Presentation Transcript

1. MBA and Related Degrees

   Tuesday, November 29, 2011 4-7pm
2. Program Agenda Career Center Pre Professional Services Overview GMAT Information Kaplan and Princeton Review UCLA Extension (Leadership, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and International Trade and Commerce) Admissions Officers Panel (MBA, EMBA, FEMBA & Related Degrees) Practicing Professional Panel Meet and Greet/Networking
3. Career CenterPre-Professional Services Overview Roni Lavi Career Counselor
4. Career Center Servicesfor Pre-Professional Quarterly Workshops: Writing the Personal Statement Personal Statement Critiques 30 minute critique with a career counselor Interviewing for MBA and other Pre- Professional programs Limited to 1 mock interview per quarter 1 hour mock with a career counselor Sign up through BruinView™, under the “Workshops” tab at career.ucla.edu
5. “Job Search JumpStarts” JumpStart Your Career in MBA Programs This workshop is usually offered every Fall quarter Other upcoming Pre-Health Jumpstarts: Dentistry: February 9 Osteopathy/Allied Health/Physician Assistant: February 13 Nursing: February 15 Optometry: February 22 Psychology: March 1 Marketing/PR? Advertising: May 8 career.ucla.edu/JumpStart $20 fee
6. Other Resources and Services Career Center Library/Lab Extensive section on pre-professional planning Books about MBA Schools application/admissions process GMAT Test Guide Books about career paths for MBA degree holders
7. Other Resources and Services Letters of Reference Service (LOR) Service for graduate and professional school letters ONLY Open an account at career.ucla.edu/LOR Sign and submit contract to activate file (one time $20 activation fee) Download confidentiality waiver and give to letter writers Letter writers/students can submit letters to the Career Center There are mailing fees Available to all currently enrolled UCLA students Alumni can activate/keep LOR account for $75/year
8. Other Resources and Services Opportunities List on BruinView™ Internship and hiring profiles for industry leaders in a wide range of popular fields Business List includes: Accounting, Fastest Growing Companies, Retail, Actuarial, Investment Banking, Consulting and Real Estate www.surveymonkey.com/s/inforequest www.surrveymonkey.com/s/intlrequest
9. UCLA Career Center Career Center Library Hours: M-F, 9a-5p 30 Minute Same Day Counseling: M-Th, 11a-4p, Friday 11-3p (Signup through BruinView™) Advance Career Counseling Appointment (Sign up through BruinView™) We help with: resume critiques, personal statement review, mock interviews, graduate school planning timeline, and much more!

10. Questions?

11. We’ll send you an email with a link. You’ll have exclusive access to thissession’s materials at:career.ucla.edu/JumpStartHandouts
12. Kaplan Test Prep
13. Princeton Review

14. UCLA Extension

    Leadership, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and International Trade and Commerce
15. Admissions Officers Panel (MBA, EMBA, FEMBA, & Related Degrees) Moderated Q & A Panel Precious Robinson Career Counselor
16. Connie Kwan Admissions Coordinator MBA Admissions UCLA Anderson Kate Mickle Assistant Director, MBA Recruitment and Admissions Rady School of Management University of California, San Diego Nola Wanta Director, MBA & MSFE The Drucker School of Management Claremont Graduate University of Business and Management Pepperdine University Tabitha J. Courtney Manager, MBA Recruitment and Admissions W. P. Carey School of Business Arizona State University Marc Endrigat Assistant Director, Student Recruitment Full Time MBA and MS Programs Graziadio School of Business & Management Pepperdine University

17. Practicing Professional Moderated Q & A Panel

    Katie Davey Economics Consultant
18. Andrew J. Dale, MBA, CLU Managing Director Southern California Agency – MassMutual Devin McGrath MBA Student, Class of 2012 UCLA Anderson YaphettK. Powell, Director Business & Legal Affairs  |  International & Emerging TV Networks Fox Cable Networks Eric Young, MBA Director of Recruiting and Student Outreach Loyola Marymount University