Graduate Programs
Bill Farrick, Career Specialist for the College of Management is available till 6:00 pm every Thursday.
He will start Thursday, February 7th. His office location in McCormack Hall is the 5th floor, Room 614. He is available for resume, cover letter review as well as job search techniques, mock interviews and career change options.
Please call the front desk of Career Services at 617-287-5519 to make an appointment with him. His email is William.farrick@umb.edu
Supply Chain Certification Program at UMass Boston: CERTIFIED SUPPLY CHAIN PROFESSIONAL (CSCP)
An intensive, seven session CSCP exam preparation course
APICS Boston Chapter & College of Management at UMASS Boston
Co-sponsor a Certified Supply Chain Professional Program
Time: Saturdays from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM
Start Date: Saturday February 9
Location: UMASS Boston Campus
Are you willing to get certified?
The CSCP program helps you demonstrate your knowledge and skills for developing more streamlined operations. Since its launch in 2006, more than 24,000 professionals in 100 countries have earned the CSCP designation.
UMASS Boston Students receive a discount of $700
More detailed information and Registration:
https://bostonapics.org/meetinginfo.php
For other questions, please contact Dr. FoadMahdavi: foad.mahdavi@umb.edu
Opportunity to Volunteer and attend The New England Venture Summit
This exclusive venture capital summit will bring together over 500 VCs, Corporate VCs, Private Investors, Investment bankers and CEOs of cutting edge companies, will feature an impressive line-up of more than 120 VCs on interactive panels; presentations from more than 50 Top Innovators and high-level networking opportunities.
To join us as a volunteer, please fill out the form Click Here
The “Featured Company” Coaching Session on December 11th is an intimate gathering of VCs and companies selected to present. The session features VCs on a panel discussion followed by presentations from the featured companies with the VCs providing feedback. The session will then be followed by a cocktail reception which you are welcome to join us for.
The full day Venture Summit is on the 12th.
Students are able to gain free admission and in turn help out for part of the day and enjoy the summit for the other part.
The volunteer time slots are:
Tuesday, December 11th
9:00am – 5:30pm (the reception follows)
Wednesday, December 12th
6:30am – 5:30pm
Here is a link to the program website for full details:
https://wwww.youngstartup.com/newengland2018
VC funds confirmed to speak:
Kyle Adkins, Principal, Savano Capital Partners | Karine Agajanian, Analyst, Anzu Ventures | Sanjay Aggarwal, Venture Partner, F-Prime Capital Partners | Magdi Amin, Investment Partner, Omidyar Network | Peter Arkell, Investor, Norwest Venture Partners | Ibraheem Badejo, Sr. Director, Johnson & Johnson Innovation | Sunny Bai, Associate, CRCM Ventures | Janet Bannister, Partner, Real Ventures | Peter Bastien, Partner, Next47 | Alex Beletsky, Investor, Sidecar Angels | Woody Benson, Venture Partner, Launch Capital | Joshua Berg, Investment Manager, GM Ventures | Victor Bian, Associate, Intellectual Ventures | Laura Bock, Investor, QED Investors | Nabil Borhanu, Managing Partner, Graphene Ventures | Will Borthwick, Senior Associate, Bold Capital Partners | Eric Breese, Managing Director, Evonik Venture Capital | Maxx Bricklin, Founding Principal, Bold Capital Partners | Dan Burstein, Managing Partner, Millennium Technology Value Partners | Jason Cahill, Founder & Managing Director, McCune Capital | Neil Callahan, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Pilot Growth Equity | Sara Chamberlain, Managing Director, Energy Foundry | Raymond Chang, Managing Director, NXT Ventures | Christopher Chu, Managing Director, Samsung Catalyst Fund | Meghan Cross Breeden, Managing Partner, Red Bear Angels | David Cruikshank, Partner, ARCH Venture Partners | Sophia Dardashti, Associate, WorldQuant Ventures | Ekaterina Dorozhkina, Managing Partner, Starta Ventures | Miriam Eaves, Venture Partner, BP Ventures | Kathryn Meng Elmes, Investment Associate, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center | Alison Ernst, Senior Manager of Investments, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center | Teresa Esser, Managing Director, Silicon Pastures | Michael Fanfant, Investor, Runa