Accounting
Business & Data Analytics
Consulting
HR & Industrial Relations
Finance & Banking
International Business
Marketing & Sales
Operations & Supply Chain Management
Resources and Opportunities
Business schools do most things very well. They are just not comprehensive and what they miss are things like culture and creativity and a certain kind of pattern recognition that comes easily to people trained in the liberal arts.
- – Grant David McCracken
Coaching and Resources
Consulting, finance, investments & accounting, human resources, sales & marketing, management, operations, business analysis, and technology are a sampling of business career areas that Oles pursue.
The Piper Center is eager to support you in finding internships and research related to business. Please stop by the Piper Center anytime during business hours to have an initial conversation with a Peer Advisor. When you are ready to go further and meet with our business career coaches Carlie Ness, Bryan Shealer, or Kirsten Cahoon please schedule an appointment through Handshake.
Business 101 Session Recording
Skills Guide (LinkedIn Learning): Business, Communication, Marketing and Media
Piper Center Events (Business)
“When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game.”
― Toni Morrison
Primary Piper Center Coaches for Business
Carlie Ness
Associate Director of Career Development and Coaching
Office Hours: Mon-Fri Schedule an Appointment via Handshake; Drop Ins Thursdays 3-5 pm Make An Appointment
View Profile →Bryan T Shealer (he, him, his)
Senior Associate Director, Employer and Alumni Relations
Office Hours: Friday, 3-5pm (drop-in) or by appointment in Handshake
View Profile →Kirsten Cahoon (she, her, hers)
Director of Piper Center
Office Hours: Schedule via Handshake Handshake Appointments
View Profile →Alumni in the Spotlight
Career Conversations: Zach Schendel ’01
St. Olaf College alumnus Zach Schendel ’01 is currently working as the Director of UX Research at Netflix as part of the Consumer Insights team.
Read MoreCareer Conversations: David Wang ’16
St. Olaf College alumnus David Wang ‘16 is currently working as a Strategic Growth Analyst at the Dropbox headquarters in San Francisco, California.
ExploreSt. Olaf team a finalist in Hult Prize challenge
Foodle team members Jakob Otten ’19, Zhanat Seitkuzhin ’22, and Michael Paredes ’22 are joined in the kitchen by their first employee, Alyssa, as they prepare the meals for the company’s first trial.
Learn more