Goldman Sachs Business Principle #8 reads: "We stress teamwork in everything we do. While individual creativity is always encouraged, we have found that team effort often produces the best results." Goldman Sachs's Community TeamWorks Program builds on that corporate principle. Through Community TeamWorks, Goldman Sachs employees are given an opportunity to take a day off from the office in order to take part in community enhancement programs and events. Volunteering a day to Baruch College last May was a team of 11 employees, including alumni Galit Ben-Joseph (MBA '00), vice president, operations and administration; Rich Chase ('83), vice president, GIG management finance; Anupam Ghose (MBA '94), vice president, program trading equities; Sergey Kraytman ('99), associate, Investment Management Division; and Shajal M. Miah ('98), programmer analyst, Treasury Operations Technology.

The volunteers arrived at Baruch's Subotnick Financial Services Center/Bert W. and Sandra Wasserman Trading Floor for a short morning orientation and then proceeded to their individual appointments. They gave workshops and lectures and conducted one-on-one discussions about career paths for undergraduate and graduate students. Professor Rothberg's Accounting Information Systems class, Professor Taksa's Systems Analysis and Design class, Professor Gao's Finance class, Professor Tansel's Database Management Systems II class, and Professor Glova Smith's Multimedia Web Design class welcomed guest lecturers. The Community TeamWorks volunteers also spoke to the Women in Business Club, Computer Information Systems Society, Zicklin Technology Club, Finance and Investment Club, Finance and Economics Society, and Corporate Responsibility, Ethics, and Governance Association.

Singing the day's praises was undergraduate Xiao Wu ('06): "This event offered me an opportunity to hear different perspectives on the business industry and the current job market. The discussion regarding broad divisions within each firm encouraged me to be more open-minded in thinking over my career options. The volunteers also stressed the importance of being a well-rounded person and spoke of certain qualifications crucial to getting hired, including the willingness to take initiative and being open to change. But, otherwise, they encouraged us to just be who we are."

The Goldman Sachs visit complements the College's larger outreach efforts and programs run through the Career Development Center and the Graduate Career Services Office. —DH