Faculty Advising

The faculty advisor program enables students to connect with a number of instructors during their time at Questrom.  It provides an opportunity for students to:

• Establish your first “professional” relationships
• Get advice regarding your Questrom concentration selection
• Identify your research interests, and possible research team work
• Get help with your questions about course content
• Learn more about the functional areas of management
• Establish possible mentoring relationships
• Identify possible informational interview contacts
• Identify and secure references for internships, jobs, or graduate school

Faculty advisors are NOT expected to provide overall academic advising, course selection outside the concentration, personal counseling, or in-depth career counseling.

Faculty advisors can be any member of the Questrom faculty, and we recommend that you build a rapport with three or more faculty members.  In order to help you meet instructors, we recommend the following designated faculty members and guidelines:

• Freshmen and new External Transfer students: your SM131 discussion professor
• Sophomores: your SM131 discussion professor from last year OR if discussion professor is not available, any professor from the teaching team your previous year OR any of the professors encountered in your second semester freshman or sophomore year courses (FE101, SM151, SM 221, LA 245, OB 221, AC 221, AC 222, SM 222, IS223).
• Juniors: first semester – any previous Questrom faculty advisor or any professor on your Cross Functional Core teaching team; second semester – your concentration advisor or any combination of the previous semesters’ faculty advisors.
• Seniors: Any faculty advisor or concentration advisor from your previous years.

Career Advising During University COVID-19 Response

Drop-in Advising 

We have developed a system utilizing Zoom to provide virtual drop-ins to continue that UDC service as usual:

• Virtual Academic Drop-Ins at https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/327861269 
• Virtual Career Drop-Ins at https://questrom.zoom.us/j/199799762 (NEW LINK!) 

Links are active during the virtual drop-in hours listed below.

Virtual drop-ins will commence on Monday, March 16 for both academic and career, Monday through Friday 10am-12pm and 1-3pm eastern time (with the exception of Wednesday mornings, as always, due to the UDC team meeting).

When you sign in for Virtual Drop-ins, you will be greeted by a UDC staff member to identify the topic that you wish to discuss and ensure that you are connected with the best person to assist you. Once that is determined, you will be provided a virtual waiting room with the message “Please wait, the meeting host will let you in soon.” You will be joined by an advisor as soon as one is free to meet. UDC staff will be managing the waiting room behind the scenes to ensure students are met with as efficiently and effectively as possible by the advising team.

Services provided during career drop-ins:

• Resume Critiques
• Cover letter Review
• LinkedIn Profile Review
• Interview Prep
• Career Fair Prep
• Basic ‘Handshake’ System Questions

For all other inquires, please make an appointment with an advisor via Handshake.

Appointments

All previously scheduled appointments will still be held. You will receive information via email from the person with whom the appointment is scheduled as to how you can connect with the greatest ease via Zoom. We will also continue to schedule appointments via Handshake as always, and those meetings will provide for virtual connection via Zoom as well.

The ‘comments section’ of your Handshake appointment will contain a Zoom link you can access prior to the meeting; this will give you an option for a meeting via a webcam or via phone. Please join via the method that works best for you. Once you click on the URL provided to you via email, you will be in a Zoom waiting room and your advisor will invite you to join the meeting. You will not be required to register in any way, and there will be no required password for your scheduled Zoom meetings.

We have three designated undergraduate advisors whose approach is student centered, career focused, and market driven.  Career Advisors partner with you so that you are self-aware and market-ready as you take on your career path, offering a variety of services to support you in your internship and job searches.

Some of the services offered include:

• Job strategy development, interview preparation and salary negotiation advice
• Resume critique
• Mock interviews
• Briefings on company culture, recruiting history, and interview tips
• Industry-themed career exploration events
• Job and internship postings, information sessions and interview schedules
• Calendar of monthly on-campus career-related activities
• Career management courses specifically tailored to undergraduate students
• Customized events developed in partnership with student clubs and groups

Peer Mentoring / Counseling

We are very lucky to support multiple student-initiated mentoring, tutoring, and advising services.  We highly recommend that you take advantage of these services to get the most out of your experience at Questrom and BU.

• Career Skill Coaches – Get the student perspective on career exploration Career Skills Coaches! They are here to help you with resume critiques, cover letter writing and editing and interview prep tips! All of our CSCs have successfully completed an internship and have first-hand experience in the application and interview process. They work with The UDC Career Team to provide assistance during Drop-In Hours. Stop by The UDC any time Monday-Friday from 10am-4pm and get your questions answered by our knowledgeable team!
• LOCK Honorary Service Society Tutoring  – Did you know that LOCK offers free tutoring for all freshman, sophomore, and cross functional core (FE323, MK323, OM323, QM323, and SM333) courses in Questrom? Tutoring takes place Monday and Wednesday nights during the semester from 6:30-8:30 pm in HAR 240. This is drop-by program (arrive before 7:30 pm please) where tutors can really help you succeed.
• Questrom Peer Advisors –  Get the student perspective upperclassman business students who work closely with the advising staff of the Undergraduate Academic & Career Development Center (UDC).  Selected through a rigorous application and interview process, these student leaders support fellow undergraduate business students during their transition to the School. They provide peer mentorship on both academic and career matters. Stop by The UDC any time Monday-Friday from 10am-2pm and get your questions answered by our knowledgeable team!
• Teaching Assistants – Some of your advisors are sitting right in class with you – the Teaching Assistants. They are  well-informed and can provide you with great insight that will contribute to your academic success.