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FT MBA Students
Professional
Development Opportunities
Full-time First Year Students
Professional Development
Series (PDS)
The Professional Development Series (PDS)
is a combination of required and
optional professional development
training modules for first year MBA
students. This year's PDS will be held
on various Fridays throughout the
semester addressing writing, verbal, and
professional polish skills.
September 7 - October 12, 2007 -
Professional Development Series
Career Skills
Career Consultants will prepare students to
be successful job market candidates. Sessions will include creating
a career marketing plan (job search materials and target companies), interview preparation,
and networking.
Written Skills
The Writing Center will deliver
a one-day program on effective
business writing. As a result of
completing this program,
participants should be able to
create effective business
correspondence that is clear and
concise; ensure complete, logically
organized documents; analyze the
document's audience to enable the
writer to target reader's concerns;
write persuasively, and use
appropriate format to emphasize main
ideas and make information
accessible. This session replaces a
former required communications
class.
Presentation Skills
An OCM partner will deliver
sessions on persuasive and effective
oral communications.
Personal and Professional Polish
A career partner will deliver
sessions on business etiquette. Areas
of instruction will include networking etiquette, rules of professional behavior, and
corporate dress.
Career Corporate Edge
Series
Career Corporate Edge Series consists
of a variety of career venues where
professionals (alum and non-alum) from
diverse industry sectors and functional
groups provide insight and tips
regarding the career search.
Fall, 2007 and Spring, 2008
- Career Corporate Edge Series
Corporate Edge Exchange
Professionals discuss trends,
challenges, current events, and tips
on starting a career within a
particular industry sector and
functional group. These sessions
provide students with an excellent
overview of the business world
featuring expert alumni and
recruiters in a tele-conference or
in-house panel format:
Corporate Resume Edge
Within a small group setting,
students are matched with a
professional by industry or
functional expertise and receive
advice on how to strengthen their
resumes’ marketing power!
Corporate Interview Edge
Mock behavioral and/or Case
interviews are conducted by a
Corporate Interviewer representing a
particular industry and/or
functional area. Students select
mock interview time slots for
one-on-one interviews followed by
feedback from the interviewer.
Competitive Edge: eNGAGE
Careers
Competitive Edge: eNGAGE Careers is
an opportunity for MBA students who want
to polish their interviewing skills
(behavioral and case), to hone their
networking skills, and get prepared for
the full time job search. Students
interact directly with recruiters and
alumni from top finance and consulting
firms during break out sessions and a
networking event.
First year full-time and first/second year
part-time MBA students can participate
in Competitive Edge: eNGAGE Careers in
the Spring (February 2, 2008).
Sessions are open to only 30 students
in each class in order to maintain an
appropriate volunteer
interviewer/student ration. There is a
$15 registration fee for Competitive
Edge: eNGAGE Careers (see registration
link below). All checks should be
made payable to: University of Maryland,
Robert H. Smith School of Business.
The Competitive Edge: eNGAGE Careers
program is designed to provide
skills-training, practice, feedback,
insights, and focus as you close in on
your target full-time employers. The
ultimate goal of the program is to
enable you to gain employment from
prestigious firms and be equipped with
the interviewing and networking tools
needed to stand out in the selection
process.
Value to Students:
-
Preparation for
outstanding performance during the
critical fall recruiting season in
the search for top-tier positions.
-
Opportunity to
develop skills necessary for
behavioral interviews including
focus on behavioral attributes
essential to high level positions.
-
Brush-up on core
skills a candidate needs to
demonstrate in a case interview e.g.
discounted cash flows, financial
statement analysis, and frameworks.
-
Networking
opportunities with alumni and
recruiters through meals and breaks.
-
Opportunity to
initiate self-support teams for
full-time search, matching students
with similar interests.
-
Attendees have
resume included in Resume Book,
which is sent to key employees with
invitations to attend the event.
-
Chance to receive
'Hardcore' feedback.
-
Practice at
social skills: handling employer
receptions, cocktail parties, and
formal meals.
REGISTRATION: To participate in the
upcoming Competitive Edge: eNGAGE
Careers on Saturday, February 2, 2008,
click
here to register.
SCHEDULE:
9:00am-9:30am Registration/Breakfast
9:30am-9:50am Keynote Speaker (TBA)
10:00am-12:45pm Mock Interviews/Feedback
12:45pm-1:30pm Closing/Networking
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Full-time Second Year Students
Career Corporate Edge
Series
Career Corporate Edge Series consists
of a variety of career venues where
professionals (alum and non-alum) from
diverse industry sectors and functional
groups provide insight and tips
regarding the career search.
Fall, 2007 and Spring, 2008
- Career Corporate Edge Series
Corporate Edge Exchange
Professionals discuss trends,
challenges, current events, and tips
on starting a career within a
particular industry sector and
functional group. These sessions
provide students with an excellent
overview of the business world
featuring expert alumni and
recruiters in a tele-conference or
in-house panel format:
Corporate Resume Edge
Within a small group setting,
students are matched with a
professional by industry or
functional expertise and receive
advice on how to strengthen their
resumes’ marketing power!
Corporate Interview Edge
Mock behavioral and/or Case
interviews are conducted by a
Corporate Interviewer representing a
particular industry and/or
functional area. Students select
mock interview time slots for
one-on-one interviews followed by
feedback from the interviewer.
Competitive Edge: eNGAGE
Careers
Competitive Edge: eNGAGE Careers is
an opportunity for MBA students who want
to polish their interviewing skills
(behavioral and case), to hone their
networking skills, and get prepared for
the full time job search. Students
interact directly with recruiters and
alumni from top finance and consulting
firms during break out sessions and a
networking event.
First year full-time and first/second year
part-time MBA students can participate
in Competitive Edge: eNGAGE Careers in
the Spring (February 2, 2008).
Sessions are open to only 30 students
in each class in order to maintain an
appropriate volunteer
interviewer/student ration. There is a
$15 registration fee for Competitive
Edge: eNGAGE Careers (see registration
link below). All checks should be
made payable to: University of Maryland,
Robert H. Smith School of Business.
The Competitive Edge: eNGAGE Careers
program is designed to provide
skills-training, practice, feedback,
insights, and focus as you close in on
your target full-time employers. The
ultimate goal of the program is to
enable you to gain employment from
prestigious firms and be equipped with
the interviewing and networking tools
needed to stand out in the selection
process.
Value to Students:
-
Preparation for
outstanding performance during the
critical fall recruiting season in
the search for top-tier positions.
-
Opportunity to
develop skills necessary for
behavioral interviews including
focus on behavioral attributes
essential to high level positions.
-
Brush-up on core
skills a candidate needs to
demonstrate in a case interview e.g.
discounted cash flows, financial
statement analysis, and frameworks.
-
Networking
opportunities with alumni and
recruiters through meals and breaks.
-
Opportunity to
initiate self-support teams for
full-time search, matching students
with similar interests.
-
Attendees have
resume included in Resume Book,
which is sent to key employees with
invitations to attend the event.
-
Chance to receive
'Hardcore' feedback.
-
Practice at
social skills: handling employer
receptions, cocktail parties, and
formal meals.
REGISTRATION: To participate in the
upcoming Competitive Edge: eNGAGE
Careers on Saturday, February 2, 2008,
click
here to register.
SCHEDULE:
9:00am-9:30am Registration/Breakfast
9:30am-9:50am Keynote Speaker (TBA)
10:00am-12:45pm Mock Interviews/Feedback
12:45pm-1:30pm Closing/Networking
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