Individual Coaching

Our career coaches possess a variety of experience to meet your needs, and the process will be driven by you and your objectives. Coaching is optional and confidential. You can meet your coach in person during residencies, and they’re accessible via email and video-conference.

Clubs

Fuqua students are known for taking initiative, shaping the program experience in ways that support each other’s goals. Your class may choose to form professional clubs that draw on the expertise and company connections in your cohort to help classmates explore that area or industry. Past organizations have included Consulting, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Women in Business, Energy & the Environment, Health Care, and Net Impact.

Corporate Visits

These visits help you explore different companies and industries firsthand. As part of your residency curriculum, you’ll tour facilities and meet with managers to learn how business gets done. Company leaders will share industry trends and current business challenges.

Here are a few recent visits:

• Honeywell – Shanghai, China
• TVN Media – Panama City, Panama
• Operation Asha – New Delhi, India
• Almaviva Winery – Santiago, Chile

Alumni Panels

These panels bring graduates from different industries to visit your residencies for discussions that help you understand business in that part of the world. They may share personal stories about working internationally, provide advice on navigating your career, and discuss industry trends.

You have the opportunity to participate in a number of workshops and other career management activities throughout your experience. These events are customized to meet the unique needs of your class. They will be conducted during residencies or will be recorded and made available on your learning platform.

Making a Career Transition

We offer multiple sessions covering the best strategies, tools, and tactics for successfully advancing, shifting, or completely changing your career. We’ll cover topics like self-assessment, prioritizing your search, effective outreach and exploration, and self-promotion.

Career Symposiums & Career Intensives

These panel discussions convene alumni and company representatives to highlight a broad spectrum of careers.

Sector Chats

These virtual or small-group discussions with CMC staff and Fuqua alumni provide perspectives on MBA functions and industries, such as consulting, finance, marketing, social impact/nonprofit, general management, energy, high tech, and health care.

To supplement the help you’ll receive from your coach and CMC team, other resources are available wherever you live and work.

Career Leader

Assesses your personal interests, motivators, and skills. It suggests potential paths based on matches with professionals in their database and suggests functions and organizational cultures that might fit you best.

The Ford Library

Our expert staff offers customized service and support to enhance your job search efforts, pointing you toward the resources you need on-site or online.

Career Services System

Our internal career services website, CareerBridge, is a one-stop shop for recruiting and career search information. You’ll find job postings and contacts for thousands of companies.

Interstride

This database of country-specific career information gives you access to country career guides, regional city market guides, corporate profiles, employer directories, and a directory of international job listings.

Blue Steps

Developed by the Association of Executive Search Consultants, Blue Steps offers career resources, expert advice, and a direct connection to more than 300 retained search firms in more than 70 countries. This is an exclusive online database available to students at a nominal fee.

Glassdoor

This resource lists employee-written company reviews, salary data, and in-depth interview information, such as questions asked and the length of the interview process.

Resume Database

Employers and executive search professionals can search Fuqua's Resume Database based on a prospective employee's desired location and work authorization. You can also post a profile, resume, and job search preferences within the database.

Alumni Directory

Students may search Fuqua's database of 28,000 + business school alumni by program, graduation year, industry, company, job function, or geographic location. Once you graduate, you'll also have access to Duke University’s alumni database of more than 195,000.