by Carlotta Mast

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Paid for students to travel to companies and recruiting events

• Michigan State University’s Eli Broad School of Management hosted a series of “city treks,” during which students and staffers traveled to New York, San Francisco, and other cities to meet with recruiters and alumni.
• The Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota created a National Search Fund, which provides students with up to U.S. $350 to cover job-search-related travel expenses.
• The University of Rochester’s Simon School of Business took students and recruiters together at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City for its In a New York Minute half-day recruiting event.
• American University’s Kogod School of Business took students on recruiter “road shows,” visiting recruiters in New York and Washington, D.C.

Convened joint career fairs with nearby MBA programs

• Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management hosted the Old Oaken Bucket MBA Job Fair, named in honor of the schools’ annual football match-up.
• George Washington University, Georgetown, University of Maryland, American University, and Howard University, all schools in the Washington, D.C., area, joined to put on an annual MBA recruiting event called Career Quest.
• Fuqua, University of North Carolina, North Carolina State University, and Wake Forest collectively hosted the first North Carolina MBA career fair.

Improved job-search resources for students

• The College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee (UT), Knoxville, produced the Tennessee200, an electronic goldmine of alumni contacts and other valuable job-search information on the top firms that hire UT MBAs.
• The Simon School and Stanford opened up their corporate databases to assist students with their job-search research.

Added career coaching seminars and classes to curriculum

• The Kelley School added a for-credit leadership and career-development component to its first-year MBA core curriculum.
• The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, created an elective course, “Finding Your Dream Job in a Challenging Market,” as a way to prepare students and provide them with class credit for enduring a rigorous job search.
• The Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago added job-search seminars on such topics as “how to leave a compelling voicemail” and “how to construct a list of target firms.” The school also works with incoming first-years even before they arrive on campus, providing online modules over the summer on self-assessment, writing that first MBA résumé, and networking.
• Stanford added two job-search related classes—“Managing Your Career at GSB and Beyond” and “Understanding Yourself”—to new-student orientation.
• The Smith School hired Next Step Partners to provide skill-building workshops for students.
• The career counselors at Boston University School of Management created a mandatory, semester-long course on career preparation for first-year MBAs; the class includes readings, assignments, and labs.
• IESE Business School in Spain launched a career week for first-year students before classes start. The program includes self-assessment and résumé-writing workshops and mock interviews conducted by actual recruiters.
• HEC worked with faculty members to develop a new career-building module that is fully integrated into the academic program.
• The International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland created a seminar to teach students how to create their own perfect job opportunities.
• The University of Tennessee developed a mandatory career development seminar for first-year MBAs. The class touches on writing résumés and cover letters and networking at job fairs and other events.
• In response to recruiter feedback, the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin added a four-week series on how to prepare for case interviews.
• Wake Forest University’s Babcock Graduate School of Management integrated a nine-class career-coaching course into the first-year core curriculum. Designed to give students an early edge and “extra polish” in a competitive job market, the course includes segments on self-assessment, networking, résumé building, and interviewing.

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