Happy belated Independence Day to everyone from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Chile and Mexico! We hope everyone is recovering well from celebrating these independence days and the Tite & Brite party :)
We have a few announcements for you all:
SOM COMMUNITIES – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
On Thursday Sept. 22nd their well be a welcome reception from 6-8pm at a local bar for perspective students attending SOM’s diversity admissions event. A significant amount of the perspective students visiting are of Latino Heritage and it will be great to have several members of our club represent us. There will be free drinks and food!!!
If you can attend please email Joel. (joel.ojeda@yale.edu)
SPANISH DINNERS ARE BACK!
Want to practice your Spanish? Miss speaking Spanish at home? Fear no more, we’re bringing back Spanish small dinners!! These are monthly get-togethers opened to anyone from the SOM community who is interested in speaking Spanish at dinner from novices to native speakers.
The first one will be this Tuesday September 20th.
Limited spots, sign up ASAP: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YdrZBjRfbTridwUVLAZniCLFQOkf3MgpjDHiK3HAp9U/edit?usp=sharing
If you have any questions please contact Gabriela (Gabriela.Rivas@yale.edu).
RECRUITMENT: BAIN
- Monday September 26th 9:00-10:30: Latinos at Bain (LATBA) networking event for 1st years and 2nd right after Bain’s presentation at Barcelona Wine Bar. Flyer with details attached. Please RSVP for the event here.
- If you interested in recruiting in Latin America please check out the attachment with the contacts from each of the offices.
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS FOR 1ST YEARS AND MAMS:
We are currently in the process of setting up video interviews a la SOM using Ignacio’s startup’s video technology! The questions that will be included are the following:
- What were you doing before you came to Yale SOM?
- Why do you want to be an LLA leader?
- Which types of activities would like to lead and why?
Positions include:
- First Year Representative
- Social & Cultural
- Speaker Series
- Admissions
- Communications and Inclusion
- Careers
- MAM Representative
- Partners’ Representative
- Job Trek Leader
We’ll send the link and instructions on how to do the interview this Monday/Tuesday. Thanks for your patience!
PROSPANICA CONFERENCE IN HOUSTON – Sept 29- Oct 1:
Every year NSHMBA, the premier organization for Hispanic MBAs, organizes a conference and career expo. It’s a great place to network with Hispanic professionals and meet companies that don’t always recruit on campus. In the past several SOM Students have gotten jobs thanks to the career expo. For a list of companies attending please see: http://www.prospanicaconference.org/job-fair
If you are planning to attend please email Perla (Perla.Jimenez@yale.edu) so she can put you in contact with other students attending.
SAVE-THE-DATE
- Oct 28th - Hispanic MBA Summit: CBS will host their annual gathering Hispanic MBA in NYC. Companies planning to attend include JPMorgan, Bain, BAML and BCG!
- Nov 4th-5th – MBA Mexico in Boston: An annual conference for Mexican students studying in the US. It consists of panels discussing current business issues and events in Mexico plus multiple social events. It’s a great way to network and meet business leaders and fellow MBA students. Last year 4 students from SOM attended and highly recommended it. Learn more about it at http://www.mbamexico.org/
Good luck 1st years with you first exams! You’re all going to be fine!
Hasta luego,
Gabriella Gabriel, Ignacio, Joel and Perla
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