We offer the same premium services, career planning and resources to all students. Here’s what’s different for Professional MBAs:
Advising
Professional MBA students are experienced business professionals. The WCC offers services that focus on incorporating PMBA achievement into a career management strategy to guide them in accelerating a career.
Professional MBA students can tailor career services to fit their needs, including career coaching, résumé critiques, recruiting, research tools, and Career Navigator course.
To make an advising appointment with the PMBA Career Consultant, stop by the WCC, Simon Hall 10; or contact via email at wcc@olin.wustl.edu or by phone at 314-935-5950. Most appointments are scheduled within two business days.
Professional Career Development
Professional MBA students have distinctive and unique needs for professional development.
- Career Navigator course – Career Navigator prepares you to create focus and momentum around your career plans. The framework and guidelines help you achieve your career goals and support next steps to piloting your post-MBA career. During the Career Navigator course, you learn strategies and skill-set positioning that are necessary to strengthen your ability to effectively manage your career. Students are introduced to the Career Development Plan that will serve as a blueprint for career management or search.
- Self-Assessment - CareerLeader® – Developed by two experienced Harvard Business School career counselors, CareerLeader
is an interactive tool that offers a personalized, online self-assessment, turning insights about your skills, interests, motivators and passions into concrete recommendations for corporate culture fit and your business career path. Access is provided by the Weston Career Center to students enrolled in the Career Navigator Course or as an outcome of an individual advising appointment..
Job Search Resources
As a PMBA student, you have access to a series of excellent career services tools to help you achieve your goals.
CAREERlink MBA is the online recruiting system used by the Weston Career Center to manage on-campus interviews, job postings, alumni networking contacts (ProNet), company-sponsored information sessions and events.
PMBA students automatically have “view” access to job postings and may reach out directly to employers to express an interest in a posted position. You are encouraged to meet with the PMBA Career Consultant or another WCC career advisor to discuss job-related correspondence or conduct a mock interview.
Upon completion of 36 credit hours, the PMBA student can request an account upgrade to apply online for on-campus interviews. The PMBA Program Office will coordinate with the Weston Career Center to activate full access upon request.
Companies looking for experienced talent send us positions targeting a more experienced candidate. You can find these opportunities in the Alumni Job Board.
Alumni Resources
The career services staff work hard to keep in touch with alumni around the world. Olin alumni are on campus frequently to conduct mock interviews, serve as guest speakers and program panelists, and act as mentors through the Weston Career Center’s ProNet contact database or social media (e.g., LinkedIn).