Throughout this International Consulting experience, I definitely learned and developed significantly. The primary contributors to this growth were the lessons I learned along the way. This first was that perseverance is key, especially in the face of adversity. Caras Con Causa is an extremely inspiring organization, and learning more about the work they do throughout…
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First Experiences in Navigating Uncertainty: ICP Covid-19 Edition
It has been evident throughout the duration of this project that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the environment in which our client operates. From the beginning, we anticipated COVID-19 to be an issue, as the pandemic had already transformed our lives dramatically. Across the continental United States, widespread school shutdowns have…
Navigating New Norms in the New Normal
This past Wednesday marked the midpoint check-in for our consulting engagement with our client, Caras Con Causa, a non-profit in Cataño, Puerto Rico. It is truly exciting and inspiring to see how dedicated many of the amazing individuals associated with Caras are, including Caras’s CEO and Founder Michael Fernandez. I had originally anticipated difficulty in…
Consulting with Caras Con Causa During COVID
Hello Everyone, My name is Alex Firestine, and I’m a sophomore pursuing a double major in Finance and Accounting with certificates in Leadership & Ethics and Business Analytics, and a minor in Economics. I’m originally from Montgomery County, Maryland, which is a quick metro ride outside of Washington D.C. I attended a rural high school,…
Haller Fellowship Takeaways (Not Takeout)
As we leave Ireland, let’s focus on takeaways for your personal and professional development from the Ireland part of the course. In terms of professional development, maybe it was a company or organization that you enjoyed seeing and might want to work with again or perhaps one of the contacts you met on the various…
Networking with Pitt Business Alumni
As you start your studies in Pitt Business, you will see that a great deal of emphasis is placed on your professional development. A big part of this is the process of networking and actively following up with professional contacts to generate opportunities for professional development in the future. This blog post from Pitt Business…
Future Study Abroad Experience
One of the main purposes of the Haller Global Fellowship is to give you an introduction to studying abroad early in your academic career, so that you start thinking about study abroad opportunities as part of your undergraduate business education. Pitt Business has had great success in providing students with opportunities and financial support for…
Microsoft in Ireland
We have an afternoon site visit to Microsoft’s Ireland Headquarters tomorrow. In preparation for this visit, this 4:29 YouTube video from 2013 makes several interesting points for why Microsoft saw Ireland as a source of commercial opportunities: In preparation for your site visit to Microsoft Ireland, the short video reflects several of the points that…
Guinness Enterprise Centre
In preparation for your site visit to the Guinness Enterprise Centre, we will hear the following theme throughout the presentation (which is part of a quote in the article above) – “the power of entrepreneurship and the impact that it can have on the community, which benefits everyone.” In short, individuals and organizations who are…
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