Smith School Partners with DBM
to Help MBA Students Make Career
Transitions
New York, NY & College Park, Md. -
November 15, 2004 DBM, the global
human resources consulting firm, and the
Robert H. Smith School of Business at
the University of Maryland, today
announced a partnership to provide the
schools MBA candidates with job search
coaching and support. The partnership
taps DBMs 35-plus year history of
career management guidance and expertise
and will utilize DBMs online tools and
coaching programs designed to help
part-time, full-time and executive MBAs
make career transitions and develop the
skills they need to manage their
careers. DBM customized its core content
to meet the schools needs, delivering a
comprehensive set of virtual tools that
can be accessed at the Smith/DBM Online
Career Center, an exclusive version of
DBMs Client WebCenter.
Recent trends indicate a pressing
need for business schools to expand
career management programs for part-time
and executive program MBAs. Over the
last several years, the Robert H. Smith
School of Business has built a strong
reputation for innovative partnering
with world-class organizations to meet
the needs of its MBA candidates and
alumni in todays dynamic business
environment. The Smith/DBM partnership
provides a variety of services,
including webcast seminars, research
databases, and face-to-face or virtual
career coaching. Webcast seminars cover
topics such as how to conduct a job
search, write a professional resume, and
polish networking and interviewing
skills.
DBMs products and services appeal to
the Smith Schools technologically
savvy, time-pressed and geographically
dispersed students. Providing live
webcasts and online research tools is a
cost-effective way to supplement
services already provided by the
schools Office of Career Management.
Students who have utilized the new
Smith/DBM Online Career Center are
excited not only about our coaching
programs, but also the powerful new
search tools available to them, such as
GlobalOneSource and DBM Job Scout, said
the Smith schools part-time MBA Vice
President, Rob Weismantel.
Part-time MBA students are
particularly hard to reach when it comes
to delivering comprehensive career
management programs, said Janet
Richert, Managing Director of the Office
of Career Management at the Smith School
of Business. Our goal was to find a way
to provide them with web-centered career
counseling that can be accessed no
matter where they live or work, at times
that are most convenient for them.
Our programs have proven to be
enormously successful and an effective
complement to the services on-campus
career centers already offer, said Jim
Piffath of DBMs Washington, DC office.
Our partnership with the Robert H.
Smith School of Business takes our
services to the next level, allowing
customized solutions for individual
audiences.
About DBM
DBM,
the global human resources consulting,
helps organizations align their
workforces with evolving business
demands. DBM pioneered the global career
transition industry, and over its
36-year history, has offered innovative,
trusted transition solutions designed to
meet the unique needs of individual
organizations. DBMs in-depth
capabilities include employee
transition, retention, development, and
selection services and are designed to
maximize employee productivity and help
companies manage the risks of
organizational change. DBM has more than
230 locations in 51 countries.
About the Robert H. Smith School
of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of
Business at the University of Maryland
is an internationally recognized leader
in management education and research for
the digital economy. The school offers
cross-functional study options in its
six academic departments, which include
accounting and information assurance;
decision and information technologies;
finance; logistics, business and public
policy; management and organization; and
marketing. More information about the
Robert H. Smith School of Business can
be found at
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu.
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