| Whether participants seek to
ascend to the next level within their existing
organization or embark upon a career change,
UCLA Anderson and NUS Business School provide
dedicated and customized career services to
UCLA – NUS Executive MBA participants.
These services are specifically aimed at upper
mid- and senior-level career professionals
and directly address the skills needed to
enable UCLA – NUS Executive MBA participants
to develop lifelong career management skills
and take control of their career trajectory.
Individual
Executive Career Coaching
All participants have access to a dedicated
career coach available for confidential,
one-on-one career counseling. Assistance
is provided through:
- Self-assessment, including CareerLeader
- Industry and job function overviews
- Career management strategy (e.g., job
targeting, career management plan development)
- Skill development (e.g., resume writing,
networking)
- Career advancement strategies (for
leveraging the MBA degree in one’s
current organization)
Career Workshops
Career workshops are held each August at
UCLA Anderson and cover a variety of directly
relevant topics such as the job search process
and career shifting.
Web-Based
Career Management Resources
UCLA – NUS Executive MBA participants enjoy
access to a proprietary web site that includes
extensive content tailored specifically
to career management needs of the working
executive. The site includes comprehensive
practical information, worksheets, articles,
and links to the most popular and respected
web sites and also covers topics such as
self-assessments, career management and
job search strategies, researching and targeting
the job market, resume writing, interviewing
and networking techniques, and negotiating
the job offer. Full access to Vault and
WetFeet on-line career libraries, and InterviewStreams
is available. Participants also enjoy access
to many other career resource databases
such as Goinglobal and on-line guides. Goinglobal
is a site dedicated to those conducting
job searches internationally.
UCLA Anderson’s Rosenfeld
Library houses a comprehensive, impressive
selection of business research databases
with a dedicated section of its web site
designed specifically to assist participants
with career research-related needs. The
NUS Business Career Services Office houses similar such databases.
Potential
Employer Contacts
For participants interested in securing
a new position, UCLA Anderson and NUS Business
School provide a combination of resources
to facilitate the search. Available resources
include:
- UCLA Anderson Parker Career Management
Center (Parker CMC) Classifieds Job Posting
Site
- Anderson Yahoo Jobs
- NUS Global Workplace, MBA-Exchange
and MBA-Direct Job Portals
Alumni Career
Resources
Current participants and alumni enjoy immediate
access to both UCLA Anderson and NUS Business
School’s online alumni directories,
two powerful resources for job searching
and connecting with alumni both locally
and globally. With numerous search options
available, these alumni directories are
two of the Executive MBA’s most important
networking resources.
Other available resources include the UCLA
Anderson alumni jobs e-mail list and the
UCLA Anderson and NUS MBA LinkedIn Groups
– both of which provide alumni with
the ability to network, and distribute and
post job listings. |
