Students on the Blog: Site Visit to JetBlue for LGBTQ Pride Month
By Gennaro Aliperti (MS Marketing '15) June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month and in honor of this occasion, JetBlue invited a group of Zicklin students for a site visit at their headquarters in Long Island City. The visit was co-organized by the Zicklin Graduate Career Management Center and Baruch’s Graduate Pride Society, and included a panel discussion from senior leaders in the company followed by a speed networking session. The panel consisted of four individuals who work in different functions of the company, including Marketing, Finance and Operations. The conversation began with a reflection of each panelist’s experience with a mentor and how this had led them to their current points in their career. A lot of the panelists didn’t start their career with a clear path in mind, but they all agreed that finding mentors that are similar to them gave them room to speak candidly about their interests. Ultimately, these honest relationships helped them build the networks that led