How CDO helps students before, during, and after the program?
As a student, you will have the opportunity to learn bleeding-edge perspectives on how to sculpt a comprehensive job search strategy, develop and leverage critical job-search skills, tools, and engage in effective networking. We will help you develop thought leadership and personal marketing collateral that promotes your interests while you are doing other things. You will furthermore be coached to optimize interpersonal results gained from corporate information sessions, national and local career fairs, and at other networking events.
How students should best leverage the offerings of the CDO?
When first arriving on campus, information will come at you with amazing speed, and it is impossible to catch it all. Make it a habit to check in weekly with career coaches for reminders about resources and guidance as to what you ought to be doing at any point based on the progress you have made to date. A quick visit email updating us is sufficient. Remember that the CDO members are continually interfacing with employers, and you want to be top-of-mind with us when an opportunity that matches your interests comes up. Your engagement, and professional follow-through on the next-steps we share helps us learn about and serve you better.
What is unique about CDO @ UConn School of Business, when compared to other schools?
Personalized Career Coaching – At UConn, you matter most. One of the distinguishing hallmarks of UConn graduate business programs is the customized career development support that we provide throughout the duration of your program, and beyond. This programing is continually evolving thanks to feedback and perspectives from students, alumni, and hiring professionals. The depth of the UConn alumni base, as well as our reputation for being great on the job, set your candidacy apart even before the first in-person encounter.
Advice to students from Career Development Office
Catch the Career Habit- Many graduate students incur needless stress by postponing their career work until the end of their programs. But your career process is a marathon, not a sprint. Making a shift to the next level following your graduate degree should be likewise follow a logical progression and pacing. Incremental movement on your part in support of your best next step opportunity is essential. Continual directed progress will help you achieve results beyond what you believed possible. Invest a few hours weekly to your future, and structure that time in a way that makes sense for you (e.g. 1hr/day networking, 30min/wk w/ career coach, 2hr/wk research, etc.), and track your results. Students who work this way, gathering and leveraging the data of their processes, generate surprising results with minimal stress, and are able to efficiently pivot as new information surfaces.