Francis Borrego

Associate Director, Employer Relations 

Pronouns: he/him/his

Francis manages the employer relations team and works with employers to promote opportunities and advise on strategies to successfully recruit students and build brand awareness at MIT. He has an MS in Student Affairs Administration and MBA from Binghamton University, and a BA in Management from Hartwick College. Previous experiences include 15 years in Higher Education focusing on career services, marketing communications, and 10 years of experience in sales and marketing in the high-tech manufacturing and utility industries.

What was your most interesting job? A global marketing manager for a high-tech manufacturer. I traveled domestically and internationally (Brazil, China, India, Mexico, etc.) to regions where consumer electronics were being manufactured. I enjoyed experiencing local cultures, and my favorite was going to Singapore or China around the Lunar New Year.

Contact Francis for:

  • Employers and Organizations seeking to recruit or build brand awareness at MIT
  • MIT Student Outcomes Data including the annual Graduating Student Survey (GSS) and Earned Doctorate Survey as well as the biennial Summer Experience Survey
  • Students with a Career Interest in Consulting
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Opportunities and Perils of Data Science

Published on October 26, 2021

Thursday, November 4 at 4 p.m. in 34-401-Grier Room A

An EECS Seminar by Dr. Alfred Z. Spector, followed by a fireside chat moderated by Cadence Design Systems Professor Aleksander Madry. 

Data science has provided unprecedented opportunities to learn …

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Which Industries are Hiring Data Scientists in 2021?

Published on October 15, 2021

A major lesson learned from the pandemic is that data is an integral part of business decisions and strategic operations. As COVID hit, businesses adapted to hybrid and distributed environments with data at the center of everything. With more data …

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How Covid-19 changed MIT’s global hackathon program and others for the better, forever

Published on September 9, 2021

Postdoc Freddy Nguyen, former co-director of the MIT Hacking Medicine hackathon, discusses how transitioning to virtual programming during the Covid-19 pandemic shed light on how to improve hackathons going forward.

Read the full article on Forbes written by Michelle Greenwald

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7 Skills You Need to Succeed in Data Science (and How to Show Them Off in a Job Search)

Published on June 17, 2021

Nearly a decade after Harvard Business Review called data science the sexiest job of the 21st century, becoming a data scientist is still a great career choice. The median salary for a data scientist is $122,840, according to the Bureau …

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5 Useful Tips for Landing that Data Science Internship You’ve Always Wanted

Published on June 17, 2021

The data science market is growing rapidly, which means that while data scientists are in demand, the number of job seekers is also on the rise. It is not only the large companies that depend on data science. The rise …

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Data Science Is a High-Paying, Fast-Growing Field—Here’s What You Need to Know About Entering It

Published on June 17, 2021

Ever wonder how Instagram knows exactly what ad to show you? Or how your supermarket keeps the right food in stock? It’s probably thanks to a data scientist.

You may have heard the words “data science” tossed around a lot …

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