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Second Year Coach Spotlight: Rebeccah Kilty (MBA ’21)

Rebeccah Kilty (MBA ’21) is no stranger to career coaching. Before pursuing her Darden MBA, Rebeccah managed Harvard Business School’s career coaching program, from overseeing its budget to trendspotting in coaching data analysis. Coaching is what she “loves to do,” and it’s what led her to a full…

By Mary Shea Watson- April 8, 2021

Career Advisors, MBA, Technology, West Coast Careers

Career Center Introduces First-Ever Virtual Career Week Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

As the Darden School community continues to live and work through the COVID-19 pandemic, the Darden Career Center continues to innovate its career program offerings. The Career Center recently hosted the first-ever virtual Career Week, from 7 – 11 December, giving students the opportunity to engage with many popular…

By Sydney Chakalos- December 17, 2020

Career Tips, Darden Alumni, EMBA, General Management, Technology

Alumni in Tech: From Diving With the Navy, to Leading at Amazon

Darden Executive MBA alum Rich Hanna (MBA ’15) knows more than a little something about how to breathe and operate well under pressure. Before coming to Darden, he served as an explosive ordnance officer in the Navy, or an underwater diver who disarms bombs. Based in Boston, Rich now leads…

By Mary Shea Watson- July 1, 2020

Career Tips, Darden Alumni, Technology

5 Virtual Job Search Tips Using LinkedIn

Darden alumni Rachel Becker (MBA ’18), Ben Leiner (MBA ’19) and Russ Wilson (MBA ’19) all found their way to full-time roles at LinkedIn through LinkedIn. Recruiters for the professional networking and social media platform contacted Russ and Rachel, who now respectively work at LinkedIn as a monetization strategy…

By Mary Shea Watson- April 14, 2020

Career Tips, EMBA, Entrepreneurship, Hospitality, Technology

Alumni in Hospitality: How This Veteran Landed in a “Rocket Ship” Startup

After spending time as an entrepreneur, Marine Officer and Big Four consultant, Patrick Weeks (EMBA ’18 and pictured above at center) pivoted into a hospitality, technology and startup role during his MBA studies at Darden. He now leads the Washington, D.C. market for Sonder, a tech hospitality company, as…

By Mary Shea Watson- December 19, 2019

Finance, General Management, Marketing, MBA, Retail, Technology, West Coast Careers

Career Center, Clubs Partner in Nationwide Job Treks and Darden’s First Week of Dedicated Internship Prep

First Year students experienced the School’s cross-industry expertise in action this fall, as Darden’s Career Development Center led a week of morning-to-evening internship recruiting opportunities.As Darden’s first week of dedicated internship prep programming, students participated in Job Treks to industry headquarters around the…

By Mary Shea Watson- December 5, 2019

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