Wharton Stories: Career Services

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“The mentorship and guidance I’m receiving this summer are setting me up for success in a full-time role and confirming my interest in working at the intersection of Product, Strategy, and Tech.” — Karina Patel, WG’25

How MBA Students Make the Most Out of Summer Internships

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“I think early recruiting helped me decide what I wanted to do. I was looking at big FinTech companies, consulting, and VC firms. I realized in the middle of the VC interview that VC was 100% not for me. I also realized that I didn’t want to do large fintech, so that was another positive outcome.”

An Inside Look at Navigating Pre-MBA Programs and Early Recruiting at Wharton

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Jessica Pugh, WG’19, will be heading to Google this fall to work on global strategy while thinking of carving a bigger space for underrepresented minorities.

Jessica Pugh is Pushing for Diversity and Inclusion in the Tech Industry

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Integrating business knowledge with a liberal arts mindset is helping Dan Ping He, WG’19, towards her goal of enhancing community development through real estate.

This Real Estate MBA Wants to Create Better Affordable Housing

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Jennifer Savoie, Senior Associate Director in Wharton MBA Career Management, gives advice and insights into how jobseekers can build meaningful, dynamic social impact careers.

Careers in Social Impact and Business: Insights from MBA Career Management

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Helping to build Uber’s Middle Eastern office from the ground up gave Carl Madi, WG’17, a firsthand look at how a successful startup takes off. Wharton’s MBA Program allowed him to understand the business decisions behind it.

How Business School Allowed This MBA to See His Startup Experience Through a New Lens

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“I stopped questioning whether I would get the most out of what Wharton had to offer. I knew I would.”

6 Words That Changed This MBA Student’s Assumptions About Wharton

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Like all Wharton students, Allie Miller, WG’17, had a team to help her to discover and achieve her dream internship in artificial intelligence and robotics at IBM Watson. Here’s how she did it.

5 Critical Steps and 5 Key Players for Getting the Perfect Internship

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My dream was (and is!) to determine how businesses can be a force of social good — to not only maximize value for shareholders, but for the broader community and world.

5 Ways to Get Involved with Social Impact at Wharton

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“Unlike other MBA careers, a career in data and analytics will require significant research and networking on your end. That being said – the jobs are there and the connections are there, you just have to put in the work to find them.”

5 Tips for Wharton MBAs Interested in a Career in Data & Analytics