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Grenades and Graduation: Defining Success for Yourself

April 22, 2010Daniel No Comments »

Over the past few weeks, I’ve talked to many seniors at Duke about what they are doing post-graduation. Most of them have either secured jobs or places in grad school, but there are a good number who don’t have any concrete plans. The latter group seems pretty worried. “I feel really behind,” “I just really [...]

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“That’s where the money is!”

February 17, 2010Daniel 1 Comment »

Over the last few weeks, many Duke students have been in a frenzy updating their resumes and applying for summer internships. Investment banking and consulting seem to be the hot favorites.
According to the Duke Career Center, the top two hiring industries for 2009 Duke graduates are financial services (26 percent) and consulting (19 percent), and [...]

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