January/February 2011

EOC sat down with former EOC Mentee, Jason Wang, to check in on what he has been up to since graduation.
EOC: What was your major and what year did you graduate?

JW: I graduated from Baruch College June 2010. My major was Finance and my minor was Communication Studies.

EOC: Where are you working now?
JW: I’m currently working at Citigroup, Inc.

EOC: What are your career goals?
JW: I hope to develop and grow my career in the business world, and eventually start a business one day and make it big. Simultaneously, I will always remain active with the community and continue to help and mentor others as much as my time permits.

EOC: What has been the most challenging aspect of your new position?
JW: The most challenging part of my new position is actually being the first full-time job in the real world. Even though I completed internships in past, they are different from full-time jobs; there are so many things to consider and so much to learn, which can be extremely rewarding.

EOC: What was the highlight of your mentorship?
JW: My mentor was certainly the highlight of my mentorship. My mentor opened my horizon to life, society and career goals.

EOC: How did the EOC mentoring program prepare you for your career?
JW: I honestly thank EOC mentoring program for shaping me into the person I am today. The program not only honed my soft skills, but helped me adapt to the business environment and introduced me to professionals through many rounds of networking events.

EOC: What are your plans to stay connected with EOC?
JW: I am very excited to have a chance to work with the Director of EOC and other passionate EOC alumni to initiate the EOC Mentee Alumni Program. This will give me an opportunity to play a role in EOC and have face time with the community. I was fortunate to have received guidance and great advice from people when needed the most; I definitely want to do the same for others and EOC will allow me to make that happen.

New mentor, Janet Mangano, and new mentee, Eliezer Nunez, sat down with each other for an interview. Enjoy learning more about two of our newest EOC members!

Janet: What is your year and your major?
Eliezer: 1st year in full-time honors cohort and graduating in 2012. My major is Finance. I am especially interested in investment analysis.

Janet: What do you want to do when you graduate?
Eliezer: Ideally, I’d like to work analyzing investment opportunities for corporations or institutional investors.

Janet: What has been the highlight of your mentorship?
Eliezer: The first meeting with my mentor was awesome; she is someone from whom I’ll learn a lot and connect with constantly.

Janet: What has been the most challenging part of graduate school?
Eliezer: Without a doubt it has been my statistics class and trying to understand a quantitative course conceptually.

Janet: How has your relationship with your mentor helped you with school? Prepared you for your career?
Eliezer: Motivating conversations with Janet when I was really worn down by semester’s end helped me forge ahead. Knowing what to do in searching for a job and shaping my career.

Janet: What does mentoring mean to you?
Eliezer: Someone who can help you be wiser than you would be based on your own experience.

Janet: What do you do in your spare time?
Eliezer: I stay physically active by running, weight-training and playing basketball, baseball and soccer.
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Eliezer: What is your background?
Janet: Thirty years of professional experience in institutional and individual portfolio management and investment research. Twenty-four years in the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) and the CFA institute.

Eliezer: What has been the highlight of your mentee relationship?
Janet: That’s easy to answer! I was so happy to meet Eliezer, my very first mentee. I was also very thrilled to meet my cohort of fellow mentors.

Eliezer: What does mentoring mean to you?
Janet: It means sharing the best and worst of my career with a young star. He inspires me in ways he does not know.

Eliezer: What advice can you give to students entering the workforce?
Janet: As you look for your first job, consider all possibilities and aim high. Do not say yes until you have a job offer that is acceptable to you. Be excited when you say YES to the employer’s offer.

Eliezer: What advice can you give mentors mentoring students in today’s world?
Janet: Be realistic in assessing the true possibilities that suit your mentee and provide your mentee with actionable and accountable advice.

Eliezer: What do you do in your spare time?
Janet: I love to play the piano and listen to music. I practice on my own every day and enjoy performing with and for others. I also play golf with an unmentionable handicap.

The Executives on Campus kicked off the holiday revelry with an end-of-the-semester cocktail party, which welcomed more than 170 mentors and mentees on Dec. 8, held in the Baruch Performing Arts Center (BPAC).

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Welcome to the first edition of the Executives on Campus Newsletter. Our community is growing and the EOC Newsletter will keep you up-to-date on all the happenings. If you would like to contribute a news item or article to the EOC Newsletter, please email J. McLoughlin.