In order to provide opportunities for students to engage with recruiters and alumni, the Employer Engagement team at the Bates Center for Purposeful Work collaborates with employers on recruiting, networking, and educational sessions throughout the academic year.

These sessions give students the chance to get an insider look at organizations to better understand: what the organization does, what values guide the organization, what internship and full-time opportunities are available, and what the application process and timeline look like. When alumni are available, students have the chance to inquire about their pathways from Bates to their current roles in the organization.

Whenever possible, we encourage students to join employer sessions live, so that they can actively engage with recruiters and alumni, and ask questions that pertain to their personal and professional needs and interests. We also encourage them to check Handshake Events regularly to make sure they don’t miss out on opportunities of interest.

To enhance our relationship with employers, we work closely with our employer engagement colleagues at Bowdoin and Colby (on BBC/CBB events), as well as within the NESCAC (11 small liberal arts schools in New England) and LACN (45 small liberal arts schools across the United States) communities, to support joint recruitment activities and efforts by employers to access the top liberal arts students in Maine, in New England, and across the United States.

EMPLOYER & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INFO SESSIONS 2026-2027

DECEMBER 2026
Dec 7 TBD: Social Impact Employer Event: Teach for America, AmeriCorps, Peace Corps (non-profit, national service, international service) (Liberal Arts Career Network virtual recruitment)

NOVEMBER 2026
Nov 19 12:30-1:30PM: Peace Corps (international service) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)
Nov 4 7-7:45PM: Innovate for Maine (business) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)
Nov 4 1-1:45PM: Maine International Trade Center (business) (BBC/CBB virtual recruitment)
Nov 2 8-9PM: L.L. Bean (business) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)

OCTOBER 2026
Oct 28 7-8PM: AlphaSights (business) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)
Oct 28 6-7PM: Educator’s Ally (education) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)
Oct 27 11:30AM-1:30PM: Outdoors Internships & Jobs Fair (outdoors education) (at Bates)
Oct 21 7-7:45PM: Carney Sandoe & Associates (education) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)
Oct 14 8-8:45PM: Harris Williams (finance) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)
Oct 14 12-1PM: Trillium Trading (finance) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)
Oct 8 7-8PM: City Teaching Alliance (education) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)
Oct 7 3:30-7PM: City Year (public service) (office hours at Bates)
Oct 6 2-3PM: Smithsonian Institution (arts & business) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)
Oct 5 7-7:45PM: Joele Frank (communications/PR) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)
Oct 5 TBD: Teach for America x NESCAC Alumni Panel (education) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)

SEPTEMBER 2026
Sep 28 7-7:45PM: Falcon Partners (business) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)
Sep 23 1-2:30PM: Penguin Random House (publishing) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)
Sep 23 12-1PM: Smithsonian Institution (arts & business) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)
Sep 23 12-1PM: The Hartford (business) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)
Sep 17 6-7PM: Fidelity (business) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)
Sep 17 1-4PM: Epic (technology) (recruitment session & office hours at Bates)
Sep 16 8-9PM: AlphaSights (business) (recruitment session at Bates)
Sep 16 7-8PM: Education First (education & business) (recruitment session at Bates)
Sep 16 6-7PM: Investure – Careers in Investing / Endowment Investing 101 (finance) (client schools – virtual educational)
Sep 14 7-8PM: Lawrenceville School & UPenn Teaching Fellowship (education) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)
Sep 14 6-7PM: Investure – Skill-Building, Networking & Landing an Internship at an Investment Firm (finance) (client schools – virtual educational)
Sep 14 1-4PM: Teach for America (education) (recruitment session & office hours at Bates)
Sep 10 3-4PM: Smithsonian Institution (arts & business) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)
Sep 9 6-7PM: Fidelity (business) (NESCAC virtual recruitment)
Sep 8 6-7PM: Investor Group Services (business) (NESCAC virtual recruitment

