I was lucky enough to have literally stumbled upon my HBS job after spending the prior part of my career working exclusively in finance roles. Before HBS, I worked in investment banking, asset management and had been the CFO of a private equity-backed company. I also acquired a portfolio of multi-family residential properties, which I continue to own today. When I read the job description of my current HBS role, my thought was simply, “that sounds like fun.” – nearly ten years later that remains the case! [...]

Join HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) as we follow three students throughout their summer internships, and learn best practices for creating a successful summer program. [...]

Tell us about your role at HBS: Situated within the Career and Professional Development office in our MBA program, as a Recruiting Relations Manager, I engage daily with organizations looking to develop and refine their recruiting strategy at HBS. The industries I engage with span a wide range- from Investment Banking, to Manufacturing to Retail- which keeps me on my toes! I am also part of our Operations team and am heavily involved in planning the logistics behind all of our on-campus recruiting events. [...]

What is your favorite part about working with employers? I get asked a lot of the same questions throughout the day but what I love most about my job is that, in many cases, the answers will be different. There is not one right answer for every recruiter and how they connect with students on campus so much depends on the needs and capabilities of their organization. My job is less about sharing information about the kinds of events that we offer on campus and more about gathering information from the organizations to hear what they need and how I can help them achieve that. There is that great moment, after you’ve learned exactly what an organization is looking to achieve on campus and used your own expertise to help them decide the best way to connect with students, when you hear that a student has landed the job of their dreams and because of it that organization is one step closer to achieving their goals. [...]

How long have you been working at HBS? I have been at HBS for almost 5 years now. I guess time flies when you are having fun. [...]