<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2025/thomas-portnoy.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>01/13/2025</pubDate><title>An Inside Look at How a University of New Haven Finance Major Landed a Job at Deloitte</title><description>With a combination of determination, networking, and diverse experiences, Thomas Portnoy ‘25 has secured his dream job, and he is gearing up for a promising career in finance.</description><hide-description/><author>By Caitlin Truesdale, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>January 13, 2025</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/business/news/2025/golf-outing-1071-lg.jpg" alt="Thomas Portnoy ’25 (right) at a golf outing with the Gaia Initiative."/></image><image-caption>Thomas Portnoy ’25 (right) at a golf outing with the Gaia Initiative. (Photos courtesy of Haiden Leach ’25)</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>class-of-2025</tag><tag>college-business</tag><tag>name-david-sacco</tag><tag>name-john-rosen</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>office-study-abroad</tag><tag>program-gaia-initiative</tag><tag>program-ug-finance</tag><tag>tuscany</tag><tag>year-2025</tag></tags></item>