Career Management is a lifelong process, and building your professional capabilities while in business school will help you navigate your entire career. Successful career management begins with developing a strategy that involves taking time to look backward and forward, so …
The Career Blueprint is a foundational component of your career journey at W. P. Carey. The work you do with the Blueprint, though, isn’t meant to be completed and set aside. It becomes an evolving guide to help you navigate …
If you’ve developed a Career Blueprint with a goal, milestones, and target dates, you’re almost ready to go. The next step is conducting research to test the assumptions and insights you just identified. Though you may have a specific career …
Managing a lifelong career and finding your first role out of business school is a complicated task. Breaking it down into the same steps you would follow to take a product to market can help make it more manageable and …
In simplified terms, culture is the secret ingredient that refers to the values and behaviors that guide decisions and activities in the work environment. Culture can vary by company, industry, function, and role. Your work as a student at …
If you are currently pursuing an internship or full-time job search, you need to know how to best prepare and engage employers at these events for W. P. Carey Students. There are a variety of events that make up on-campus …
Personal branding consists of your social media presence, face-to-face communications, your reputation in the market, and executive presence. Giving thought to this will assist you in putting a plan in place that allows you to bring your true self to …
Writing a resume is not a job search and is not the first step. (Learn more about how to create your career strategy here, which is the first step.) It is, however, a vital piece of the application process …
Given the increased competitive marketplace business school students are facing, skills in networking is imperative. Reaching out to new contacts is a way to demonstrate your strong communication and mature relationship management skills. Learning to write outreach messages both quickly …
This is a time when we are seeing markets constrict with no clear end in sight. As professionals and business school students, successfully responding will mean integrating creativity into your strategy as you pursue employment options. A “Gig Job” (a …
