Bentley Professor Heikki Topi Receives IS Educator Award
Heikki Topi, professor of Computer Information Systems at Bentley, has received the 2015 Outstanding Contribution to IS Education Award.
Bentley University News
Which Technology Program Is The Right Fit For You?
Interested in a career in technology? The best way to start is with a master’s degree—but how do you know which program to choose? This will help you decide.
How You Should Prep This Spring For Your MBA
Are you wondering what you should do in the spring to get ready for an MBA program in the fall? Here’s everything you need to know so you can be prepared to start school.
MBA work-life balance is all in the family
Wondering how to maintain balance between life and an MBA program? It's possible to achieve success in both, using strategies from Professional MBA student, husband, and father Eddy Villalta.
Beyond the MBA: When ‘One Size Fits All’ Isn’t the Right Fit
The MBA was once known as a “one size fits all” graduate degree for mid-career professionals with dreams of the corner office. As the demographic skewed younger — thanks to a tight job market — some are passing on the MBA for more tailored options: MS degrees in specialized concentrations. But is one better than the other?
How Far Will Millennials Go to Be the Good Guys?
The Millennial Point of View
Isabel Runge, College Junior
As a junior in college, with many friends in their senior year, and others already a couple years beyond school, I have to admit that my main priority for the next couple of years is to be employed after graduation. With the employment and unemployment rates what they are, most of the people I’ve talked to are terrified of not being hired.
Beyond the headlines: The Business of Millennials
NPR recently launched a series of podcasts featuring millennials, in their own words, talking about why companies should start taking them seriously as employees, as leaders, as consumers, and as creators of ever more products and services in our economy. In #NewBoom, NPR ponders why “there are [now] more millennials in the U.S. than there are baby boomers, so why do they get so many eye rolls?”
Millennial reporter Selena Simmons-Duffin expands upon it this way:
Avoid Interview Blunders by Doing This
Recruiters think millennials are unprepared in many ways, according to Bentley University’s PreparedU study. The job interview, however, shouldn’t be one of them. When it comes to getting ready for a face-to-face meeting, we got the inside scoop on what really works — straight from corporate recruiters at a Bentley Career Fair, with some psychological advice on the side.
Do your homework.
Want to Hold on to Your Millennial Employees? Challenge Them
Bentley University’s Millennial Preparedness research study raised a number of issues about millennials in the workplace. In the coming weeks, PreparedU, in a series entitled Generational Voices, will present opinions from millennials and non-millennials alike on a wide variety of these issues. These views may contrast or coincide, but each will provide perspective designed to enhance insights resulting from the PreparedU data.
Is Flexibility Just One More Selfish Millennial Demand?
Bentley University’s Millennial Preparedness research study raised a number of issues about millennials in the workplace. In the coming weeks, PreparedU, in a series entitled Generational Voices, will present opinions from millennials and non-millennials alike on a wide variety of these issues. These views may contrast or coincide, but each will provide perspective designed to enhance insights resulting from the PreparedU data.
The Millennial Point of View