AUGUST 2026
Aug 19 7-8PM: Cornerstone Research Case Workshop (economic consulting) (BBC/CBB virtual recruitment)
Aug 11-12 7-9PM: Morningstar Coffee Chats with Rosie Crawford ’22 (business) (Bates virtual recruitment)
Aug 3 7-7:30PM: Morningstar Development Program (business) (Bowdoin/Bates virtual recruitment)

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EMPLOYER & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INFO SESSIONS 2025-2026

MAY 2026
May 4 7PM: Partners Group (BBC/CBB virtual) – private equity / full-time

APRIL 2026
Apr 21 12PM: Trillium Trading (NESCAC virtual) – trading / internship (summer 2027)
Apr 8 7PM: NESCAC Media & Communications Panel (NESCAC virtual)
Apr 7 5:30PM: City Year (NESCAC virtual) – service year / full-time

MARCH 2026
Mar 16 6PM: Capital Partners w/Brad Adams ’92 (Bates virtual) – investment banking / internship (summer 2027)
Mar 10 5PM: Finatal (NESCAC virtual) – executive search / full-time
Mar 4 6PM: Clubspot (NESCAC virtual) – start-up/technology / full-time (customer success & sales development)

FEBRUARY 2026
Feb 27 11:30AM: Workday @ Bates – technology sales / internship & full-time
Feb 25 7PM: AlphaSights @ Bates (virtual due to NYC snowstorm) – information services / internship & full-time
Feb 25 4PM: Lucy Student Pipeline Accelerator and Competency Enabler (L’SPACE) Program (LACN virtual) – space / internship & full-time
Feb 25 12PM: Penguin Random House (NESCAC virtual) – publishing / internship
Feb 25 12PM: Hurricane Island Center for Science & Leadership (Bates virtual session) – aquaculture / internship
Feb 23 7PM: Capital Group (NESCAC virtual) – global technology / internship & full-time
Feb 19 12PM: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (NESCAC virtual) – national security / internship (summer 2027) & full-time
Feb 18 8PM: Magnolia Land Partners (NESCAC virtual) – environmental markets / full-time
Feb 12 6PM: Epic (NESCAC virtual) – healthcare technology / full-time
Feb 10 7PM: L’Oreal (BBC/CBB virtual) – beauty & personal care / full-time
Feb 10 7PM: Labcorp (NESCAC virtual – rescheduled from Sep 29) – life sciences / internship & full-time
Feb 10 12PM: Trillium Trading (NESCAC virtual) – proprietary trading / internship & full-time
Feb 4 7PM: Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest (LACN virtual) – service year
Feb 4 6:30PM: Aeris Partners (NESCAC virtual) – investment banking / internship (summer 2027)
Feb 3 7PM: Prescient Healthcare Group (BBC/CBB virtual) – biopharma consulting / full-time
Feb 3 7PM: Harris Williams (NESCAC virtual) – investment banking / internship (summer 2027)
Feb 2 7PM: Association of Public Health Laboratories (NESCAC virtual) – public health / internship & fellowship

JANUARY 2026
Jan 29 7PM: Clark Art Institute @ Bates – Lunder special assistant / full-time
Jan 29 4PM: KIPP MA (public session) – education / full-time
Jan 28 7PM: Plaid Technologies (NESCAC virtual) – fintech & tech sales / internship & full-time
Jan 28 7PM: Greater Portland Health (BBC/CBB virtual) – healthcare / full-time
Jan 28 6PM: Bracebridge Capital (NESCAC) – asset management / 2027 summer internship
Jan 27 7PM: Biogen (BBC/CBB virtual) – biotechnology / internship
Jan 26 1PM: Peace Corps (NESCAC) – international service / full-time
Jan 22 8PM: Teach for America (LACN+NESCAC virtual) – education / full-time
Jan 22 7PM: FoW Partners (BBC/CBB virtual) – data analyst & software engineer roles / full-time