Capital | David Feldman, Analyst, Indicator Ventures | Mark G. Fields, Partner, Alsop Louie Partners | Shawn Flynn, Investment Director, Bay Angels | Prashant Fonseka, Principal, Tuesday Capital | Haley Fradkin, Investment Associate, Plum Alley | Kyle Fugere, Head of Ventures, dunnhumby Ventures | Matt Gatto, Partner, Insight Venture Partners | Joy Ghosh, Investor, Bain Capital Ventures | Stephen Gilfus, Founder, Blackboard Inc. | Jamil Goheer, Managing Partner & Cofounder, CoVenture | Ben Gorman, Associate, F-Prime Capital Partners | Edward Greer, Corporate Technology Scout, Dow Ventures | Jacob E. Grose, Investment Manager, BASF Venture Capital | Zain Gulamali, Investor, Amazon Alexa Fund | Marina Hadjipateras, Co-Founder & General Partner, Trail Mix Ventures | Hunter Hartwell, Principal, Forte Ventures | Laurence Hayward, Founding Partner, Independence Equity | Nathaniel Henshaw, Managing Director, CEI Ventures | Lindsay Hyde, Venture Partner, Moderne Ventures | Oren Isacoff, Principal, Longitude Capital | Nicolas Jacques-Bouchard, Principal, Panache Ventures | Jamie James, Managing Partner, GreenSoil Building Innovation Fund | Noel Jee, Investor, Illumina Ventures | Lacey Johnson, Principal, Green D Ventures | Ajay Kamat, Managing Director, Pear Ventures | Alex Kaufman, Investment Associate, JetBlue Technology Ventures | Patrick Kenealy, Managing Director, Ridge Ventures | Jack Kerrigan, Managing Director, Razor’s Edge Ventures | Jonathan Kerstein, Associate, Red Sea Ventures | Nyla Koncurat, Managing Partner, Karlani Capital | Daniel Kwak, Investor, Point72 Ventures | Vivek Ladsariya, Partner, SineWave Ventures | Donna Lecky, Managing Director, Health Venture Capital | Linus Liang, Senior Associate, Signia Venture Partners | Bion Ludwig, Associate, Savano Capital Partners | Kyle Lui, Principal, DCM Ventures | Tamim Abdul Majid, Principal, OCA Ventures | Coppelia Marincovic, Investment Manager, Solvay Ventures | Tom Mastrobuoni, Chief Financial Officer, Tyson Ventures | Hiroki Matsuda, Investor, Sozo Ventures | Derek Mazur, Senior Associate, Sante Ventures | David Miller, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Clean Energy Ventures | Julia Moore, Partner, Breakout Ventures | Kirsten Morbeck, Managing Director, SpringRock Ventures | Amit Mulgaonkar, Investor, Mithril Capital Management | Sheila Narayan, Managing Director, Golden Seeds | David Nault, General Partner, Luge Capital | Sara M. Nayeem, Partner, New Enterprise Associates | Brian Panoff, Senior Principal, Shell Ventures | Sumay Parikh, Principal, Quake Capital | Daniel Povitsky, Vice President, Sinai Ventures | Vinny Pujji, Investor, Insight Venture Partners | Venu Raghavan, Vice President, Wasson Enterprise | Gopal Rajaraman, Investment Principal , Motorola Solutions Venture Capital | Wanda Reindorf, Managing Director, Clean Energy Ventures | Brendan Rempel, Associate, OpenView Venture Partners | Martin Ringlein, Venture Partner, NextGen Venture Partners | Praveen Sahay, Managing Director, WAVE Equity Partners | Louis Schick, Founding Partner, NewWorld Capital Group | Chris Seitz, Associate, Excel Venture Management | Connie Sheng, Founding Managing Partner, Nautilus Venture Partners | Alex Shtarkman, Associate, Revolution | John Simon, Managing Director, Sigma Prime Ventures | Sidarth Singh, Investor, Stripes Group | Emily Snyder, Associate, Borealis Ventures | Siri Srinivas, Associate, Draper Associates | Luisa Sucre, Associate, Revolution | Lyndsey Toeppen, Vice President, Sandbox Insurtech Ventures | Tibor Toth, Managing Director, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center | Laurel Touby, Partner, Supernode Ventures | Chisom Uche, Associate, SixThirty | Alexander Urban, Principal, Shell Ventures | Claude Vachet, Managing Partner, Cycle Capital Management | Maria Velissaris, Investor, Pipeline Angels | George Voren, Associate, Flagship Pioneering | Anthony Walsh, Principal, BioInnovation Capital | John Wei, Sr. Investment Manager, SABIC Ventures | Jamie M. Weston, Managing Director, Spring Mountain Capital | Christopher J. Whalen, Managing Director, New Technology Ventures | Thomas Whiteaker, Partner, Propel Venture Partners | Jillian Williams, Investor, Anthemis Group | Troy Williams, Managing Director, University Ventures | Lu Zhang, Founder & Managing Partner, Fusion Fund | Sanjay Zimmermann, Associate, White Star Capital and many more.
