On March 4, the Business Career Connections (BCC) center held the Spring 2020 Career Fair in the newly opened Jake Jabs Event Center. Students had the opportunity to network and connect with 27 employers, who accepted resumes and offered information about their organization’s jobs and internship opportunities. Sarah Montoya-Ortega, a MS Management major, said “I enjoy coming to the Career Fair because it’s great to get employers’ perspectives on their own companies in addition to pitching myself.” Networking opportunities with 27 employers   Business school students and alumni had the opportunity to build their network and connect with employers they could potentially work for in the future.  Read more

On February 25, the CU Denver Business School’s Information Systems Association (ISA) club held an exciting business panel event, Women in Tech, in the new Jake Jabs Event Center. A panel of four successful women who have built their careers around the tech industry came to speak with Business School students about the keys to a successful career in technology. Sharing stories from great careers in tech The panelists started by discussing why technology is important and the impact of tech on various industries and career paths.  Read more

On Wednesday, the University of Colorado Denver Business School and the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship celebrated the grand opening of the new Jake Jabs Event Center, Innovation Suite, and classrooms. Spanning the first three floors of the 1475 Lawrence Street building, these new spaces will help accommodate the growing demand for entrepreneurial and collaborative programming, events, and extracurriculars on the CU Denver campus.  Read more

Businesses are experiencing a talent shortage for qualified risk management professionals, and the CU Denver Business School’s Risk Management and Insurance Program (RMI) prepares students with the skills these companies need. During the Fall 2019 semester, the RMI program hosted several events to connect students with employers for networking, internships, and full-time jobs.  Read more

Students learned about careers in finance, plus managing their own budget, debt and retirement savings On November 20, the Women in Business student club and Business Student Ambassador Committee  hosted an informative and lively event. Financial Literacy from College to Retirement featured guest speakers Dylan Mumm, VP of Business Development at SMA Hub, and Trent Douglass, Senior Sales Associate at SMA Hub and CU Denver Business School student.  Read more

Shouldn’t I know what I want to be when I grow up by now?

Not really. But the first step is to stop waiting for your passion to arrive. Ask anyone to help you figure out what you should do with your life and there’s a good chance they’ll ask, “Well, what’s your passion?” Turns out, most people (8/10) answer the passion question with either “I don’t know” or “Which one should I start with?” So maybe the problem is the question.  Read more

As an increasing number of apps ask for more and more of our data, consumers have grown wary. Gone are the days of the default “public profile” as more users demand privacy and control over their personal information. The Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at the CU Denver Business School hosted a panel event on October 25, 2019 with three representatives from the Denver office of Strava, a hugely popular fitness tracking app, to discuss the ethical considerations of wide-scale data collection from Strava’s perspective. Strava lets users record and share their fitness activities, from walking to hiking to cycling, and then analyzes the data to track just about any performance metric imaginable.  Read more