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More than 15 Wash U undergraduate students converged on Silicon Valley and San Francisco January 7 and 8 to participate in the 2015 Technology Road Show hosted by the University Career Center and Olin’s Weston Career Center.  These annual road shows provide students the opportunity to learn about the industry and qualifications needed to be a successful intern and/or full-time candidate.

At the conclusion of the two-day company visit schedule, the entire student group participated in the first annual student-alumni Roundtable event, providing each student the opportunity to gain valuable career experience insights from alumni.  Students heard from alumni on how to navigate a career path and improve personal outreach and networking skills. The Roundtable event is a structured format to invite greater student-alumni connections. The event was held at the Hotel Nikko, San Francisco.

The trek and Roundtable were organized by both the Weston Career Center, University Career Center, and Alumni & Development staff members, including KC Friedrich, Emily Mahon, Sherrie Aach, Mark Smith, and Mark Brostoff.

Image: “Daily Routine” Golden Gate Bridge, Peter Thoeny, Flickr Creative Commons

On Wednesday, November 12th, Olin Dean Mahendra Gupta and Mark Brostoff, associate dean and director Weston Career Center welcomed Citi representatives Jane Fraser, Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Consumer & Commercial Banking, Vikram Jaipuria, Managing Director – Head of CitiMortgage Holdings, and Sheri Paulo, Managing Director, Senior Human Resources Officer to the Citi Opportunity Center located in the Weston Career Center. Thanks to Citi’s support of our beautiful new space!

The hum of recruiters and students interacting and networking together in the Atrium of Knight Hall and Bauer Hall was at a high pitch on September 10th and 16th at the annual Olin Meet the Firms events hosted by the Weston Career Center.

Across both days, more than 100 firms and over 1,400 students gathered on all three levels of the Atrium to discuss future opportunities. Dean Gupta summed up the event last night, “Knight and Bauer were buzzing this evening with energy and excitement.”

The next step in the fall recruiting begins with on-campus interviews, information sessions, road shows, advising, mock interviews, etc. Watch OlinCareers and CAREERlink for details on all recruiting activities.

The Olin Business School grand re-opening of Simon Hall  also marked the grand opening of the new Management Communication Center (MCC) and Weston Career Cener Extension in Simon 121.

The MCC will expand opportunities for Olin undergraduate, masters and MBA students to cultivate their personal brand, enhance oral and written communication skills that allow them to be effective as leaders, and gain knowledge of communicating and doing business with a global mindset.

The opportunity to efficiently incorporate industry knowledge, career resources, and recruiter feedback with the expertise of communication lab consultants and instructors will create synergies between the WCC and MCC that will improve the delivery of both student-centric services.  “Focusing on an efficient and effective way to collaborate, share information, deliver advising and offer communication skill development will create a model unique to top business programs,” says Olin Business school senior associate dean Kurt Dirks.

Image: (L) Sally Michael, MCC Manager speaks with Mark Brostoff, Associate Dean and Director, Weston Career Center and Management Communication Center.

Olin Business School and the Human Rights Campaign — the largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans — will host an LGBT Workplace Inclusion Conference at Washington University in St. Louis.

The conference will take place from 8:30 a.m.-noon Thursday, Aug. 14, in Bauer Hall, Room 240, on the university’s Danforth Campus. It will help businesses and organizations work toward being fully inclusive of LGBT employees. Sessions on the HRC Corporate Equality Index and becoming competitive in the global economy will be included.

Mark Brostoff, associate dean and director of Olin’s Weston Career Center, will introduce the conference.

Admission is free, but registration is requested here. For more information, email Brostoff@wustl.edu.

The national OUT for Work Conference was held in Chicago this past weekend and Mark Brostoff, associate dean and director of the Weston Career Center was there representing Olin. Brostoff participated in a panel discussion on best practices for career centers to provide services to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students seeking advice on transitioning to the workplace. For the fourth consecutive year, the Weston Career Center was recognized with the highest level of certification (A+ Gold) by the national OUT for Work Career Center Certification Program.