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  Forté Signals

  Signs vs. Signals: The Two‑Letter Difference That Explains a Lot About Work

  For reasons that probably say something strange about me, I’ve been thinking about traffic signals a lot lately. Not because I’m secretly passionate about municipal infrastructure or have taken up a side hustle in urban planning. If anything, I’m the person who still gets irrationally annoyed when a left turn arrow takes too long. But […]

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  College Success

  How She Went from Prepared to Memorable

  Forum Patel, a junior majoring in Computer Science & Business at Lehigh University, thought she was interested in consulting, especially tech consulting. Like a lot of students, she knew the buzzwords: travel, big clients, problem-solving, long hours. What she didn’t know was what consultants actually do. Enter Forté’s Career Ready Certificate. Through the Career Ready […]

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  Mentorship

  Mentoring Isn’t Supposed to Feel Like a Second Full-Time Job

  When people hear the word “mentor,” they sometimes imagine they are signing up to become a combination career coach, therapist, recruiter, life strategist, and magical problem-solving wizard. Exhausting, right? Good news: that isn’t actually the job. A good mentor doesn’t need to have all the answers.  You don’t need to know exactly what someone should […]

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  College Success

  From Self‑Discovery to Finance: Chinmayi’s Career Ready Journey

  A rising finance leader reflects on the skills that helped her stand out. NYU Stern School of Business ’28 Majors: Finance & Entrepreneurship | Minor: Data Science When Chinmayi Chittamuri enrolled at NYU Stern, she knew she wanted to pursue a career in business — but she also knew she needed a clear, compelling way […]

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  Early Career

  Welcome to Your Career. Here Are 5 Things Nobody Explained. 

  You spent years in school prepping for “that first job.”  You learned how to write papers (thanks ChatGPT), study for exams, give presentations, join clubs, and survive the group project with one person who mysteriously disappeared until the night before. Then you graduated, and yes you even managed to find a job in “this” market.  […]

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  Articles

  From Prep to Payoff: MBA Leadership Conference

  Sneha Dasgupta is fired up. As a first-year MBA at the University of Michigan’s Ross School and a Forté Fellow, Sneha has tackled a healthcare start-up, pitched at a conference in Houston, and landed an upcoming summer internship at Kearney. After sharpening her goals in Forté’s MBA Takeoff, Sneha walked into the 2025 MBA Leadership […]

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