DECEMBER 2025
Dec 4 12PM: Spotlight on the Peace Corps with Vanessa Paolella ’21 – international service / full-time
Dec 3 6:30PM: Report for America (NESCAC virtual) – journalism / full-time
Dec 1 7PM: Wharton Academy: Fundamentals of Corporate Finance & Valuation (LACN+NESCAC virtual) – professional development

NOVEMBER 2025
Nov 18 7PM: Pre-Clinical Gap Year @ Roux Institute (BBC/CBB virtual) – healthcare / full-time
Nov 17 12PM: American High (NESCAC virtual) – film/TV production / (part-time & *unpaid*) internship
Nov 13 7PM: Innovate for Maine (NESCAC virtual) – Maine start-ups / internship
Nov 12 12PM: FGS Global (NESCAC virtual) – strategic communications / internship
Nov 11 12PM: PJT Partners (NESCAC virtual) – investment banking / internship (summer 2027) – register by 11/10!
Nov 10 7PM: Morgan Stanley (NESCAC virtual) – institutional securities (global capital markets; investment banking; sales, trading & research) / internship (summer 2027) – register by 11/6!
Nov 5 7PM: L.L. Bean (BBC/CBB virtual) – retail / internship – multiple roles
Nov 5 12PM: FactSet (NESCAC virtual) – financial data – internship & full-time
Nov 4 7PM: Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard (NESCAC virtual) – biomedical & genomic research / full-time
Nov 4 3PM: Evercore (NESCAC virtual) – investment banking / internship (summer 2027) – register by 11/2!
Nov 3 6PM: CREST Program in Commercial Real Estate (NESCAC virtual) – real estate / internship

OCTOBER 2025
Oct 29 7PM: Outdoors Expo (@ Bates) (in collaboration with Bowdoin & Colby) / internship & full-time
Oct 29 7PM: Aetna/CVS Health (NESCAC  virtual) – corporate underwriting / internship
Oct 28 6:30PM: Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)/Impact Investing Panel sponsored by RTSWS (LACN virtual – shared by Haverford)
Oct 28 2PM: Careers in International Affairs, Business, and Trade – WITA Academy (NESCAC virtual) / internship & full-time
Oct 27 7PM: TD Securities (NESCAC virtual) – global capital markets (equity capital markets; debt capital markets; leveraged finance) / internship (summer 2027)
Oct 27 6PM: Sotheby’s (NESCAC+LACN virtual) – arts/business/technology / internship & full-time
Oct 22 6PM: Triumvirate Environmental (NESCAC virtual) – environmental services / internship & full-time
Oct 21 7PM: ORISE (NESCAC virtual) – scientific research / internship & fellowship
Oct 20 7PM: JPMorgan Chase (NESCAC virtual) – investment banking / internship (summer 2027)
Oct 15 7PM: UPenn Independent School Teaching Residency @ The Lawrenceville School (NESCAC virtual) – education / full-time
Oct 14 6PM: Wayfair (NESCAC virtual) – e-commerce / internship & full-time
Oct 9 7PM: The IDW Group (NESCAC virtual) – executive search / full-time
Oct 9 6PM: DraftKings (NESCAC virtual) – sports betting / internship & full-time
Oct 8 7PM: Fast Enterprises (NESCAC virtual) – technology consulting / internship & full-time
Oct 8 6PM: Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program (@ Bates) – education / full-time
Oct 8 1PM: Smithsonian (NESCAC virtual) – art/business/STEM opportunities / internship & fellowship
Oct 7 7PM: Vi-Leon (NESCAC virtual) – executive search / internship & full-time
Oct 7 7PM: Mass General Brigham Development (BBC/CBB virtual) – fundraising for healthcare / full-time
Oct 7 6PM: Teach for America (NESCAC virtual) – education / full-time
Oct 6 7PM: Joele Frank (BBC/CBB virtual) – strategic communications / internship & full-time
Oct 3 12PM: UPenn Independent School Teaching Residency @ The Lawrenceville School (BBC/CBB virtual) – education / full-time
Oct 2 7PM: Cushman & Wakefield (NESCAC virtual) – real estate / internship & full-time (RESCHEDULED from Sep 25)
Oct 2 6PM: CCS Fundraising (NESCAC virtual) – nonprofit consulting / full-time
Oct 1 10AM-12PM: AlphaSights (@ Bates) – information services, expert knowledge / individual coffee chats (based on resume drops: NYC internship, NYC full-time, SF internship, SF full-time)

