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MBA Careers & Outcomes Our Approach
Let’s get to work—together.
We work with you to assess your strengths and determine areas you wish to enhance as part of honing your professional qualifications. As you explore career options you will identify short-term internship interests that can position you for a full-time position upon graduation in an industry of interest to you.
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Assessing Your Interests
At Simon, we begin working with you well before you even arrive on campus. Our “Day 1” online program helps you:
Assessing Your Interests
At Simon, we begin working with you well before you even arrive on campus. Our “Day 1” online program helps you:
- Explore career interests
- Research options that fit your background and goals
- Build your personal brand and enhance your social media presence
- Deepen your understanding of the major MBA career functions and how to enhance your knowledge of key functions and industries
Developing Search Action Plans
Simon was among the first schools to offer required career content early in the MBA program. Through this nine-hour program, you will have the chance to perfect the deliverables introduced online during Day 1.
Developing Search Action Plans
Simon was among the first schools to offer required career content early in the MBA program. Through this nine-hour program, you will have the chance to perfect the deliverables introduced online during Day 1.
Working with our staff and select experts, you will:
- Select your current functional area(s) of interest
- Tailor your résumé to a specific function or type of role
- Updated your LinkedIn profile and other social media accounts
- Refine your target list of companies
- Sharpen your networking and interviewing skills
- Gain access to the alumni network
- Prepare for the Simon Career Day in NYC, national career fairs, and campus-sponsored recruiting events in Rochester and NYC
Positioning your candidacy in your chosen field
Once you have confirmed your enrollment, we will reach out virtually to get to know you so we can introduce you to resources and people who can help with your career questions and prepare you for your field of interest.
Positioning your candidacy in your chosen field
Once you have confirmed your enrollment, we will reach out virtually to get to know you so we can introduce you to resources and people who can help with your career questions and prepare you for your field of interest.
Even before you arrive at Simon, you’ll be assigned to one of our expert MBA Career Directors. Each Career Director has executive level experience in numerous functions and industries including consulting, banking, general management, corporate finance, operations, brand management, tax, marketing, HR, media, sales, business development, entrepreneurship, analytics, and technology, among others.
Enhancing Your Skills
The job market for MBAs is increasingly competitive. Once you have committed to Simon, we begin preparing you for early interviews in a variety of industries. Numerous companies now offer “early” recruiting opportunities, some starting in the fall of your first year at Simon. Career fairs begin even before you even arrive on campus.
Enhancing Your Skills
The job market for MBAs is increasingly competitive. Once you have committed to Simon, we begin preparing you for early interviews in a variety of industries. Numerous companies now offer “early” recruiting opportunities, some starting in the fall of your first year at Simon. Career fairs begin even before you even arrive on campus.
To help our students succeed, we offer early professional development training in a variety of functional areas, including:
- Sales/Building Relationships
- Case Interviewing
- Brand and Produce Management Concepts and Interviewing Techniques
- Tech Job Search
- Technical Finance Concepts and Interviewing Techniques
- Management Consulting Concepts and Interviewing Techniques
- And many more throughout the year
Pursuing Potential Opportunities
Career Days in NYC
After Orientation, all full-time MBA and MS students have the chance to attend a career day for their academic program in New York City. For MBAs, the day consists of panels on:
Career Days in NYC
After Orientation, all full-time MBA and MS students have the chance to attend a career day for their academic program in New York City. For MBAs, the day consists of panels on:
- Consulting
- Finance
- General Management
- Marketing - This popular program happens early in the year to help you prepare for the national career fairs, which can begin as early as August.
Career Fairs
We encourage you to attend national career fairs to broaden your network beyond the firms that recruit on campus. The Simon academic calendar is built to accommodate participation in career fairs and recruiting activities.
Career Fairs
We encourage you to attend national career fairs to broaden your network beyond the firms that recruit on campus. The Simon academic calendar is built to accommodate participation in career fairs and recruiting activities. We cover this topic in our online Day 1 program so you know which options best meet your needs. Key conferences include:
The Consortium Orientation Program »
Forté MBA Women’s Leadership Conference »
NAWMBA - National Association of Women MBAs Conference »
NBMBAA - National Black MBA Conference »
Simon in the City
The Simon network extends well beyond Rochester, NY. The CMC, student clubs, and other organizations sponsor a number of trips each year to introduce Simon students to alumni and recruiters in companies and organizations in various cities. In any given year, over 200 alumni and recruiters participate in programs such as City Treks and Corporate Tours.
