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Your Career: Getting Employed with BBA Career Services
Education
BBA Career Services works with you starting in the spring semester of your freshmen year. Your first step will be to take BA101, a career strategies course taught by BBA Career Services. Career Services will work with you to start formulating a career strategy that incorporates leadership, teamwork and effective communication skills as well as completing at least one required internship. Employers have provided direct feedback and input into the program in order to prepare you to enter into the business world and become leaders within the business community.
Business Administration 101
BA 101 is designed for freshmen to take in the spring semester. Taught by your Career Advisor, the course teaches you how to write resumes and professional correspondence while developing teamwork skills and confidence. Guest lecturers include professors who discuss the different majors and career paths. Peer Career Mentors share their internship experience, career-preparation journeys and offer suggestions about how to develop skills employers seek.
Exploration
BBA Career Services provides events, workshops and experiences you to gain a better understanding of career interests. From networking with recruiters during Career Week to hearing industry leaders speak about their experiences during Career Prep Week each semester, BBA Career Services is focused on bringing the most relevant information exclusively to McCombs undergraduate students. In 2009, BBA Career Services provided workshops on Recession Proofing your Career, how to find and prepare for Federal Jobs and even industry perspectives on the emerging interest in the Energy sector.
Career Prep Week
Recruiters across industries share the real deal. You will have the chance to hear their personal experiences and valuable insight into specific industries.
TYF: Target Your Future
If you are motivated to dive-in to meeting employers and the internship/job-search process, then attend one of the customized small group seminars where you will hear exactly what recruiters are looking for.
Preparation
The BBA Career Service Office prepares you for your own personal job search through a structured process of self-assessment. Integrating seminars and workshops with one-on-one counseling provides a comprehensive, critical evaluation of each individual’s career goals. Mock interviews and resume reviews, conducted by experienced career counselors or corporate recruiters, provide you with valuable feedback.
Corporate Mock Interviews
You want to develop your interviewing skills and recruiters want to find talent. Mock interviews allow you to sit in on an interview with recruiters and gain feedback at the end to improve your skills. Students have been known to walk away with an invitation for a follow-up real interview!
Experience
By getting involved in BBA Career Services, you will find there is something for everyone. From student organizations, such as the BBA Women’s Council, to Etiquette Dinners networking with employers, you will continue to develop skill sets that will last a lifetime.
Networking Reception & Etiquette Dinner
Balancing conversation with food isn’t as easy as you think. You will learn how to balance your drink and shake hands along with business dinner dining at this popular event.
BBA Women’s Council
Network with prominent women and discuss current challenges in the business world. You can shape your future and obtain a professional mentor while raising your visibility with added confidence.
