Student Outcomes, Eric Sawyer

Eric joined Bloomberg LP in NYC after graduating from TCNJ in 2016 with a double-major in Marketing and International Studies. At Bloomberg, he started on the analytics help desk, where he trained clients on terminal functionality. He then transitioned to an account management role, where he supported Bloomberg customers in Eastern Canada by hosting in-person trainings, displacing competing products, handling day-to-day support matters, and helping to expand the Bloomberg footprint across the region. In January of 2022, Eric took on more responsibility and is now the lead point-of-contact for his accounts as their relationship manager. Eric holds a Canadian work visa and he even met his girlfriend in Toronto!

He ran a marathon, enjoys playing tennis and soccer, and loves spending time

with his younger brother, Peter.

Eric is grateful for Pamela’s coaching services and feels that her help was

instrumental in helping him get on the right path for success!

Student Outcomes, Alison Esterow

After graduating in 2021 from Bucknell University, I started working as a consultant consultant at a firm named West Monroe. In my day-to-day, I work to help companies build their data platforms, determine data tools to use, and build dashboards to allow companies to see and understand their data in a more visual way. At Bucknell I majored in Computer Science and Economics with a minor in math. Through my time at Bucknell I had work experience with two internships, a day shadowing a Bucknell alum, and a part time job tutoring computer science. When it came time to apply for jobs in senior year, I wanted to go into a technical field to work with people on a daily basis. This brought me to technical consulting roles. In my job, I am able to apply the skills I learned in both of my majors, as well as collaborate with peers that have both technical and non-technical backgrounds. Outside of my day to day role, I have worked with West Monroe’s corporate social responsibility team to help plan a company wide day of service in which employees work with nonprofits in their local communities! I am grateful for my time at Bucknell which allowed me to explore my different areas of interest and career options!

Student Outcomes, Ashley Ryan

Hi! My name is Ashley Ryan and I am currently in Commercial Real Estate doing Project Management for Avison Young in NYC. I graduated from Penn State in 2021 with a major in Criminology and a minor in Human Development and Family Studies. I originally went to college with the intention of being a lawyer and was lucky enough to intern under a judge for several summers.

In 2020, when the world felt like it was ending due to COVID-19, I began to second think my career plan. I took time to decide if law was a career I was genuinely interested in or just something that felt familiar. That fall, I made the hard decision to not go to law school. This left me in a state of anxiety and confusion with what I was going to do next. My dad works in real estate and suggested that I get my real estate license to have as a “back up.”

Following my graduation from Penn State in 2021, I took my real estate exam and passed on the first try. I was thrilled and now felt a sense of security in my future. I was lucky enough to get an opportunity to work at Avison Young, a global real estate company, doing Project Management and Business Development. This was a job I had never even heard about, yet its description matched everything I was interested in. I am currently in charge of helping manage multiple commercial real estate office build outs from beginning to end. I am constantly on the go, checking on different job sites and meeting new people every day.

A year later since starting at Avison Young, I can happily say that I am so thankful I made that hard decision to change my career path senior year and I am now doing what I love. I hope my story can inspire some of you to not always stick to what you think you should do in life, but rather take a chance and see where you can end up in your career.