First-Generation Alumni Feature: Gerardo Amigon

The Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development spoke with a few of our first-generation alumni.  Gerardo Amigon ’20 graduated from Binghamton University with a Master’s in Business Administration.  Currently, he is in CVS Health’s Finance Leadership Development Program (rotational …

By Sophia Givre ’11, MA ’13, PhD ’17
Sophia Givre ’11, MA ’13, PhD ’17 Career Consultant
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Interviews With Binghamton University Latinx/Hispanic Student Organizations Leaders

                 As we continue to celebrate Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month, the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development would like to highlight student leaders on our campus who have contributed to the success and welcoming nature of the latinx/hispanic community. The leaders …

By Stephanie Ramirez-Cisneros
Stephanie Ramirez-Cisneros Senior Peer Consultant
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Finding Employers Who Foster Diversity and Inclusion Beyond The Diversity Roundtable Event

                     When considering job offers, career paths, and other aspects of future employment-it is important to consider how one’s own beliefs, background, and personality can impact one’s decision. Similarly, declaring a major, discovering a field you’re passionate about, and landing the …

By Stephanie Ramirez-Cisneros
Stephanie Ramirez-Cisneros Senior Peer Consultant
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How Women of Color Get to Senior Management

This article was written by Cindy Pace, Ed.D., is a global talent and diversity leader, lecturer, and adjunct professor of organizational leadership with 20 years of professional corporate experience working in financial services, health care, and biopharmaceuticals. Read the full …

By Erin Wise
Erin Wise
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3 Ways Structural Racism Could Be Hurting You at Work—and How to Navigate Them

I thought it was a good meeting. Productive. Engaging. Kinetic. Crammed in a windowless conference room with fifteen of my colleagues and my dog to boot, we reshaped a proposed idea into a fully fleshed-out project plan by identifying its …

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Here’s How Unconscious Racial Bias Can Creep Into Recommendation Letters—and How You Can Avoid It

Got a great student, junior scholar, or former employee who is a person of color (POC)? Planning to write them a super letter of reference? That’s great. Remember that letters of reference can make or break a candidate’s application for …

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Black Women Describe Navigating Race and Gender in the Workplace

Author Maura Cheeks along with Professor Elizabeth Morrison, Vice Dean of Faculty at NYU,  interviewed “10 women of color in order to understand the challenges they face in the workplace, how they cope with those challenges, and how those coping …

By Alicia Hibbard
Alicia Hibbard
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Hypervisible, Invisible: How to Navigate White Workplaces as a Black Woman

I’ve been trying to figure out this challenging dance of how to be Black but not “too Black” in predominantly white spaces my entire life.

I remember having a conversation with a trusted and beloved mentor of mine a few …

By Alicia Hibbard
Alicia Hibbard
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