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6 career hacks from Apple VP Kate Bergeron

By Tracy Mayor

Kate Bergeron was unemployed, uninsured, and pregnant when she first interviewed at Apple — a situation that might not suggest the most intentional of careers.

Yet 17 years later, Bergeron is a vice president of hardware engineering, currently …

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5 up-and-coming jobs in sustainability, and what’s next

In an article shared by MIT Sloan, Meredith Somers discusses the shift from “reactive to proactive environmental practices,” and how a company’s sustainability practices are now viewed as an indication of its success.

“Sustainability is no longer an afterthought in …

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MIT tops the 2021 Emerging’s Global University Employability Ranking

Times Higher Education (THE) announced that M.I.T. was named World’s Best University by graduate recruiters as surveyed by the Global Employability University Ranking and Survey (GEURS). GEURS aims to give an insight into the employability of graduates from universities around the world. …

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You Have a 50/50 Chance: a guest post from my mama

Camille was very nervous when she applied for EA to MIT in 2018. “What if I don’t get in?” “Am I good enough?” (That is a question we all ask ourselves). “The acceptance rate is only a 5% or 6%”

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From the Military to Academia: Managing a Successful Job Search

Current servicemembers and military veterans have faced some of the greatest hardships known to humanity. Whether combat operations in a convoy for Operation Iraqi Freedom or stateside hardships of basic training and military life, they have been prepared to stand …

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The Bias Cut: How a visionary boss helped this CEO succeed

by Meredith Somers

A 2020 women’s leadership study from LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Co. found that American women held less than 40% of corporate management positions, and women continue to fight underrepresentation when it comes to board positions and CEO …

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Blending computing with other disciplines at MIT

The Common Ground for Computing Education is facilitating collaborations to develop new classes for students to pursue computational knowledge within the context of their fields of interest.

https://news.mit.edu/2021/3-questions-blending-computing-other-disciplines-common-ground-mit-1102

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How to Get a Job in the Music Industry

Keith Hatschek’s book How to Get a Job in the Music Industry has helped thousands of people follow their dreams and find work helping to create more music in the world. If you are looking for a job in the …

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STEAM Jobs List: 10 Careers that Combine Art and Math

While it is easy to separate interests and careers into purely left brain or right brain, STEAM programs have shown that art is an integral part of science and technology learning. Whether your students have shown interest in advanced math, …

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The 10 best global universities of 2022, according to US News and World Report

MIT has been named to the number 2 spot in U.S. News & World Report’s list of the best universities in the world.

https://www.usnews.com/info/blogs/press-room/articles/2021-10-26/us-news-announces-2022-best-global-universities-rankings

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