Wharton Latino’s Annual Career Conference has, year after year, hosted premier companies worldwide, distinguishing itself as one of the foremost undergraduate recruiting conferences on campus and offering at the same time a unique opportunity for both the students and the companies.
     Students exchange opinions and ideas with the companies’ representatives. They get to know these companies in the conference itself and during the lunch-break. At lunch, the students sit side by side with the representatives from the company they choose before hand. The lunch’s horizontal structure has become one of the conferences most attractive features, seating students and representatives around the same table, promoting a more candid and genuine impression of both the representatives and the students.
    A key-note speaker also takes part in the conference during lunch. In 2003, Tim Purcell, head of Latin American investments for JP Morgan Chase, addressed the conference. Speakers share their perspective on the dynamics of labor, and speak on some subject of their choice with focus on Latin America. Their fresh view from the inside strengthens the reciprocal relation that continually develops between student and company throughout the conference.

9th Annual Career Conference 2005 (September, Friday 23rd. Houston Hall)

The speaker for the 2005 Annual Career Conference is going to be Jaim Rivera. Jaime Rivera has served as Chief Executive Officer of Bladex since January, 2004, having joined the organization in March, 2002 as Chief Operating Officer.

Mr. Rivera came to Bladex from Bank of America, where he was posted to positions in Latin America and the U.S. in various capacities, including Managing Director of the Latin America Financial Institutions Group, General Manager in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and in Guatemala, as Marketing Manager in Chile, and Manager of Latin America Information Systems in Venezuela.

Mr. Rivera has held Board positions with the Council of the Americas, the Florida International Bankers’ Association, and the Latin American Agribusiness Development Corporation.

Born in Guatemala, Mr. Rivera holds an MBA degree from Cornell University, an MS from Northwestern University, and a BS from Northrop University.

The conference will provide the perfect environment for both students and companies to interact in the largest student run Career Conference on Penn’s Campus.

Time Event
10:00am – 10:30am Company registration and setup
10:30am – 11:00am Student registration
11:00am – 12:30pm Career Fair
12:30pm – 2:00pm Lunch and Keynote Speaker
2:00pm – 4:30pm Career Fair

Conference schedule:
If you are interested in attending, tickets will be sold the week before the conference (until Thursday evening) at JMHH and other campus locations. The deadline for resume submission is Thursday September 22nd at 6pm! For more information please email us!
latino@dolphin.upenn.edu


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8th Annual Career Conference 2004