All of us have a first job. In fact, we often have more than one: our first job as teens (or even pre-teens) and our first job as adults and as college graduates. For College namesake Bernard Baruch (1870–1965), his “first” first job was picking cotton. Ten years old at the time, he had a … Continue reading First Jobs
Alumni Match Game: First Jobs
Before they made it big in their chosen professions, these Baruch alums honed their work ethic in unexpected fields. Match the Baruch alum with his or her first job, either before or after college. Answers at bottom. Answers: 1(e) Field, founder and chairman, NSB Associates, a real estate development company; 2(c) Ross, chairman, Lusk Center … Continue reading Alumni Match Game: First Jobs
First Jobs Today
Your earliest professional stories vividly demonstrate the importance of the College’s continuing mission: to provide hardworking students of modest means with an education that enables them to achieve their professional dreams. Securing that job or finding a path to it is difficult these days, according to Dr. Patricia Imbimbo, director of the College’s award-winning Starr … Continue reading First Jobs Today