Faculty & Staff

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Support us in providing the best service to our students and alumni. The Career Design Lab (CDL) actively engages with SPS faculty and administrators to provide students and alumni with meaningful and impactful experiential education, professional development, and recruitment & networking opportunities.

What It takes to build workplaces that are more inclusive for LGBTQ People?

How can people be at their best in their careers if they work in an environment in which they don’t feel safe fully revealing who they are?

That is a question faced by millions of LGBTQ workers and their employers …

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AI-Powered Job Recruitment Tools May Not Improve Hiring Diversity, Experts Argue

Job recruitment tools that claim to use artificial intelligence to avoid gender and racial biases may not improve diversity in hiring, and could actually perpetuate those prejudices, researchers with the University of Cambridge argued Sunday, casting the programs—which have drawn …

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Surprise! Christmas Spending Isn’t Good for the Economy

While for many, the holiday season is a time of joy, for some it is filled with frustrations over gift-buying for friends and family, David Kyle Johnson, author of The Myths that Stole Christmas, argues that the common wisdom that …

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Success Stories of the Week: Yantuo Zhang

The Career Design Lab is thrilled to celebrate the successes of all of our Columbia University School of Professional Studies students and alumni.
This week we highlight a student from the Applied Analytics program. Congratulations Yantuo Zhang!


Congratulations to Applied …

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HR Professionals Discuss 14 Ways To Defeat The Imposter Syndrome

In the business world, leaders are often anxious about their ability to make the best decisions and good impressions, as well as gain credibility among their colleagues and consumers in the public eye. One of the best methods for overcoming …

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Podcast Episode 15: Reinventing Yourself To Evolve

We sat down with Soo-jin Kim, an alum of the Columbia Business School, to discuss how her career has evolved …

Podcast Episode 14: Leading with Empathy

In the conversation with Columbia University alum Hsing-Hsing Li she mentions the importance of empathy in leadership and learning from …

Podcast Episode 13: Embracing The Messiness of Life and Navigating Uncertainty

 

In the thirteenth episode of Rising to the Top: Lessons in Leadership, we welcome Sam Quan Krueger, Head of Digital …
Podcast Episode 12: Learning to Say No at Work

 

In the twelfth episode of Rising to the Top: Lessons in Leadership, we welcome Eric Nehrlich, executive coach at Too …
Podcast Episode 11:  Make Your Own Opportunities

 

In the eleventh episode of Rising to the Top: Lessons in Leadership, we welcome Brandon Mikolaski, the Head of …
Podcast Episode 10:  Follow Your Passion
In the tenth episode of Rising to the Top: Lessons in Leadership, we welcome Sheila Sarem, the founder and CEO …

Career Resources

Podcast Episode 15: Reinventing Yourself To Evolve

We sat down with Soo-jin Kim, an alum of the Columbia Business School, to discuss how her career has evolved …

Podcast Episode 14: Leading with Empathy

In the conversation with Columbia University alum Hsing-Hsing Li she mentions the importance of empathy in leadership and learning from …

Podcast Episode 13: Embracing The Messiness of Life and Navigating Uncertainty

 

In the thirteenth episode of Rising to the Top: Lessons in Leadership, we welcome Sam Quan Krueger, Head of Digital …
Podcast Episode 12: Learning to Say No at Work

 

In the twelfth episode of Rising to the Top: Lessons in Leadership, we welcome Eric Nehrlich, executive coach at Too …
Podcast Episode 11:  Make Your Own Opportunities

 

In the eleventh episode of Rising to the Top: Lessons in Leadership, we welcome Brandon Mikolaski, the Head of …
Podcast Episode 10:  Follow Your Passion
In the tenth episode of Rising to the Top: Lessons in Leadership, we welcome Sheila Sarem, the founder and CEO …

Featured Mentors


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Namitha Cherian

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  • Data Engineer Intern Northwestern Mutual
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Paula Diaz

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  • Climate Justice and Nature Intern Colgate Palmolive
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Yi Du

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  • Costumer Banking Dpt Intern ICBC
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Yi Duan

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  • Risk Monitoring Analyst Intern Finra
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Yifei Fan

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  • Business Analyst Authentic Brands Group
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Jan Raphael Floro

Success Stories
  • New York, New York
  • Assistant Vice President - Technology Audit Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
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Jingyao Gong

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  • Risk Management Intern VNS Health
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Ursula Grosser

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  • Senior Director, Program Management BetMGM
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Weidi Hu

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  • Quantitative Summer Risk Analyst Citibank
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