To join us as a volunteer, please fill out the form Click Here
The “Featured Company” Coaching Session on December 11th is an intimate gathering of VCs and companies selected to present. The session features VCs on a panel discussion followed by presentations from the featured companies with the VCs providing feedback. The session will then be followed by a cocktail reception which you are welcome to join us for.
The full day Venture Summit is on the 12th.
Students are able to gain free admission and in turn help out for part of the day and enjoy the summit for the other part.
The volunteer time slots are:
Tuesday, December 11th
9:00am – 5:30pm (the reception follows)
Wednesday, December 12th
6:30am – 5:30pm
Here is a link to the program website for full details:
https://wwww.youngstartup.com/newengland2018
Looking for Spring/Summer Internships, Full/Part time opportunities? Then engage in this event and connect with employers and alumni seeking our talented and diverse UMass Boston students. Proper professional dress required!
REGISTER: Beacon Careers Online (BCO) ? Company Events ? UMass Boston Networking Event
EMPLOYERS: (sample list for full list review event, more employers being added daily)
|
– Ernst & Young – Fed Reserve Bank Boston – Fidelity Investments – Loomis Sayles – State Street
|
– Boston Medical Center – Boston Children’s Hospital – Mass Life Sciences – Mass Clean Energy Center – Triumvirate Environmental |
– Edward M Kennedy Institute – Governor’s Office – CREST – Sherwin Williams – Venture Development Center |
PREPARE: Take advantage of Career Services upcoming workshops, resume quick checks and Walk-ins/Appointments. Do RESEARCH on the companies attending.
RESUME QUICK CHECKS: (print and bring with you) to Campus Center, 1st Floor, Terrace area
· Wednesday, November 28th from 11:00am-1:00pm (CC-1-Terrace area)
· Monday, December 3rd from 11:00am-1:00pm (CC-1-Terrace area)
· Wednesday, December 5th from 11:00am-1:00pm (CC-1-Terrace area)
· Thursday, December 6th from 11am-1pm (CC-1-Terrace area) Guest Employer: City Year
PREP WORKSHOPS: (register in BCO)
· Putting it all together – Internship/jobs, Networking and your Next Steps – Wed, 11/28, 3:30-4:30pm, ISC-1-1400
· How to Prepare for the Networking Event – Mon, 12/3, 2:00pm-3:00pm, ISC-1-1400
· How to Prepare for the Networking Event – Wed, 12/5, 12:30pm-1:30pm, M-3-617
Prepare by doing research on companies and getting your documents ready. All resume, cover letter, internship, networking & interviewing resources are located in the Document Library of our Beacon Careers Online (BCO) jobs database. Call our front desk (617) 287-5519 to inquire about our walk-ins or to schedule an appointment.
