My International Journey to Learning and Exploring New Opportunities
Two weeks before I turned 21, following an 8-year immigration process, my family and I left everything and everyone in China to embark on our journey to the United States....
Category "Career Management"
The Value of Giving Back and Engaging as Alumni
Last month, I had the great opportunity to join a group of Carey Business School colleagues on a trip to China. Educational and fun, my first visit to the country...
Designing Your Career Path One Transition at a Time
The summer after I graduated from college, I packed my white Ford Blazer and drove from Madison, Wisconsin to Lake Charles, Louisiana to serve as an AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in...
Tips for Finding a Summer Internship
If you spent your winter break clarifying your personal brand, polishing your resume and cover letter, and establishing specific career resolutions, you are already well on your way to exploring opportunities for further professional growth...
Internship Expectations From Your Employer
When I started as an intern at Allegravita, a PR and Marketing agency in NYC, I was too shy to speak out loud. I had so many worries every day....
Carey Real Estate Students “Trek” in New York City
From April 5–6, a group of about 20 students from Carey’s MS Real Estate & Infrastructure (REI) and MBA REI programs traveled to New York City to meet with company...
Recent Carey Grads Invest in Baltimore, Social Impact
As Carey alumni, we are doing business with humanity in mind, leveraging real estate development and investment to make Baltimore City one of America’s top destinations for students and young...
Trailblazing Women: Stories of Firsts, Risks, and Success
On the eve of International Women’s Day, I attended an event at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School entitled “Trailblazing Women: Stories of Firsts, Risks, and Success.” At this event,...
Ask US: Cultural Lessons Not Taught in English Class
In the 2009 movie Sugar, the title character—a baseball player from the Dominican Republic—is eating breakfast at a rural American diner. When the server asks him what he wants, he...
Top 5 Blog Posts of 2017
Spring classes officially began yesterday at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, so to welcome all our new and returning students, I would like to share our most-read blog posts of...
5 Simple Morning Rituals to Help Transform Your Day
We all do it: we wake up and think of all we have to do, or all we didn’t do the day before, and immediately start our day stressed out....
The Power of Gratitude
In 2009, a savvy hotel consultant in Nigeria told me a story that changed the way I saw business practiced. He was contracted to boost the flagging revenue of one...
3 Lessons Learned in My Professional Life
On October 21, 2017, I was fortunate to be one of the ten panelists at the third annual Master of Science in Finance Alumni event organized by the Johns Hopkins...
7 Tips to Handle Stress in the Workplace
A long day at work. The printer chooses today to run out of paper and the shredder is jammed. Finals are coming up, and you have to network to grab...
A More Human Job Candidate
One of my all-time favorite stories is Loren Eiseley’s “The Star Thrower.” In the story, an old man walks on a beach covered with millions of starfish being washed up...