Campus-Sponsored Recruiting
We bring companies to you – and you to companies! Simon has facilities both on campus in Rochester and in New York City. Companies are offered the opportunity to meet and interview students in either location as well as virtually. Over 70 events are offered annually, including interviews, info sessions, corporate presentations, roundtables, and meet and greets.
New York City Recruiting Activities
The Simon campus is located in Rochester, NY, about six hours northwest of New York City. The Northeast is rich with corporate headquarters, “Silicon Alley” tech start-ups, entrepreneurial organizations, professional service firms, and global professional associations.
New York City Recruiting Activities
The Simon campus is located in Rochester, NY, about six hours northwest of New York City. The Northeast is rich with corporate headquarters, “Silicon Alley” tech start-ups, entrepreneurial organizations, professional service firms, and global professional associations.
We take full advantage of our close proximity to this area, where we have strong relationships with numerous alumni, recruiters, and hiring managers in companies representing the majority of industries that tap into MBA talent. Regular buses, alumni receptions, club events, and professional conferences are just some of the things we offer each year to strengthen our students’ ties to this important financial region and its excellent internship and job opportunities.
Generating leads and interviewing
Executives in Residence
One of the best ways to stay on track with your career action plan is to obtain external perspectives. We bring in a host of Executives in Residence (EIR) who have expertise in areas ranging from real estate and health care to high-tech, media, brand management, manufacturing, consulting, banking, and other areas.
Alumni Connections
Once you have completed our Job Search Essentials program, you are given access to the University of Rochester and Simon alumni database. They best way to use this recourse is with the support of your MBA Career Consultant who will:
Alumni Connections
Once you have completed our Job Search Essentials program, you are given access to the University of Rochester and Simon alumni database. They best way to use this recourse is with the support of your MBA Career Consultant who will:
- Show you how to “mine” for contacts in your area of interest
- Provide advice on alumni to contact
- Send letters of introduction on your behalf to select alumni
- Arrange for small group “informationals”
Advisory Board
Simon prioritizes partnerships with companies and alumni in order to ensure our offerings are relevant in an ever-evolving marketplace. We have numerous Advisory Boards composed of junior, mid- and senior-level alumni and non-alumni alike. Advisory Board members are often available to individual internship and job seekers. Students can connect with these individuals through their CMC MBA Career Consultant.
Succeeding in Your Internship or Full-Time Position
Internship and Job Search Workshops
We offer ongoing workshops throughout the year taught by CMC staff, Student Career Advisors, and outside experts on a variety of topics including:
Internship and Job Search Workshops
We offer ongoing workshops throughout the year taught by CMC staff, Student Career Advisors, and outside experts on a variety of topics including:
- Case interviewing
- Technical interviewing
- Behavioral interviewing
- Updating your social media presence
- Targeting a résumé to a specific industry
- Searching for a job in another city
- Searching for a job outside of the US
- Job search for international students
- How to seek an internship
- Mining for contacts
- Developing a target list
- Offer evaluation and salary negotiation
- And many others
Resources for International Students
The business world is global – and so is Simon. One of the most diverse graduate business school programs, Simon offers career resources and programs for all students, domestic and international.
Resources for International Students
The business world is global – and so is Simon. One of the most diverse graduate business school programs, Simon offers career resources and programs for all students, domestic and international. We begin introducing job search content specifically for international students early in their program and are continually at work developing recruiting relationships with companies that are open to both international and domestic candidates. As a result, over 60 percent of our hiring companies recruit international students.
The majority of Simon international MBA students are in the US on a student visa, which makes them eligible to apply for a summer internship (Curricular Practical Training). Consult the University of Rochester International Student Office (ISO) for additional information.
Our book, The American Mindset, targeted for our international students, explores cross-cultural differences and job search tactics for use worldwide.
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