Photo from Michelle Obama Facebook Page By Lindsey Plewa , GCMC Associate Director With the temperature in New York City hovering around bitterly cold in January, I love nothing more than to curl up with a good book over the weekend. Most recently, I've been reading "Becoming" by Michelle Obama, a Christmas present from my sister and brother-in-law. Besides being a fascinating read about someone I truly admire, I loved her honest account about how she dealt with the difficult task of wanting to change careers. Here are three lessons from her story that are applicable to anyone considering making a career change. Lesson 1: Acknowledge that "something isn't quite right" feeling  After attending Princeton, she worked as a corporate lawyer, but struggled with staying in that career for the long haul. She writes, "I didn't want people remembering me for the stacks of legal briefs I'd written or the corporate trademarks I'd helped defend

This is Part 2 of a two-part post. Every day, there are numerous Zicklin grad students interning in various companies throughout New York City. Each of them have different experiences, learn new skills and come away with new ideas and goals from the work they do. These Zicklin students shared with the GCMC their thoughts on their fall 2018 internships: Siyu Jia (MS Real Estate '19), Acquisition Intern at a real estate private equity fund Student in the MS Quantitative Methods and Modeling Class of '19, Global Finance Intern at multinational investment bank and financial services company Haoran Lin (MS Quantitative Methods and Modeling '20), Risk Analyst at international banking group Yifan Panfang (MS Accountancy '18), Analyst at major US financial services firm Yanan Xu (MS Accountancy '18), Accounting Intern at a hotel management group We asked each of them the same four questions, but their answers were hardly the same. ++++++++

By Tanuja Ramchal In January of 2018, I had a session with Eileen Marray (MS Finance '18) , whom I’ve been coaching since her second semester in the MS program at Zicklin. In that session, she said, "I've been reflecting on the last year and can’t believe what I’ve been able to accomplish in 2017. A year ago, I was starting from nothing." Eileen, an international student, didn’t have any professional experience in the United States. Prior to her MS, she held one entry-level job working at a bank in her country right out of undergrad. In a matter of a few months though, Eileen was able to land an internship in her field for summer 2017. As a result of her high performance, that internship was extended to the fall semester. That same semester, she applied for a summer internship at a top financial services firm and received an offer. This led to a full-time role, which she’ll be starting in February. If you’re reading this and thinking results like this only happ