Our Career Management Center staff works closely with students to assess career options, refine goals, and network with well-placed corporate contacts and alumni to help determine the right career. Beyond the immediate job search, staff members work with you to develop skills that will enhance lifelong career progression.

Regardless of the graduate program you choose or where you are in your career, we can help you plan and manage your career to best reach your goals.

Approach

The Career Management Center offers workshops that help you discover skills and interests, refine a career focus, employ job-search tools and strategies, craft a resumé, and sharpen interview and negotiations skills.

Members of the CMC staff have corporate experience in various functional areas that they use to benefit students, and each student is assigned a counselor based on areas of interest and degree program.

A corporate relations specialist on staff visits companies throughout the country to understand talent recruitment needs and identify opportunities where Schools of Business students can be part of the solution.

Events and services

The CMC partners with other schools on two major career fairs – CareerQuest, held each fall at the University of Maryland; and the Carolina MBA Connection, held in February in Raleigh/Durham.

Staff members advise students and attend the career fair portion of the annual National Black MBA Association conference. In addition, companies come to the Wake Forest campus for information sessions. 

Alumni and business leaders often serve as mentors to students and participate in on- and off-campus activities, providing the chance to learn from those working in specific fields. Annual events organized through the CMC include:

• Career panels for marketing, finance and operations
• Investment Banking Weekend
• Consulting Weekend
• Operations Club trip
• Marketing Club trip
• Week on Wall Street trip
• Receptions in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Charlotte, Raleigh and Richmond

The CMC provides mock interview opportunities with counselors and alumni, and through InterviewStream, an online system.

Workshops for international students are developed based on identified needs. Working in conjunction with the graduate business International Students Association, past topics geared specifically to international students have included career panels, networking, corporate research and interviewing skills.

Online resources

Available on the Intranet for all Schools of Business students:

Vault.com

A career library available to students at no charge. Current students can view or download any of the more than 70 guides:

• More than 20 Industry Career Guides ranging from consulting to venture capital
• More than 10 Industry Employer Guides covering banking, biotech/pharmaceuticals, health care and many other top industries that employ MBAs
• Five general Career Topic Guides that cover career advice from resumés and cover letters to starting your own business

Vault also offers more than 1,100 articles on important career topics in 27 different categories, including job-search, work / life and industry advice.

CareerLeader

Used by more than 400 leading business schools and corporations worldwide, this is a comprehensive, Web-based, career-assessment tool refined through more than 20 years of scientific research. CareerLeader measures your interests, abilities and prime motivations related to work.

CMC manual

An in-depth document that outlines everything from planning your job search to resumé writing, interviewing, networking, negotiating and more.

Interview questions database

Helps you prepare for networking and interviews by listing typical general, functional-area and company-specific questions.

Job-search tips and techniques

Outlines the best techniques to follow for your job search as you market yourself as a brand. This is the place to find out how to conduct the most effective job search.

Sample documents

Provides samples of resumés, and cover, networking and thank-you letters.

Summer internship database

Whether working a formal internship or not, you can gain valuable information for your job search by viewing records of past internship experiences of graduate business students. It is searchable by state, functional area, company and year of internship.

Alumni directory

Access to contact information for alumni around the world is available through the Wake Information Network (WIN), the university’s alumni directory.

Library resources

Available for company and industry research:

• Multiple databases that include company and industry information; magazine, newspaper and journal articles; market research and foreign country background
• Resources to find periodicals/journals, online library catalog, worldwide library search, library guides and more

Your success is our success

At the Wake Forest Schools of Business, we’re passionate about the success of our students. Regardless of where you are in your career – from student to young professional to seasoned executive – our personalized approach to career management can help determine the right career path for you.