/// BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMICS STUDENTS GET REAL-LIFE LEARNING EXPERIENCES

From left (standing): Adam Rawraway, Rebecca Nathan, Micol Ottolenghi, Natasha Lotkin, Martin Winiar, Benjamin Kamp, Namir Don, Leora Bornstein, Raphael Strerath, Dr. Yael Hadass, Janos Daniel Simon, Eyal Cumartesi, Darren Mandelstam, Evan Harry Friedman From left (seated): Emanuelle DooreckAloni, Yael Shaul Cherniavs, Nechama Alexander, Yair Sternman, Nathan Birmaher, Benjamin Sass, Sebastian Feurig, Jeremy Borenstein

The students of the Business Administration and Economics program at the Raphael Recanati International School enjoyed two unique events this semester. The first was the yearly career event in which the program’s alums working in banking, consulting and high-tech came to share their experiences in job hunting and being on the job in various industries. The event was organized by Dr. Yael Hadass, the Academic Head of Economics with Karin Kaufman and Rachel Kadec from the RUNI Career Center. The panelists included: Zach Okun (JP Morgan), Sara Saban (EY), Yehuda Stone (Entrio), Yael Rebish (Cymotive Technologies), Omer Bini (Silicon Valley Bank), Yan Gaitsgory (consultant at McKinsey) and Eitan Dooreck Aloni (Tatio).

Standing: Dr. Yael Hadass From left (seated): Yan Gaitsgory, Omer Bini, Yael Rebish, Yehuda Stone, Sara Saban, and Zach Okun Not pictured: Eitan Dooreck Aloni

Gilad Kavalerchick

In January, the third-year Business Administration and Economics students visited the Visitors’ Center of the Bank of Israel, as part of their economic policy seminar, led by Dr. Yael Hadass. In this seminar, they meet senior economic policy makers and advisors every week, who teach them about economic policy. During their visit, the students heard a lecture given by Dr. Yigal Menashe, a senior economist at the Bank of Israel who spoke about credit rating policy and explained how it aims to lower the price of credit. The students enjoyed a guided tour of the exhibition of coins and banknotes, where Dr. Zadok Alon, former Manager of the Visitors’ Center, shared the history of the design of notes and coins.

This event proved to be an important one for international students who got an inside view of potential jobs, as well as an informal connection to the speakers who will help them later to reach employers and contacts. The students look forward to this event every year, as it has proven in the past to give them a wide scope of opportunities.