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MBA Exec Career Management Services (CMS)
Wharton's career development resources include career counseling, networking, and lifelong career support.
General Career Services
All students. General career services include: career assessment and planning, career counseling and coaching, resume review, and planning long-term career strategies. At the beginning of the second term, students complete a CMS Application for Participation form, and may begin to work with the CMS Directors on their specific career needs.
Job Search Services
Limited eligibility. Job search services include resume review and representation in the MBA Exec Resume Book, access to the Wharton Job Board, job search tools and resources, workshops focused on job search activities, and the opportunity to participate in corporate networking events.
To be eligible to participate in Job Search Services, a student must complete the CMS Application for Participation form and provide the required documentation to indicate that s/he is self-sponsored or has permission from her/his sponsoring company. (Students who receive financial sponsorship from their organization based on a standard, corporate-wide graduate tuition policy that does not require separate, special approval for additional funding or who are receiving no more than the IRS maximum educational assistance — currently $5,250 per year — are also eligible to participate in job search.)
Lifelong Alumni Career Support
Managing a career is an ongoing, lifelong process. The MBA Career Management office in Philadelphia provides MBA alumni with web-based resources and information to successfully navigate job transitions, networking, and professional development, including access to our alumni Job Board.
Student Group Advising and Mentoring
All students. During the first year, the Faculty Consultant, who serves as the program's adviser on group effectiveness and organizational development, works with learning teams, and with individual students at their request, on concerns particularly relevant to mid-career professionals. Issues include such challenges as: handling family stress; difficult work relationships; adjusting to cultural differences in the workplace (whether across age, gender, or national borders); leadership issues, such as managing up, down, and among peers; or making the change from functional to general management. Second-year students can also meet and talk with the Faculty Consultant on an individual basis.
