<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/ubalt-stories-do-vs-be-model.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>04/07/2026</pubDate><title>Rethinking your job search</title><description>At The University of Baltimore’s Career and Internship Center, advisers are encouraging students to consider not what they want to be, but what do they want to do. It’s a subtle change that center director Lakeisha Mathews said can help students focus on impact rather than title. </description><author>UBalt Stories</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/career-advising-feature.jpg" alt="La-Toya Gomez, career coach, advises a student during a career center event."/></image><image-cap>La-Toya Gomez, (right) career adviser, meets with a business student during one of several events the Career and Internship Center offers to support UBalt's career-focused population. </image-cap><quote>Understanding this do/be intersection helps students make stronger career decisions and helps them run effective job searches in a highly competitive labor market.</quote><quote-name/><quote-info/><tags><tag>Student Life</tag></tags></item>