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Read MoreMatch Made in MissionFoundations Matter: How One Student Found Her Home in Real Estate Finance
Featuring Hines and Deja Alfaro, NYU Stern Before Deja Alfaro found herself working in fund management in London, she was a first-generation college student at NYU trying to figure out where she fit in finance. Like many business students going to school in New York, the path seemed to point in one direction. “Everyone just […]
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Read MoreArticlesYour First Promotion: What You Need to Know
When people talk about women’s advancement, the conversation usually jumps straight to the C‑suite. But the real story starts much earlier, at the very first step up. For more than seven years, we’ve had a name for the place where women’s careers most often stall: the Broken Rung. First introduced by McKinsey andLeanIn.org in 2019, […]
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Read MoreTopicsWhy a Career Ready Certificate is Essential for Any Major or Grad Year
Whether you’re a first-year or a senior in college, it’s never too late to learn about different industries and advance your professional skills with the Career Ready Certificate program. From discovering the program to growing their professional network, read how Duke University student, Pranavi Reddi, used the program to connect with women leaders in the […]
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Read MoreTopicsAt Western Asset, Connie Fischer Succeeds by Listening
Connie Fischer hasn’t followed a traditional investment management career path. After high school, she briefly attended junior college to pursue pharmacy, but this pursuit failed to really capture her attention and imagination. It was only after someone recommended her to a receptionist job at an investment brokerage that she found her calling; her career took […]
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Read MoreArticlesBalancing MBA Admissions and Life: Insights from Carnegie Mellon MBA Graduate, Mable Thelakkaden
When pursuing an MBA degree, it can be challenging to balance the admissions process with other responsibilities in a prospective student’s life. Learn more from MBA graduate, Mable Thelakkaden, who shares where her motivation came from to earn her MBA, as well as her personal experience and insights into the MBA program at Carnegie Mellon […]
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Read MoreTopicsFive Ways to Make Your MBA More Affordable
As a financial aid professional, I often meet students with questions about how to best finance the MBA when it’s too late – AFTER they are already admitted. If you are involved with Forté, however, it means you are already on the right path because you’re starting early. Music to my ears! The questions I […]
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Read MoreArticlesWhat Our Research Reveals About the Post-MBA Pay Gap
An MBA can boost the pay of women and minorities by 57% or higher in their first post-MBA job but does not eliminate the gender pay gap, particularly for underrepresented minority women, according to Forté’s latest research. Here’s the good news: you can increase the quality and quantity of job opportunities and experience greater career satisfaction by taking ownership of your journey.
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Read MoreTopicsNavigating the Business World With the Support of A Career Ready Certificate
It can be confusing navigating the business world on your own, but with Forté’s Career Ready Certificate program, you can have access to all the support you want. When NYU Class of 2024 student, Prashi Joshi, heard about the certificate from a classmate, she found a strong community of supportive, successful women that she looked […]
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