Where can students find information about switching careers while in B-school?
The entire B-school experience is about making a career change, so it actually starts from the classroom. From day one they attend courses that they want to make into their career somehow—in addition to also taking the core classes. What’s the first step? For someone who wants to make a career change, it’s imperative to focus on related courses and choose relevant electives that have a project component. For example, a student who’s interested in a nonprofit could encourage his team to focus on the organizations that do this type of work. It’s also a chance to make contacts in the desired industry. When is the earliest a student should turn to the career center for help? These days our career advisers are even seeing students in the summer before their first year. Most know they want to get out of what they’ve been doing, but aren’t sure what they actually want to do, so we’ll talk to them in the summer to help them get started. What kind of advice do you give students who are just sta
