Career Advancement

Career Management for Working Professionals

The W. P. Carey MBA program offers a wide array of career management services for working professional students. Whether you prefer to take advantage of these services in person, online or by telephone, you will find a dedicated team of professionals to assist you in shaping your career goals and implementing job search strategies.

Graduate Career Management Center

The Graduate Career Management Center (CMC) at the W. P. Carey School of Business offers a variety of resources accessible to busy working professional students:

• Self-assessment tools such as Career Leader, designed for MBA students seeking to identify career paths and opportunities.
• Online and face-to-face seminars to enhance and refine skills in areas such as resume development, interviewing and career research.
• The CMC Web site, which has been customized for working professionals to access numerous database resources, streaming videos and available opportunities through job postings and campus recruiting.
• A one-credit elective course that provides students with the opportunity to follow a specified schedule of activities for career management.
• eRecruiting, an online system that lists current job postings and campus recruiting activities, providing access to numerous job opportunities from employers seeking to hire W. P. Carey MBA students.

Boot Camp for Working Professionals

Working professional students seeking new career opportunities will frequently utilize career management services through the latter half of the first year and into the second year of their MBA experience. If you anticipate participating in the MBA On Campus Recruitment Program, you will be asked to attend Boot Camp, which prepares you to utilize eRecruiting and successfully compete for on-campus interviews. Students who cannot attend one of the on-campus scheduled Boot Camps will be invited to attend a virtual session over the Internet.

Whether you seek to pursue progressively more responsible career opportunities in your current company or new opportunities in a different company or industry, the W. P. Carey School of Business Graduate Career Management Center can help you develop the successful job search skills you need for a lifetime.