by: Pamela Ahearn, Manager Employer Partnerships, Center for Career Development You’ve heard the term networking but what does that really mean? Networking is the process of building and maintaining relationships with people in a job, organization or career field that interests you. Through conversations with networking contacts you can learn about their day-to-day responsibilities, the skills and knowledge required to succeed in a particular role or industry and current trends in the field. Networking conversations can help you gain clarity, expand your professional network, and enhance ..read more

By: Ashwin Prabaharan, Peer Career Assistant November 29th, 2023 On November 20th, Holy Cross had the opportunity to interview alum Michael O’Brien. Michael recently graduated in the spring of 2023, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in English. He served on the Spire as a writer and ultimately became Editor-in-Chief. He now serves as an O’Hare Fellow at America Magazine. Michael walked me through the application process, his research on the Fellowship, and his experience thus far at the Magazine.  While attending the Silent Retreat at the Joyce Contemplative Center, Michael remarked that he ca ..read more

Name: Ganiyat Karimu Class Year: 2023 Organization Name: Boston Sports and Shoulder Center Title: Medical Assistant   1. In one sentence, what does your job entail? My role as a medical assistant is to assist our orthopedic providers in patient treatments such as steroid injections, brace fitting, extremity casting and much more.   2. What planned and unplanned events connected you to your industry and your first employer after Holy Cross? How did you learn/decide it was a good fit for you? I found Boston Sports and Shoulder Center through an email listing on Hol ..read more

Name: Tremayne Garrett ll Class Year: 2023 Title: Medical Assistant Organization Name: Boston Sports and Shoulder Center   1.  In one sentence, what does your job entail? Definitely hard to put our position into one sentence but as a medical assistant we facilitate and guide a smooth and efficient clinic day through tasks such as intakes, fitting patients into DME, informing the providers of the patient’s status that visit and keeping them on time as much as possible.   2. What planned and unplanned events connected you to your industry and your first employer after Holy Cross ..read more

Name:  Suzanne Vitt Class Year:  1998 Title:  Mental Health Clinician Organization Name: Baystate Counseling and Wellness Center   1. In one sentence, what does your job entail? My job entails providing individual therapy to adolescents and adults as we work towards reaching their identified goals and reduce symptomatology of their mental health symptoms.     2. What planned and unplanned events connected you to your industry and your first employer after Holy Cross? How did you learn/decide it was a good fit for you?   At the time of graduation, I ..read more

Name: Elizabeth “Beth” Morse Luoma, Ph.D.           Class Year: 2009 Title: Director, Center for Teaching and Learning Organization Name: Sacred Heart University   1. In one sentence, what does your job entail? I direct a university center that provides academic support for students (e.g. tutoring, writing support, classroom learning assistance) and professional development for faculty and staff (e.g. workshops on effective and inclusive teaching practices). You can find out more at http://sacredheart.edu/ctl.   2. What planned and u ..read more

Name: Graydon Hew Class Year: 2021 Title: AVP, Credit Underwriter, Franchise Finance Organization Name: M&T Bank   1. In one sentence, what does your job entail? I manage credit underwriting and portfolio management for Commercial Banking customers in the Franchise Finance space.   2. What planned and unplanned events connected you to your industry and your first employer after Holy Cross? How did you learn/decide it was a good fit for you?   It took time for me to learn about Commercial Banking. I had been looking for internships in different areas throughout my junio ..read more

by: Pamela Ahearn, Manager Employer Partnerships, Center for Career Development Last year the Center for Career Development (CCD) surveyed Holy Cross about their own career development journey and engagement with the office. In response to the question, “What causes you the most anxiety when you think about making a decision about your future career?,” the resounding response from students across all class years was “I am not sure where to start.” The second most common response was, “I am afraid I will make the wrong decision.” How about starting by creating or updating your resume? *It’s eas ..read more

Name: Sarah Boehm Class Year: 2011 Title: Associate Director for Education and Outreach Organization Name: Center for Nanoscale Science, Pennsylvania State University   1. In one sentence, what does your job entail? I manage the educational and professional development portfolio for a large materials research grant that consists of roughly 20 faculty and 35 graduate students and postdocs.   2. What planned and unplanned events connected you to your industry and your first employer after Holy Cross? How did you learn/decide it was a good fit for you?   With both the encoura ..read more

Name: Sara Guay  Class Year: 2022  Title: Research Technician  Organization Name: Massachusetts General Hospital    1. In one sentence, what does your job entail?   I work together with post-doctoral fellows to conduct experiments related to breast cancer therapeutics and diagnostics.    2. What planned and unplanned events connected you to your industry and your first employer after Holy Cross? How did you learn/decide it was a good fit for you?  My mentor, Professor Findlay, helped me connect to the science industry by guiding me through an ..read more