SMC Career Paths
By Tim Birmingham
SMC Career PathsDec 01, 2021
Employer Spotlight: Collins Aerospace with Tess Elsinga '21
Tess is a Senior Recruiter at Collins Aerospace in Vergennes, VT. She is a 2021 graduate of SMC. We talk about her time at SMC, opportunities at Collins, and her perspective for job seekers as a recruiter. Tess can be found on LinkedIn or contacted by email at tess.elsinga@collins.com.
Career Conversation: Katy DelGreco '16
Katy is a Recruiter at Perrigo Company and has experience working in a variety of industries. She is skilled in new hire processes, communication, interviewing, and candidate sourcing. We discuss her path into recruiting from Saint Mike's and what it takes for candidates to be successful in today's job market. Katy provides detailed perspectives and advice from her role as a recruiter that will benefit anyone who is job searching or thinking about starting a job search. Check it out! As usual, please subscribe to this podcast and email with any questions, thoughts or guest ideas....tbirmingham@smcvt.edu.
Career Conversation: Elly McKenna '22
Elly McKenna is a senior at St. Mikes and a captain on the women's tennis team. We talk about her four years here, advice for incoming students, the value of having an internship, networking, LinkedIn, and so much more. Enjoy!
Career Conversation: Beth Schlott '20
Beth Schlott is a 2020 graduate of Saint Mikes and a current Stable Value Analyst at Goldman Sachs in Burlington. We had a great conversation about her path from SMC to her current role at Goldman. There's a lot of great takeaway's in this podcast! Enjoy!
Career Conversations for the Life Sciences
Learn about alumni career paths in Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy (Warning on this one there seems to be some audio feedback throughout parts of the conversation but stick with it, it's a good one!).
Meet the Career Education Center
Meet the staff of the CEC, learn about resources and hear some of our advice for seniors.
Career Opportunities: Vermont Air National Guard
The Vermont Air National Guard (VTANG) is located right in our backyard at the Burlington International Airport. In this episode, I talk with three members of VTANG to discuss career opportunities, educational benefits, the F35, and advice for graduating students. The opportunities and benefits available are significant. Check out this podcast and reach out to Technical Sergeant Freeman Degboe if you want to learn more. (freeman.degboe@us.af.mil / 802-391-7021)
Career Conversation: Lance Reynolds '19
Lance is a reporter with the Republican American in Watertown, CT. He was an MJD major at St. Mike's and graduated in May of 2019. Lance provides great insight on what it is like to work in journalism as well as life after St. Mike's. Give it a listen!
His contact information for follow up questions: reynoldslance96@gmail.com Follow him on Twitter: @LanceRReynolds_
Job Searching and Networking Tips
This episode is a recording of a video I made for the resources section of our website. It covers tips and tactics for job searching and networking. You can check out the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vka29wk4pE
Enjoy!
The Peer Career Advisor Program
In this episode you will meet Colleen Biglin '22 who is a Peer Career Advisor in the Career Education Center. We talk about the PCA program, services she offers students and alumni, her favorite resume tip, and cover more about the Career Education Center in general. Enjoy!
Introduction to SMC Career Paths
Welcome to the Saint Michael's College Career Paths podcast brought to you by the Saint Michael's College Career Education Center. This episode is an introduction to our new podcast series. Please hit subscribe and look for new episodes coming soon!