The MBA CSEA Global Conference is a one-stop shop for MBA/Masters in Business recruiters, talent
managers and university relations professionals to meet and network with peer employers as well as schools. Attendance at the event will allow you to:- Connect with schools and employers to share best practices, discuss common challenges and develop solutions.
- Develop new relationships and enhance existing ones.
- Join the conversation about the best way to ensure the right employment fit for graduate business students.
- Enhance your own personal and professional development with programming created by and for employers.
- Stay up to date on trends in the graduate business marketplace
Many facets of the conference programming were developed for employers, by employers, and are aimed at providing valuable professional development opportunities. In addition to the multitude of networking opportunities, programming that will be beneficial to employers includes:
Employers-Only Bridge Building Session
Wednesday, June 28 | 9:15 - 10:45 am
Bridge Building sessions are broken down by functional area, allowing attendees to meet others who are in the same or similar role to share best practices and develop solutions to common challenges. The employers session is open to employers only, and is a chance to discuss topics relevant to graduate business recruiting, such as: recruiting schedules, leadership development programs, internship turnover, diversity conferences. This session is one of the most popular for employers attending our conferences.
Spotlight Speaker Series
Wednesday, June 28 | 11:15 am - 12:15 pm
and Breakout Session 1, Wednesday, June 28 | 1:45 - 3:00 pm
Three dynamic experts will present TED-style talks on thought-provoking topics, and then discuss their subject matters more in-depth during a breakout session.
Elizabeth Merrick, Head of Customer Insight and Product Analytics at Nest
“Finding Inspiration Outside of Your Wheelhouse”
- Nikita T. Mitchell, Senior Manager at Cisco and Advocate for Women in Business
"Discovering Your Truth: How to Connect the Dots in Your Life"
- Scott Hammerle , Author, Public Speaker and Executive Leader
“Building a Legacy of Connection and Inspiration”
Innovation Speakers Series
Wednesday, June 28 | 3:45 - 5:00 pm
Our innovation speakers will touch on topics that can be immediately applied to the workplace:
- How to Equip Leaders for the Emerging Machine Age
Shannon Hall, Ph.D., Founder and Coach, Epic Teams - Foster an Innovative, Collaborative Environment through Mindfulness
Peter Weng, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute - Impact Measurement and Storytelling with Data
Lauren Shaughnessey, Director of Measurement and Learning, Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco - The What, Why and How of Creating a Thriving Culture
Rebecca Rodskog, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, FutureLeaderNow - The Art of Leading Through Change
Annemarie Estess, 20 Rock, Co-Founder, Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, ACC; Kathi Antonson, 20 Rock, Partner, Certified Professional Co-Active Coach - How Can Design Thinking Help you Redesign a Better Recruitment or Counseling Experience?
Helene Cahen
Innovation Consultant, Trainer Facilitator and Coach; Julia Kramer, Innovation Consultant, Graduate Student Researcher
Keynote Speaker
Thursday, June 29 | 9 - 10 am
Erik Qualman, best selling author and motivational speaker will speak about the power of focus. What’s the difference between winners and losers in a digitally distracted society? Focus. Winners focus on what matters most. While simple, it’s not easy. The #1 killer of promising careers, teams and businesses is a lack of focus. We either try to do too much, or we put our time, treasures and trust into the wrong buckets. Qualman will share specific focus techniques used by the world’s most successful people and organizations.
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Employer Gateway Session
Thursday, June 29 | 10:30 - 11:45 am
Innovation by Design: Designing Your Own Future, with Erik Qualman
To ensure you are the disruptor versus the disrupted, you must understand societal shifts and instill a culture of creativity around them. This session looks at key future trends and their impact on your organization. Qualman provides the roadmap for getting to a future state faster. Leap over the pitfalls of incremental change and land on a foundation of progressive — yet practical — innovation principles.
Peer-led Breakout Sessions
Thursday, June 29 | 1:45 - 3:00 pm and 3:45 - 5:00 pm
These sessions are led by schools and employers, and provide an opportunity for best-practice sharing and highlights of innovation programming. Topics relevant to employers include:
- Cultural Confluence: Three best practices for all intercultural recruiting stakeholders
As more and more international students attend universities in the United States, and employers adopt global recruiting initiatives, it is imperative that all stakeholders are able to navigate intercultural dynamics from the start. This workshop goes a step beyond the traditional presentation that emphasizes the differences in cultures and will give employers, students and university staff practical ways of quickly developing intercultural sensitivity to enable them to be productive when working with people of a different culture. This workshop will benefit anyone who either finds themselves in a new cultural context, or who works with people of a different culture. - Optimizing Time with Students On-Campus: Insights for Recruiters and Employer Relations Teams
The Harvard Business School Career & Professional team noticed a significant area of opportunity to better support our students and recruiting partners - learn more about what makes a company effective during on-campus events and student interactions in order to help companies and students optimize the time they spend on their interactions with one another, primarily at the company presentation stage. HBS conducted extensive research with students and companies over the 2016-17 recruiting year and will present their findings to conference attendees. These findings will be applicable to recruiters across industries and employer relations teams across most MBA schools.
- Rules of Engagement: Employer Best Practices for Recruiting MBAs from a Career Services Perspective
As all employers know, competition for top MBA talent can be intense. MBA Career Services teams have a unique perspective into how employers can effectively engage students because of their close relationships with MBAs as well as with companies. In this session, the Georgia Tech Scheller MBA Career Services team will explore the distinctive ways they’ve observed employers successfully recruit their MBAs. We’ll discuss various elements of the recruiting process that lead to building a strong overall corporate brand as well as strong personal relationships with candidates including best practices for info sessions, other networking events, job descriptions, interviews, internship programs, and converting offers to accepts. We’ll also delve in to how employers can maximize their relationship with MBA Career Services to meet their hiring goals. One of our recruiting partners will be join us for this session to share the employer perspective, and there will be plenty of time for discussion about additional best practices.
- The Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Process – How to Enhance MBA Student Employment Effectiveness
The use of data and key metrics can radically improve outcomes and provide key insights. Explore a process framework developed by BYU’s MBA Career Services, using “Key Performance Indicators” (KPI) to enhance student placement and influence key stakeholders. The workshop will present the KPI, overall process, and overview of results gained by implementation. This effort has become a bedrock process in BYU’s program that has enabled Career Services to pull together and influence stakeholders giving Career Services a platform to improve the quality of incoming MBA candidates, enhance the coach-student relationship, give real leadership opportunities to students, and drive accountability. - Building a Global Employer Engagement Strategy
Globalization, "The World is Flat", Worldwide Integration. No matter what term you use, the future of work is becoming more global. Business schools are attracting students from all over the world and graduates are interested in working outside their country of origin. How do Career Services start to implement a global employer outreach strategy? How do Career Services departments build and maintain relationships with employers in multiple time zones? These and many more questions will be answered and resources will be provided to start tackle this complex initiative.