Office of Career Services and Internships | Campus Center, 1st floor, 1300 | 617.287.5519
www.careers.umb.edu | Beacon Careers Online | careers@umb.edu
From the Office of Career Services:
Dear Student,
Representatives from Boston City Hall will be at the UMass Boston Campus on Thursday, November 8, from 3:00-5:00 PM in CC-3-3545 and they are interested in meeting you! You do not need to stay for the entire event but can attend as much of this event as your schedule allows. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to learn about Boston city government, explore career opportunities, and network with City Hall Staff as follows:
• Intergovernmental Relations
• Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement
• Office of Data + Accountability, Boston Public Schools
• Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Advancement
• Office of Returning Citizens
• Environment, Energy, + Open Space Cabinet
• Boston Public Health Commission
• Streets (Public Works and Transportation)
• Boston Planning + Development Agency
• Research, Boston Police Department
• Mayor’s Office of Resiliency + Racial Equity
• Office of Recovery Services
• Citywide Analytics Team, Dept. of Innovation + Technology
• Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics
• Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development
• Economic Mobility Lab, Policy Cabinet
• Small Business Development, Economic Development Cabinet
• Early Learning, Boston Public Schools
• Administration + Finance Cabinet
AGENDA
15 min – Welcome
15 min – Overview of City Hall Government Structure, branches, and function of the Mayor’s Office
60 min – Open House Format: Speed talk with city hall staff who can talk about their careers/what they do how they got to city hall
15 min. – Close + Thank you
Several UMass Boston students had the opportunity to go to City Hall on October 4th to meet with representatives there, but this is your opportunity to meet with them right here on the UMass Boston campus. Here is an article about that visit: https://www.umb.edu/news/detail/umass_boston_students_become_boston_city_hall_insiders_for_a_day.
This event is open to all majors, undergraduate and graduate, as well as international students. Boston City Hall Insider Flyer.
Career Service Specialist Bill Farrick will begin holding extended career service advising Thursday evenings from 4:30pm-6:00pm for our College of Management graduate students.
Contact the Office of Career Services to make an appointment.
Career Services
617.287.5519
Be sure to bring a hard copy of your resume and cover letter for review and if you are interested in applying for a specific position bring a copy of the position description as well.
The Finance Curriculum Committee of the Department of Accounting and Finance is now calling for applications for the CFA Scholarship for 2019.
The deadline to apply is October 10th.
Please see the CFA Scholarship document to apply: CFA Scholarship: Call for applications 2019
Overview:
The College of Management is participating in the CFA University Affiliation Program. We are listed on the CFA Institute website and entitled to award CFA Program Awareness Scholarships to ten students this fiscal year. The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) is a globally respected, graduate-level investment credential established in 1962 and awarded by CFA Institute, which is widely recognized and respected in the financial industry. To earn the CFA charter, candidates must pass three sequential, six-hour examinations.1 The scholarship waives the one-time CFA Program enrollment fee (if applicable) and reduces the exam registration fee (includes access to the curriculum eBook) to US $350.
The Curriculum Committee of Department of Accounting and Finance now call for applications for this scholarship for 2019 June Exams. To be eligible for candidacy, you must: i) be currently enrolled and have studied in UMASS Boston for at least one semester, ii) be in good standing with the College of Management and the University of Massachusetts Boston, iii) have outstanding academic and service achievements. The curriculum committee starts accepting applications now. The application deadline is October 10, 2018 (11:59 pm EST). The curriculum committee will choose four scholarship recipients from the applicants based on their course records, academic achievements, and project and service participation. Priority will be given to the candidates who take the exams of level 2 or 3.
See attached document above to apply by October 10th.
Career Services: Summer 2018 Updates
Extended summer advising hours with Career Specialist Bill Farrick have come to an end for this summer. We know a lot of students appreciated having this option, and we hope to revisit it again in the Fall 18 semester.
Bill will be out on a short medical leave until the end of August. We wish Bill a healthy and speedy recovery!
Students can schedule an appointment with Deborah Federico, Associate Director for Career Education in Bill’s absence. Deb has worked with our College of Management students in the past and we are happy to have her available over the summer for our students once again.
