Transcript - Starting Right

For years MBA programs have recognized the importance of preparing their students for the job market, for communicating, for succeeding in the professional arena through effective communication.

The MEng Connect program is a professional executive education experience for the incoming students.

It's a one-week long opportunity for the kids to get professional development where we learn all kinds of things like etiquette, and how to make elevator pitches, how to work on your resume, things like that.

They organized a barbecue session for us. They organized a nice time to get to know each other.

It was a great experience to start networking and plan what we wanted to get professionally out of this program. My primary goal for you—I want you to walk out of here being somebody that I want to hire. And if you can get above that bar—nine times out of 10, 99 times out of 100, you're going to have a job when you walk out of here. And I'm going to be very proud to be able to call you a Cornell alum.