The Career Management Center
Students enter business school with diverse career interests and various levels of job search and career planning skills. As such, the services provided by the Fuqua Career Management Center (CMC) are designed to meet a wide range of interests and needs.
Students will not only find services and resources to help them find jobs now - the goal is for them to graduate with career-building strategies and skills they can use throughout their careers.
The Career Management Center Overview
The CMC serves as an integral part of the Fuqua and Duke communities, generating thought leadership, sharing best practices, developing resources, and building networks through the development of educational, professional, and cross-cultural experiences.
The CMC functions to:
Educate students about hiring trends in job functions, industries, and companies of interest
Prepare students for the job search
Support students throughout their career advancement and/or job search process
Market Fuqua students and alumni to a range of employers
Connect students to the global job market through appropriate channels in the Fuqua and Duke networks, which may include recruiting events on and off campus.
Offering group and individual services, the CMC is here to help answer the big picture questions:
What do you want to do?
What is your overall job search strategy?
What is your branding statement or value proposition?
What is your personal marketing plan?
What barriers will you face?
The CMC guides students as they refine their career advancement and job search tools through:
Target lists
Communication and social networking strategies
Library and industry resources
Networking correspondence
Résumé reviews
Cover letter reviews
Mock interviews
Maximizing student success by:
Job offer evaluations
Job offer negotiating
On-the-job objectives and questions
Strong Recruiting Partnerships
The CMC also partners with employers to help them achieve their recruiting and talent acquisition goals. This support includes hosting recruiting events and interviews on campus and virtually, creating convenient recruiting channels for employers who choose not to visit the campus, helping companies make strategic recruiting decisions, and marketing Fuqua students and alumni to new companies. As a result, the number, diversity, and quality of these organizations make for an impressive portfolio of recruiting partners.