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Booth Career Services: Career Management Evening & Weekend Programs

About the Department

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and second to none when it comes to influencing business education and business practices. Since 1898, the school has produced ideas and leaders that shape the world of business. Their rigorous, discipline-based approach to business education transforms students into confident, effective, respected business leaders prepared to face the toughest challenges.

Chicago Booth has the finest set of facilities of any business school in the world. Each of the four campuses (two in Chicago, one in London, and one in Hong Kong) reflects the architectural traditions of its environs while offering a state-of-the-art learning environment.

Chicago Booth is proud to claim:

-an unmatched faculty.

-degree and open enrollment programs offered on three continents.

-a global body of nearly 56,000 accomplished alumni.

-strong and growing corporate relationships that provide a wealth of lifelong career opportunities.

As part of the world-renowned University of Chicago, Chicago Booth shares the University\'s core values that shape the distinctive intellectual culture. At Booth, they constantly question and test ideas, and seek proof. This extraordinarily effective approach to business leads to new ideas and innovative solutions. Seven of the Booth faculty members have won Nobel Prizes for these ideas - the first business school to achieve this accomplishment.

For more information about the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, please visit: http://www.chicagobooth.edu/.

Job Summary

The Senior Associate Director (Sr AD), Career Management is part of the Chicago Booth Career Services team and primarily functions as a coach practitioner and educator for students in the Booth Evening MBA, Weekend MBA, Master in Management, and Master in Finance Programs as well as alumni of these programs. Students enrolling in the inaugural Master in Management (MiM) cohort will have less than two years professional work experience, Master in Finance (MiF) students represent a wider range of experience and Evening and Weekend MBA (EW) students are typically working professionals with an average of five years work experience.

In addition to coaching Evening, Weekend, MiM and MiF students and alumni, the Sr AD will collaborate with the Career Services MiM launch team on developing and delivering content in the required course, Succeeding in the Workplace. The course will incorporate career fundamentals and soft skills training for students in the MiM program and may be expanded to include students in other specialized Masters Programs.

Responsibilities

Leads career management strategy for inaugural classes of Booth Master in Management and Master in Finance students.

Manages 1-2 career coaching staff dedicated to MiM and MiF students.

Coaches Evening MBA, Weekend MBA, Master in Finance and Master in Management students on appropriate career management and job search skills in one-on-one, small and large group settings, and virtually.

Provides career coaching support for a wide variety of career paths and goals, including firms that regularly hire business graduates, e.g., consulting, major corporates, financial services firms, as well as firms in more specialized sectors, e.g., media/entertainment, clean tech, and venture capital.

Conceptualizes, innovates, develops, and facilitates the delivery of career education (knowledge and skill building), including workshops, panel discussions, and guest speakers in person and via e-learning/media.

Refines the curriculum and build out content for the Succeedin in the Workplace course in collaboration with the Career Services MiM and MiF launch team.

Partners across Booth and UChicago to identify resources to round out students\' educational experience, e.g., technical prep for interviews, analytical skills, and communication skills.

Collaborates with Booth departments such as Leadership Development, Student Life, Academic Services, and Admissions to identify opportunities to enhance the EW and MiM student experience.

Understands the career interests of EW and MiM students and work closely with Operations and Employer Relations staff to facilitate connecting students to career opportunities.

Solicit and analyze student and alumni feedback and evaluations and help strategize with Booth staff and student leaders to determine program and resource offerings and innovations.

Manages or leads various special projects/programs that provide career-related support or strategic initiatives to address needs of special constituencies. These audiences could include the general alumni population, subsets of students or alumni based on industry, geography, function, years of work experience, or other factors.

Conducts complex job search and career management related large lectures, hands-on workshops, special events, training