Smith's Career Services

The Smith School’s Office of Career Management (OCM) supports your career development through a variety of support tools and resources. We help you build your interview, industry and job-specific knowledge to help you differentiate yourself in today’s competitive marketplace.

Working with Smith’s career services, Smith MBA students obtain full-time positions with today’s leading companies after earning their MBA. In addition, many students secure summer internship positions between their first and second years. Internships provide exciting, real-world experience in bringing new products to market, assessing valuation methods and exploring the e-commerce opportunities of businesses. Smith MBA students can take advantage of job shadowing, mock interviews and externships. Smith students also have the option of participating in visits to employer sites.

Resources for Students

Van Munching Hall offers a state-of-the-art interviewing suite and interviewing rooms with wireless service. As an MBA candidate, you’ll benefit from an automated job posting, application and interview scheduling system. In addition, the Career Resource Center provides employer materials, online research tools and databases. Smith’s on-campus interviewing program connects you with potential employers for full-time positions and summer internships. Video conferencing interview capabilities expand the number of employers who can participate.

Career Management Programs and Services

Smith’s career services offer a wealth of courses and workshops that will hone your job search and career management skills. Take advantage of Career Action Workshops on résumé development, values assessment and personal branding. Improve your networking, interviewing and negotiation skills through one-on-one coaching. Smith’s career coaching also helps you market and position yourself, provides assistance if you are making a career change and helps you develop a clearer understanding of the job market. Through Smith’s career services, you can access both Smith and University of Maryland alumni.

Strategic Partnerships

Smith’s career services team combines forces with key partners from outside organizations and Smith alumni to deliver world-class career services to students and employers, including face-to-face and virtual employment opportunities, individual mentoring and special career management events, such as workshops and panel discussions.

International Students

International students can take advantage of Smith’s partnership with the Murthy Law Firm, a top immigration law firm located near Baltimore, MD. The firm's services include a brief pre-hire consultation with an attorney free of charge, consultation with employers regarding the sponsorship process, discounted legal fees, and free online resources addressing a myriad of immigration matters. Register for the free, weekly MurthyBulletin. Students may also e-mail prehire@murthy.com. Include your name and your Smith School e-mail address in the text of your message.