Kendel Jester

Assistant Director, Early Career Engagement

As Assistant Director for Early Career Engagement, Kendel (she/they) is the point person for MIT’s first and second year undergraduate students. Kendel also serves as a liaison to MIT’s Business, Finance, and Fintech career community, and supports underrepresented student groups including first-generation, low-income, LGBTQ+, and racial and ethnic minority students. Kendel’s professional background has been focused at the intersection of career development and education, encompassing both secondary and post-secondary settings. Kendel received a B.S. in Kinesiology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and an M.Ed. in Student Affairs Counseling from Bridgewater State University.

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Career opportunities at top employers for people with disabilities

Lime Connect’s partners have endless opportunities posted for students and professionals with disabilities from internships to senior-level roles and more!

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Apply for the 2024 Undergraduate Women in Investing Conference by April 30th!

Founded in 2016 the Undergraduate Women in Investing Conference is modeled after our long-running MBA-WIN conference and is designed to educate undergraduate students about the rewarding career opportunities available in investment management, a field in which women are vastly underrepresented.

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Apply to Cornell University’s Undergraduate Stock Pitch Challenge by April 26!

Thursday, September 12 – Friday, September 13, 2024 at Cornell University

The Undergraduate Stock Pitch Challenge provides a forum for students from top undergraduate programs to compete and showcase their stock-picking skills in front of a panel of distinguished …

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25 Best Investment Banks to Work for in 2024

Vault’s 2024 Banking 25 is a ranking of the best investment banking firms to work for in North America. The ranking is based on a survey of more than 2,400 banking professionals who were asked to rate their firms in …

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Applications for our 2024 Global Internships and Graduate Programmes are now open in Hong Kong and Singapore

Whether you’re in your penultimate or final year of your undergraduate or postgraduate studies, we offer a wide range of exciting opportunities for you to start your career with HSBC.

We are currently accepting applications for the following programmes in …

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2023 HSBC Career Insights into Asia Series

This is an opportunity for penultimate or final year students to learn more about our graduate and internship programmes at HSBC, and who are interested in starting their career in Asia Pacific.

Through these virtual events, you will hear from, …

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New HireVue interview questions at Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan

by Zeno Toulon

“We trawled forums – Glassdoor, Wall Street Oasis, and Reddit, among others – to find the most common questions you could expect at a HireVue interview at two banks – JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs. Some are specific to the bank, …

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Student loan forgiveness information from Student Financial Services

MIT’s Student Financial Services (SFS) put together the following information about President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program.

Quick facts about Biden’s loan debt relief

FTC Warns borrowers of scammers after Biden’s loan cancellation announcement
Scammers are attempting to capitalize on …

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FLI-ing Abroad – MISTI Blogs

As an IdentityX Ambassador for the MISTI program, Crista shares her experience traveling abroad and living in Germany with the MISTI program through the lens of her FLI identity in this recent blog post.

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What to expect from Morgan Stanley’s psychometric tests

By Sarah Butcher

When you apply for a first job at an investment bank or finance firm now, you’re almost certainly going to have to take a psychometric test. JPMorgan uses Pymetrics games to sort through its mass of applicants. …

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