{"id":30062,"date":"2018-02-06T11:14:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T16:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=30062"},"modified":"2018-03-02T09:18:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T14:18:38","slug":"welcome-to-the-bizlife-sets-students-on-the-path-to-explore-new-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2018\/02\/welcome-to-the-bizlife-sets-students-on-the-path-to-explore-new-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWelcome to the BizLife\u201d sets students on the path to explore new opportunities."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A celebration of education, \u201cWelcome to the BizLife\u201d highlighted the resources the <a href=\"https:\/\/business.fiu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">College of Business<\/a> offers its students including advising, career management and international studies, as well as the multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/business.fiu.edu\/students\/student-organizations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">student organizations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today marks the beginning of a new journey; it\u2019s almost like a rite of passage into something new,\u201d Dean Joanne Li told students at the January 18<sup>th<\/sup> start-of-semester tradition. \u201cGo beyond the classroom and seek the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from event sponsor PwC introduced students to the firm\u2019s leadership opportunities, establishing early connections with potential interns and new hires. Each year, PwC recruits between 60 and 70 FIU students for their multiple internships as well as full-time positions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OKgpL8yU6oE?rel=0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuilding &amp; growing professional relationships provides opportunities for growth, mentorship and leadership,\u201d said Rafael Garcia, tax partner at PwC, highlighting the firm\u2019s long-standing relationship with the College of Business. \u201cAn internship is an extended interview. Try to make the best impression all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>FIU Business student organizations welcome inquiries from potential members throughout the year. For more information, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/business.fiu.edu\/students\/student-organizations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>contact the organization directly.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A celebration of education, \u201cWelcome to the BizLife\u201d highlighted the resources the College of Business offers its students including advising, career management and international studies, as well as the multiple student organizations. &#8220;Today marks the beginning of a new journey; it\u2019s almost like a rite of passage into something new,\u201d Dean Joanne Li told students [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":30064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2173,3358],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30062"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30065,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30062\/revisions\/30065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}