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Career Services

You won't be on your own when it comes to your job search. Career Services offers you a strong support team, skills and planning resources, and information resources to help you refine your career goals and navigate the recruiting process.

Skills and Planning Resources

As you develop a job search strategy we'll help you gain the tools you’ll need to go after your career goals. From determining what career path is right for you to positioning yourself in the marketplace; from learning how to manage the interview process and handle job offer negotiations; our assistance and training will support you as you direct and redefine your professional career.

  • web-based tools and tests to assess your interests, values and talents as well as what activities and environments motivate you
  • coaching tailored to your individual needs, including reviewing your career goals and choice, developing a job search strategy, understanding a job function, preparing for an important interview and negotiating offers
  • career development programming that focuses on issues such as investigating industries and job functions, learning how to network, positioning your experiences and developing your marketing message
  • workshops on specific aspects of the job search such as resume and cover letter writing, interviewing, researching companies and salary negotiation

Career Development Resources

Information is key to a successful job search.You'll want to know about a particular industry, salary ranges, what a specific job involves,the latest company news and more. The GSB has several ways to make sure you have all the information you need to achieve your career goals.

  • Employment reports - Reports include class profiles; past GSB hires by function, industry, and location; and major employers and job sources of GSB students from the past five years.
  • The Fisher Library – Located at the Gleacher Center, the Fisher Library offers access to more than 60 valuable research databases for company and industry information. Electronic resources are augmented by a significant collection of career-related materials in print.

  • Resume databases - We archive resumes from previous GSB classes. You can search through the database to find successful resume examples for all types of jobs and experience.

  • Career newsletters - We offer a number of timely email newsletters designed to provide you with the latest job postings,provide you with career management tactics and let you know about the latest employer news.

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Haresh Sapra

Haresh Sapra
Associate Professor of Accounting

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Last Updated 1/8/08