, 12th Floor
Please join SAC for a conversation and with Dean Howard Tuckman.

Student Business Cards

Fordham Black & Hispanic MBA Association's 5th Annual Banquet
'Transitions: Moving to the Future'
April 18, 2009, 6-11pm
Join BHMBAA for a night of networking, including a keynote address and banquet dinner. Keynote Speaker: Joyce Roche, CEO Girls Inc. Alumni Honoree: Justin Reyes Please click here to purchase tickets. (Please use Internet Explorer on a PC.)

 

 


 

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