Deborah Federico
Associate Director for Career Education
617.287.5519
deborah.federico@umb.edu
Career Services Office Location:
Office of Career Services and Internships
Campus Center – 1st Floor – 1300 Street
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125-3393
Phone: 617-287-5519
–
Study Abroad: China – Open House
DATE: Tuesday, March 6, 2018
TIME: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00pm
WHERE: McCormack, 1st Floor, Room 0421
MBAMKT680 Entrepreneurship in the U.S. and China
June 13 – June 28, 2018, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu
The Program
China, now home to over 1.3 billion people and the world’s second-largest economy, has become increasingly important as a market for, and source of, goods and services in all sectors. 21st-century managers need to understand the risks and benefits of doing business in China. In an ever-more globalized world economy, managers at all levels need to understand different ways of doing business in dissimilar cultures and adopt the “best practices” in marketing, finance, and operations from around the world.
This course will offer students an in-depth look at how business is conducted in China, the impact of Chinese culture on business practice, and potential business opportunities there. In about two weeks, we will visit two “capital” cities and one northeastern city in China: Beijing, the current Chinese capital and the political and cultural center of the country; Chengdu, the most innovative and dynamic city with rich culture and natural resources in the western region of China; and Shanghai, the financial capital and one of the most dynamic cities in the world at the moment. During our visit in China, besides the unique cultural tours (such as Great Wall and Forbidden City in Beijing, panda center in Chengdu), we will visit Chinese and multinational corporations in different industries and interview the executives of those corporations. This course will be taught by UMass Boston Professor Raymond Liu who successfully led the class in China for the last 13 summers.
Academic Credit
Participants can earn three elective credits in the UMass Boston MBA Program. This course will count toward a specialization of your choice (depending on the topic of your final project) and will satisfy the International Business requirement. In addition, all the students who assign this course can earn three more credits by taking an independent study course with Professor Raymond Liu
Program Fee
The tentative program fee, exclusive of your airfare, will be $3,220 (3 credits) or $3,870 (6 credits- Main Course + Independent Study).
The fee will be split into 2 payments:
UMass Boston in early June.
The $1,750 fee will cover housing, meals, guest speakers, group-sponsored city transportation, and tour tickets in China. The fee does not include insurance, visa application fee, or transportation between the U.S. and China.
Application Deadline
Because of the nature of the course, the class size is limited to 20. We will review applications on a first come first served basis up to March 30th. However, early applications are strongly encouraged as flight tickets will be very expensive if booking later.
To Apply or for Further Information
To request an application, or to receive additional program information, please contact:
Karol Castaneda
International Programs
College of Advanced Professional Studies
(617) 287-6995/ karol.castaneda@umb.edu
Thesis Defense Notice:
ABSTRACT
DIGITAL LEARNING: EXPECTATION OF CONTEMPORARY WORKFORCE
Monday, November 20, 2017
2:00pm
Healey Library,
College of Management PhD Room
Vignesh Natarajan, B.TECH., Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham ( India )
MBA, University of Massachusetts Boston
MS, University of Massachusetts Boston
Advised by Professor Romilla Syed
The advancement of technologies has disrupted and influenced most of the industry verticals. One of such a profound impact is on education especially how the digital is transforming the today’s learning and lays the foundation for rising tailored needs of different learners’ segments. It is critical for any digital learning providers to understand different segments of learners, their attitude towards e-learning platforms and objectives so that they can better serve the learners in an effective manner. This paper is an attempt to identify learners’ , who are in current workforce, attitude toward online courses, measure how much learners have used online courses for their education, determine which reasons learners used online course and identify the barriers of why learners have not taken online courses and the likeliness that learners would take online courses in the future. The data collection is a result of an online survey fielded to a randomly selected list of specific job board users.
Date and Time
Date: 11/16/2017
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Join us for this important workshop!
Certified American Association of University of Women (AAUW) salary negotiation facilitators will teach you how to negotiate for a new job as well as for earned raises or promotions.
Thursday, November 16, 2017
6-8 p.m.
UMass Boston Campus Center
2nd Floor, Alumni Lounge
$10/person
Free to current students
Through facilitated discussion, and role-play you will learn:
•About the gender pay gap, including its long term consequences
•How to identify and articulate your personal value
•How to develop an arsenal of persuasive responses and other negotiation strategies, including how to get a raise or promotion
•How to conduct objective market research to benchmark a target salary and benefits.