Career Management offers professional coaching, resources, events, and experiences to help you take your career to the next level.
Individual Career Coaching
Professional coaching is available to discuss your specific career development and job search needs, including resumes, cover letters, interviewing, networking, and employment offer negotiations. Students can schedule meetings through an easy-to-use calendaring system.
Job Search, Work Teams, and Career Change Groups
Students can join small groups to gain guidance, support, and accountability around systematic, effective job searching or career switching processes. These groups create unique networking and bonding opportunities across other University of Washington MBA cohorts (Executive MBA, Technology Management MBA, and Hybrid MBA students).
Programming & Workshops
Career Management hosts various events throughout the year to enhance your job transition and career advancement strategies. Topics range from career exploration, written communications, resume and LinkedIn optimization, interviewing skills, and salary negotiation to a month-long Career Expo to learn about career fields from MBA alumni panel sessions.
These events take place virtually and in person during the duration of the program.
MBA Treks
An MBA Trek is a curated trip to a single company or a key metropolitan area. The goal is to experience diverse industries and companies, from multinational giants to early-stage, well-funded startups, and incubators. Foster MBA students have visited numerous companies, both virtually and in person, in the Seattle metropolitan area, the Bay Area, Austin, and Portland. Read about a Portland Trek.
Networking Events
You will find opportunities to network with students and alumni from the EMBA, TMMBA, and Hybrid MBA Programs. You can also connect with leading employers through events such as company information sessions and a virtual career fair.
On-Demand Career Course
Students have access to an on-demand Career Management course with resources from developing a distinctive personal brand and clear elevator pitch to a compelling LinkedIn profile, keyword-optimized resume, and employment offer negotiation planning.