From Your Career and Pre-Business Tutors

• Russell Miles - Resident Tutor
  rmiles@oxfamamerica.org
  (especially international careers)


• V.J Patel - Non-Resident Tutor
  v.j.patel@gmail.com
  (especially business)

Thinking about what you will do after Harvard? It's never too early or too late to start!! Who can help you with this?

The career and pre-business advisers at Lowell are Russell Miles and V.J Patel. We are here to help you think through that decision and work out what you really want out of life and your career! There are so many interesting and valuable options available to you which are worth exploring. E-mail us to make an appointment to come and chat with us.

Russell is creating an e-mail list in order to send out messages about key dates and events. Please contact him if you are interested to have your name on this mailing list - rmiles@oxfamamerica.org

From Your Resident International Development/InternationalRelations Adviser

• Russell Miles (rmiles@oxfamamerica.org)

Interested in international relations, international aid and development? Want to discuss international issues raised in class? Need help thinking about research paper topics? Interested in an international career in public service, government or private sector, or simply wanting to travel to other regions of the world? E-mail me to make an appointment to talk with me about all these questions.

I am creating an e-mail list in order to send out messages about key dates and events related to international development and international relations. Please contact me if you are interested to have your name on this mailing list - rmiles@oxfamamerica.org

Our Bios

Vijay Patel

Non-Resident Affiliate in Business
Email: vj.patel@gmail.com

This is my first year as a non-resident tutor in business. I currently work in CVS Caremark's Strategy and Corporate Development Group. Previously, I spent three years at Sankaty Advisors, an investment management firm in Boston. I also serve on the board of a public charter school in Cambridge, Prospect Hill Academy Charter School, and co-founded the Boston MS Gala, an annual fundraiser for the National MS Society. I am looking forward to meeting the rest of the members of the Lowell community this fall. I'm happy to chat with any students interested in any areas business or urban education.

Russell Miles

Resident Scholar/Tutor – Careers, International Development and International Relations.
Email: rmiles@oxfamamerica.org

I'm a resident tutor from Australia joining my wife Laura who is completing her Ph.D. In addition to being the Lowell House general careers adviser, I hope to be a great resource for students interested in working internationally and studying international issues. Here in Boston I work for Oxfam, an international development agency, and at home for the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs-AUSAID. I have a Masters’ in Economics, a Graduate Diploma in International Relations, a Bachelor in Business Management and 17 years experience working in the international business, government and NGO sectors. Amongst other things, I have been a diplomat, a humanitarian aid worker, and an international consultant and banker. I look forward to meeting with you and discussing your future.

Good places to look for international jobs and find out what options are available to you

Many of you have asked for good sites to help find international jobs / internships. Please see some ones that I have used below.

http://www.devnetjobs.org/

http://www.internationaljobs.org/

http://www.internationaljobs.org/developmentjobs.html

http://www.devjobsmail.com/main/homepage.php

http://www.bond.org.uk/classifieds/internationaldevelopmentjobs.html

http://www.careerswithoutborders.com/

http://www.eldis.org/go/jobs

http://www.interaction.org/jobs/

http://www.bnid.org/

http://www.ethicaljobs.net/International_Development/

Office of Career Services

The best place for resources and information is the Office of Career Services. The web site is fabulous with a lot of great information. The OCS office is just around the corner from Lowell house at 54 Dunster Street and has many people available to help with all of your specific needs. OCS also have a very full program of events throughout the year – from career fairs to resume clinics, interview workshops and meet the recruiter nights. Check out the web site regularly for the latest event calendar.

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