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EARLY 

CAREER 

LAUNCH

Career Consulting

Early Career Launch professionals help students and young adults be successful in their first several career moves — from internships to landing their “first job” and through early career changes.

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About Us

Mary Bloomer founded Early Career Launch in 2010, drawing upon her experiences working in the Career Development office at the Yale School of Management and after a long career in investment banking. Since it's founding, we have successfully helped hundreds of clients find exciting internships and jobs. Our clients come to us with wide ranging experiences, academic backgrounds, and levels of understanding and focus on their career goals.  We guide and prepare them to find opportunities suited to their talents, skills and interests. 

 

Career Advisory Services

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We begin our work together with a new client with a complimentary 30 minute phone conversation.  During this conversation, we will talk about your past work and academic experiences, your skills and interests, and your career objectives going forward.  

 

Many clients are at the beginning stages of exploring possible career paths and come to us to build an understanding of varied industries and roles, develop a comprehensive search process and market themselves most effectively. Others are very focused on a particular path and work with us to most effectively obtain an offer.  Because of our varied clients, our work with each is highly tailored to best meet individual needs.

Services Include: 

  • Professional skills and interests assessments

  • Career exploration, research, and targeting

  • Structuring an achievable step by step job/internship search plan

  • Impactful resumes, cover letters, LinkedIn and online presence, correspondence, and other marketing materials

  • Ongoing sourcing and identifying specific job/internship opportunities

  • Networking skills and tactics

  • Interview preparation, including extensive mock interviews

  • Offer assessment and negotiation

  • Onboarding tips

Landing a great job or internship requires effectiveness in each of the above. While time spent with each client in these areas varies depending on their needs, we dedicate our efforts to ensuring every client has the knowledge and skills to achieve success in their job search. 

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Advising Services and Packages 

In each of the service packages below, clients benefit from direct in person time together as well as behind the scenes sourcing, researching, content creation and the development of continuously evolving and personalized  career strategies.  In certain circumstance, when appropriate, we work on hourly basis. 

The Launch
 
This plan best suits current students, at an early stage of career exploration.  It comprises a package of 20 Sessions (either in person, phone, or video conversation) thoroughly covering all of the critical services detailed above. Best suited for students who have never done a comprehensive internship or job search before and have had little experience and exposure to structuring a career search process.

In Flight
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This plan is tailored to meet the needs of current students or recent graduates who have begun to define their career interests and who have some experience in professionally marketing themselves, communicating their qualifications, and in targeting companies and opportunities.  It is a package of 12 Sessions addressing services requiring development and attention. Most of the services detailed above are addressed under this package, however not as comprehensively as The Launch.  

Cruising Altitude
 
This plan is designed for students and recent graduates who have well-developed career interests; have held professional positions; and/or have had experience targeting positions, interviewing, and selling themselves. It is a package of 8 Sessions focused on the client’s defined search goals, addressing services as needed above.   

Advisng Services and Packages
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Career Paths

Advertising/Marketing/PR/Corporate Communications

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Business Development

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Commercial Banking

 

Consulting

 

Consumer Products/Brand Management

 

Data Analytics

 

E-Commerce/Merchandising/Retail 

 

Education

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Energy

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Engineering

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Entrepreneurship

 

Fashion

 

Finance

 

General Management/Development Programs

 

Government/Politics/Law

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Healthcare/Nursing

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Hospitality​​​

​Human Resources 

 

Investment Banking

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Investment Management/Hedge Funds

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Investment Research

 

Manufacturing

 

Media/Entertainment

 

Non-Profits/NGOs

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Operations/Supply Chain 

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Private Equity

 

Real Estate

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Research/Think Tanks

 

Sales

 

Sales and Trading

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​Software Development

 

Strategic Planning/Corporate Development

 

Sustainability/Environmental

 

Technology

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Wealth Management

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Client Schools 

American University

Amherst College

Auburn University

Bates College

Boston College

Boston University

Bowdoin College

Brown University

Bryant University

Bucknell University

Cambridge University

Carleton College

Case Western University

Claremont McKenna College

Colby College

Colgate University

College of Charleston

College of the Holy Cross

Colorado College

Columbia University

Connecticut College 

Cornell University

Dartmouth College

Davidson College​

Dickinson College

Drexel University

Duke University

Elon University

Emory University

Fairfield University

Fordham University

Furman University

Georgetown University

George Washington University

Gettysburg College

Hamilton College

Harvard University

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Indiana University

Kenyon College

Loyola Marymount University

Manhattanville College

Miami University of Ohio

Middlebury College

New York University

Northeastern University

Northwestern University

Notre Dame University

Ohio Wesleyan University

Penn State University

Pomona College

Princeton University

Providence College

Rhodes College

Santa Clara University

Scripps College

Southern Methodist University

Stanford University

St. Lawrence University

Texas Christian University

Trinity College

​Trinity College Dublin

Tufts University

Tulane University

University of Alabama

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Colorado, Boulder

University of Chicago

University of Denver

University of Miami

University of Michigan

University of North Carolina

University of Notre Dame

University of Oregon

University of Pennsylvania

University of Richmond

University of San Diego

University of Southern California

University of Tennessee

University of Texas

University of Utah

University of Victoria

University of Virginia

University of Wisconsin

Wake Forest University

Washington and Lee University

Washington University

Williams College

Vanderbilt University

Villanova University

Virginia Tech

Yale University

Client Schools
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Our clients have received offers from these and other organizations. Many organizations have made offers to multiple clients.

