Career Resources for Executive MBA Students

Your Career Coach will work with you one-on-one to develop skills and strategies that will enhance your career trajectory in your current organization, help you to pivot functions or industries, or support entrepreneurship or working with startups. Working together, you’ll develop a personalized career management strategy that addresses your short- and long-term career objectives. Your coach is available to work with you during the EMBA Program and throughout your career.

Key elements of the process are: 

Focus

The first step is to determine where you are in the job search process. Focus is essential. If you are still trying to figure out exactly what you want to do, you can explore self-assessments and resources to help clarify your goals.

Smart strategy

You’ll explore how activities like networking, leveraging LinkedIn, attending conferences, conducting informational interviews, participating in professional organizations, meeting with executive recruiters, and searching executive-level job posting sites can support you in accomplishing your career objectives.

Resume and branding materials

Next, you’ll look at your resume, cover letters, LinkedIn profile, portfolio, and any other materials you may need. Your materials will be optimized both for a quick personal look and for an electronic scanning process.

Finding opportunities

Your coach will help you manage internal and/or external job postings and help you develop company advocates to support the hiring process. You’ll be connected with job postings and on-campus recruiting opportunities through Ross.

Standout interviews

Make sure you’re ready to shine, and be prepared for interviews in any kind of format. Partner with your coach to develop your most strategic talking points and convey the value you offer. Mock interviews can assist with feedback on your style.

Negotiating the offer

Your coach will help you advocate for what you want in a job offer, and also assess whether a given opportunity is right for you.

We offer a series of workshops tailored to executive-level career advancement needs. Workshops are hands-on, focusing on tangible tools you can use right away.

Workshop topics include:

• Executive-Level Career Management and Job Advancement Strategies
• Personal Brand & Networking
• Career Shifting
• LinkedIn Optimization
• Interview & Negotiation
• Military Career Transitions
• The First 90 Days — Assimilating into a New Role

Key elements of the website are:

Self-evaluation

Take a look at who you are today. We combine the assessment with practical, real-world business insight. Our experienced career coaches are certified and/or trained to interpret personalized assessments using a variety of state-of-the-art assessment tools.

Create professional resumes and cover letters

Whether you are writing a first-time resume or updating a previous one, use the Ross Career Services site for building an accomplishment-based resume and cover letter.

Prepare for interviews and beyond

Review various types of interviews and interview questions with tips on answers; or record your own answers for review and feedback.

Networking & social media

Learn how to leverage new approaches to your job search by integrating networking and new technologies to penetrate a much more competitive job marketplace. The Networking and Social Media sections will describe a few of the sites that you should be engaging on and tips on how to best use social media in your job search.

Research on millions of companies

Obtain company research that covers over 60 million organizations in more than 170 countries, providing company overviews, key information, and business intelligence. You’ll have access to 70 million company contacts, many with biographies and contact information.

Connect with Ross alumni

Tap into the Ross alumni directory to expand your peer network.  

Research on hundreds of industries

Access recent developments, business challenges, trends, and opportunities on hundreds of industry segments, as well as the latest financial information and insights.

Michigan Ross alumni are some of the most accomplished, influential, and innovative business leaders in the world.

Our alumni network is a vibrant and dynamic community of leaders who provide support, advice, and career advancement opportunities to one another. We continually hear stories from students and alumni about fellow EMBAs hiring classmates, making job referrals, and consulting with one another on career development pursuits.

As an EMBA student, there are four levels of the network to leverage: your EMBA classmates, EMBA alumni, Michigan Ross alumni, and University of Michigan alumni.

Every year, we are struck by the loyalty, friendships, and connections forged among classmates during the 21-month journey. We often see students discovering new opportunities and changing jobs through their connections with classmates.

The senior-level leaders who constitute the Michigan Ross EMBA student and alumni community are also a close-knit community for job development support. Our alumni stay in touch through events around the country, our active LinkedIn group, and informal social gatherings.

In addition, the expansive alumni networks of Michigan Ross and the University of Michigan offer a wealth of resources to pursue your interests. We’ll help you navigate these networks and find connections that have a lasting impact on your career.