Program

We're excited to engage with you during our second Career Services Boot Camp! Seasoned industry professionals put together this content with new professionals in mind. The curriculum aims to arm you with a solid understanding of the profession, as well as the opportunity to network with others in the field.


 

 

 

Session I: Strategic Overview of the Graduate Management Career Services Profession

Presenter:

Mark Peterson, MBA CSEA Employment Data Analyst; former President, MBA CSEA; former Director of MBA/Graduate Business Career Services, Iowa State University of Science & Technology, Ames, Iowa
 
  • Working in higher education
  • Key collaborations and partnerships for success
  • Key competencies for success
  • Tools and resources

Session II and III: Working with MBA/MS Students

Presenter:

Jamie Belinne, former MBA CSEA President; Assistant Dean, University of Houston Bauer School of Business; motivational speaker and author
 
  • Coaching vs. counseling
  • Workplace generations
  • The career development cycle
  • Key laws
  • Best practices and tools

Session IV Strategic Overview of the MBA CSEA Standards for reporting graduate management student employment data

 

Presenters:

Mitch Kam, Board Member and Chair, MBA CSEA Standards Committee; Co-Interim Director, Career Center, Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego
    
Derek Walker, former MBA CSEA Board member and current MBA CSEA Standards Consultant; former Head, Graduate Business Career Center, Said Business School, Oxford University, Oxford, England

 

  • What the standards are and how they impact our world
  • What we report and why
  • How the standards are used to partner with Admissions, Student Services, Alumni Relations & Advancement
  • Ethical issues and challenges
  • Best practices and tools
  • Standards resources and educational opportunities available at the virtual global conference and after

Session V Standards Panel

 

Moderator:

Steve Simpson, CS Boot Camp Committee and Director, Marketing & Pricing Career Strategy & Corporate Engagement, University of Rochester Simon Business School

Panelists:

Wendy Clay, Assistant Dean, University of Rochester, Simon Business School
Kay Dawson, Director of Operations, UC Berkeley Haas Business School
Kate Guerrero, Director of Career Services, Cal State Fullerton
 

Session VI The Changing World of Graduate Management Corporate Relations

 

Presenters:

Elana Givens, former MBA CSEA Board member and co-chair of 2014 Asia conference; Director, Office of Career Services, The Fletcher School, Boston, Massachusetts; former Director, Graduate Business Career Center, Brandeis University, Boston, Massachusetts
    
Alessandra Rober Christensen, Head of University Relations, U.S., Novartis; former Sr. Assoc. Dir., Employer Relations and Recruiting Services, MIT Sloan School of Management, Sloan/MIT
 
  • Employer relations strategies for large vs. small organizations
  • The recruiter’s perspective
  • Organization and implementation
  • Developing your own approach
  • Best practices and tools

Session VII Corporate Relations Panel

Moderator:

Raina Ghandi, Assistant Dean of Career Services, Kogod School of Business at American University

Panelists:

Jessica Campbell, Director, Corporate and Employer Relations, Jones School of Business, Rice University
Sadia Cuthbert, Head of Business Development, Cambridge Judge Business School
Heidi Cuthbertson, Campus Relations Strategist, Ball Aerospace