Employment Offers 

​Jet.Com

JLL

JP Morgan

Juniper Square

Kenrich Group

Kepler Group

Kiewit

KippsDeSanto

KKR

Kleinfelder

KPMG

Lamar Advertising

Lazard

L.E.K. Consulting

LGT Capital Partners

Linkedin

Live Nation

L'Oreal

Mack Real Estate Group

Macquarie

Macy’s

Magellan

Major League Baseball

Malk Partners

Marsh Advisory

McKinsey

MediaLink

MedStar Health

Meridian Capital

Messer Construction

Meta

Mindshare

Moelis

Monjasa

Morgan Stanley

MSG

Mullen Lowe

NBC Sports

NERA Economics

Neuberger Berman

Newmark Knight Frank

NISA Investments 

Nielsen 

Northwestern Foundation

Novantas

NPV Advisors

Nuveen Green Capital

Oak Hill

Oaktree Capital

OC&C

Ogilvy

Oliver Wyman

OMD/Omnicom

Optimizley

Oracle

Parthenon

Pax 8

Pearlmark

Penta Group

Pfizer 

PGIM

Pinterest

PitchBook

PJ Solomon

PJT

​Proctor & Gamble

Prologis

Coursedog

Cox Communications

Credit Suisse

Crowe

CS Capital Advisors

Culligan International

Cushman and Wakefield

CVS Health

Dedham Group

Deloitte

Democratic Governors

Deutsch Agency

Deutsche Bank

Dior

DKC Public Relations

Drinker Biddle & Reath

Eastdil Secured

East Harlem School

Eaton Vance

EDP Renewables

Enhanced Capital

EPA

Epic

Estee Lauder

Evercore

Exelon

EY- Parthenon

Facebook

Factset

Fidelity Investments

Fifth Third Bank

Fitch Ratings

Flexport

Fox Networks

Franklin Templeton

FTI Consulting

Gartland & Mellina

Gartner Group

GLG

Goldman Sachs

Google 

Greenhill & Co.

Greenworks Lending

GroupM

Grove Street 

GrubHub

Guggenheim Partners

Guidehouse

Halcyon Futures

Harbor Research

Hashoff Hines

Heidrick & Struggles

Hightower Advisors

Hines

Hoka

Horizon Media

Hunter Hotels

Impact.com

Inova Children’s Hospital

Inova Health Systems

Insight Ventures

Interactive Brokers

Intermix

Ipsos

Iqvia​

Jacobs

Jeffries

AArete Consulting

Accenture

Access Holdings

A&E Real Estate

Aerotek

Aetion

Albourne America

Allovue

AlphaSights

Altman Solon

Alvarez and Marsal

Amazon

Amazon Web Services

American Express

American Family's Institute

Analysis Group

anyword

Ardagh Metal Packing

Artefact

A.T. Kearney

Atalaya Capital

Audax Group

Bain Capital

Bain & Company

Bank of America 

Barclays

BBDO

Bed Bath and Beyond

Benefit Science Technology

Berkeley Research Group

Bessemer Ventures 

Blackrock

Blackstone

Bloomingdales

Blue Cross/Blue Shield

Blueprint Consulting Group

Blue Owl Capital

BMO Capital Markets

BNP Paribas

BoomLab

Boost Media

Booz Allen Hamilton

Boston Consulting Group

Brevet Capital

Bridgewater Associates

Brookfield Properties

Brown Brothers Harriman

Cahill Gordon

Cambridge Associates

Campbell Lutyens

Cantor Fitzgerald

Capital Advisors Group

Capital One

Cardinal Health

Catalant

CCS Fundraising

Centerview Partners

Charles River

Checkout.com

Cisco

Citibank

Clearview Health

Comcast NBC Universal

Competitive Power Ventures

Converse

​Convergent Energy/Power

Cornerstone Research

Putnam Investments

PwC

Qatalyst Partners

Quadrant Startegies

Radiology Partners

Reflexis Systems

Ridgetop Research

Ruder Finn

Rue Gilt Groupe

Russell Reynolds

Saks Fifth Avenue

Salesforce

Santander Bank

SEI

Semler Brossy

SharkNinja

SIA Partners

Sigma Computing

Simon-Kucher

Smathers & Branson

Sonesta Hotels

Sony Music

Sotheby's

Spencer Stuart

Square

Standard Chartered

Stanford University

Starwood

Stepstone Group

Stifel

Strategy&

Stris & Maher

Success Academy

Teach for America

Teachers Pay Teachers

Teneo

Terra Group

The Dedham Group

The Walt Disney Company

THL Partners

Third Bridge

Tiffany

TikTok

Toast

Tory Burch

​Trinity Life Science

UBS

Under Armour

Unilever

US District Attorney's Office

Vayner Media

Vineyard Vines

Vorsight

W.P. Carey

Wasserstein Perella

Wayfair

Wells Fargo

West Monroe Partners

WeWork

William Blair

Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Wine Enthusiast

Wolfe Research

WSP

ZS Associates

Employment Offers

Firm History

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Mary Bloomer,

Founder

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Prior to starting Early Career Launch, Mary was a Senior Director in the Career Development Office at Yale School of Management, assisting students with career interests across a wide range of sectors, with a focus in all aspects of financial services, general management and leadership development roles, manufacturing, and the government sector.

 

Mary spent over 15 years working on Wall Street as an investment banker. She spent the majority of her career at Lehman Brothers in the Private Placement Group and later as a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Private Placement Group at Nesbitt Burns Securities, Inc., one of the largest Canadian investment banks. She later worked as a Managing Director with the Ivy Group.

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Mary holds an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Business and a BA with honors in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

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