SEPTEMBER 2025
Sep 30 7PM: AlphaSights (@ Bates) – information services, expert knowledge / internship & full-time
Sep 30 12PM: Workday (NESCAC virtual) – software / internship & full-time
Sep 29 7PM: Labcorp (NESCAC virtual) – life sciences / internship & full-time (TO BE RESCHEDULED)
Sep 24 7PM: Wood Mackenzie (NESCAC virtual) – energy consulting / internship & full-time
Sep 24 7PM: Falcon Partners (NESCAC virtual) – executive search / internship & full-time
Sep 24 12PM: The Hartford (NESCAC virtual) – finance & insurance / internship & full-time
Sep 23 7PM: H/Advisors Abernathy (@ Bates) – strategic communications / internship & full-time
Sep 23 12PM: Smithsonian (NESCAC virtual) – art/business/STEM opportunities / internship & fellowship
Sep 22 7PM: Seurat Group (BBC/CBB virtual) – CPG consulting & private equity / full-time
Sep 22 6PM: Quaker Voluntary Service (NESCAC virtual) – volunteer service / full-time
Sep 22 2PM: Penguin Random House (NESCAC virtual) – publishing / internship & full-time
Sep 22 12:30PM: Deloitte (NESCAC virtual) – risk & advisory / internship & full-time
Sep 18 11AM-1PM: Carney Sandoe (@ Bates) – 15-minute coffee chats – education / full-time (NOTE: Submit a resume by Sep 17!)
Sep 17 5PM: Fidelity – Emerging Leader Program (NESCAC virtual) – financial services / full-time
Sep 17 3PM: Smithsonian (NESCAC virtual) – art/business/STEM opportunities / internship & fellowship
Sep 16 7PM: Verition Fund Management (NESCAC virtual) – hedge fund / internship
Sep 16 6PM: Freddie Mac (NESCAC virtual) – mortgage-backed securities / internship & full-time
Sep 15 6PM: City Teaching Alliance (NESCAC virtual) – education / full-time
Sep 15 6PM: Veeva Systems (NESCAC virtual) – life sciences consulting & analytics / full-time
Sep 12 9AM-4:30PM: Investment Banking w/Cade Rose ’23 (@ Bates) – individual & group coffee chats w/Class of 2028 students (NOTE: Submit a resume by Sep 10!)
Sep 11 7PM: Investure Presents: Careers in Investing; Endowment Investing 101
Sep 11 12PM: Fidelity – Emerging Leader Program (NESCAC virtual) – financial services / full-time
Sep 10 7:30PM: Cornerstone Research (BBC/CBB virtual) – economic consulting / internship & full-time
Sep 10 12PM: FBI + Technology (NESCAC virtual) – national security, technology / full-time
Sep 9 7PM: Investure Presents: Skill-Building, Networking & Landing an Investment Internship
Sep 8 7PM: Bloomberg Media (BBC/CBB virtual) – journalism, media / internship & full-time
Sep 8 6PM: AQR Capital Management (NESCAC virtual) – hedge fund / internship
Sep 4 7:30PM: Putnam Associates (NESCAC+LACN virtual) – life sciences consulting / internship & full-time
Sep 4 6PM: Analysis Group (BBC/CBB virtual) – finance, strategy, healthcare consulting / case preparation for internship & full-time

AUGUST 2025
Aug 18 7PM: NESCAC Sports Business Virtual Panel Series (NESCAC virtual) – alumni panel
Aug 13 12PM: CodePath (BBC/CBB virtual) – no-cost technology courses