How to Ask for an Informational Interview (and Get a “Yes”)

Elliott Bell | The Muse | 12/31/2022

The informational interview is the secret tool everyone should have in their back pocket. A hybrid of an amazing networking opportunity, an info session, and a job interview, it can give anyone looking for a …

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What to Do When You Know You’re Smart, But Don’t Trust Yourself

Jordan Stark | Next Step Partners

Jane (not her real name) was a talented and high-achieving senior executive from a top business school. She was greatly respected by her peers and did excellent work. However, she constantly felt the need to …

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Building a Playbook for Elite-Level Sports

  MIT News | June 15, 2023

“All I did was swim,” says Jerry Lu, recalling his teenage years as a competitive swimmer. “From age 12 to 19, it was close to 30 hours a week of training.” Although Lu …

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How To Use ChatGPT in Your Job Search

Greg Castro | Indeed | May 18, 2023

Technology changes how job seekers search, prepare and find jobs—and advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) will accelerate those changes. One of the latest advances in AI is ChatGPT, a large-language model from OpenAI, an …

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Career Successes: Toru Hirata, MBA ’24 – Three Tips for Your Summer Internship Journey

By Toru Hirata, MBA 2024

In true MBA fashion, I would like to share three key tips that I believe will be valuable for future Sloanies as you embark on your summer internship journey. Just to give you a little …

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40+ Smart Questions to Ask at the End of Any Job Interview

Pamela Skillings | Big Interview

Asking smart questions at the end of an interview can really make it or break it for you — it will show you’re eager, engaged, and genuinely curious.

So, before you go with your initial impulse and …

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Entrepreneurship/Startup Resources in the MIT and Boston/Cambridge Ecosystem

To support the entrepreneurial endeavors of Sloanies, we have assembled a collection of resources with a specific focus on entrepreneurship. These resources aim to assist and empower Sloanies in their startups and ventures, offering valuable insights, guidance, and tools necessary …

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Summer 2023 Job Market Update

Content Contributors: Mark Newhall, Henry Hannon, Heather Holland, Silvia Bajo, Kerri Tierney, Danielle Cañas

MARKET UPDATE – JUNE 1, 2023
The job market is holding steady and job-seeking candidates reported full-time and internship offers, in some cases multiple offers, throughout the …

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How To Explain a Termination on Your Job Application

Indeed Editorial Team | Indeed | March 10, 2023

Explaining a job termination to a potential employer can be straightforward when you know how to discuss it positively. While talking about termination in job applications and interviews can be challenging, how you …

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An AI-Polished Resume Gets You Hired Faster (and Will Raise Your Paycheck)

Team IO | Innovation Origins | May 10, 2023

Research by MIT Sloan Ph.D. student Emma van Inwegen shows that job seekers with AI-assisted resumes are 8% more likely to be hired, receive 7.8% more job offers, and earn 8.4% higher wages. …

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