Career Corner – The Armstrong Center for Alumni Career Services

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New Year, New Reading on Business, Leadership and Careers Recommended by Darden Alumni Career Services

Happy New Year from Alumni Career Services! Are you looking for a good read for 2021? Take a look at what our career coaches read over the holidays, spanning the gamut of topics from life skills to career reinvention to business leadership, and read their reviews below. Billion Dollar Loser…

By Sallie Lesemann- January 19, 2021

Negotiating Compensation During a Pandemic

As a follow up to last month’s post by guest blogger Teresa Fuller (MBA ’17), Darden Alumni Career Services is offering additional insight on the art of negotiations. This month, Alumni Career Services Coach, Mac Ling (MBA ‘06) addresses the nuances of negotiating during a pandemic. Negotiating during a…

By Mac Ling- November 18, 2020

Career Transition, Job Search

Always Negotiate Your Job Offer. Yes, ALWAYS.

Guest blogger Teresa Fuller (MBA ’17) recently landed a sales management role at SalesIntel.io. Here, she shares her tips and recommendations for approaching new hire comp negotiations. The job-hunting process is no one’s favorite pastime. By the time you finally receive an offer letter in cold, hard…

By Teresa Fuller- October 28, 2020

Advisory Services, Career Management, General, Job Search

Darden Alumni Career Services Coaches Share Insights on the Current Job Market

With businesses disrupted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the job market in a state of flux as the global economy navigates a recession, several of our Darden Alumni Career Services coaches share what they are seeing currently in the job landscape, and what trends they are noticing since the…

By Sallie Lesemann- September 15, 2020

Advisory Services, General

Getting to Know Alumni Career Services Coach Daniel Lee

Daniel Lee and his family celebrate a birthday.Alumni Career Services coach Daniel Lee (MBA ‘98) has more than 20 years of management consulting and operations leadership experience. He was previously employed by McKinsey & Co., Boston Consulting Group and Accenture. Currently, he is vice president of business strategy and…

By Sallie Lesemann- August 25, 2020

Career Management, Career Transition, Job Search, Networking

Finding the Career Pathways From Big Company to Small

Michael Snyder (MBA ’09) shares the highlights of his journey from a big corporation to a smaller technology company.I had always worked at larger organizations — BB&T (now Truist) prior to Darden, Booz & Co. immediately after Darden and Amazon Web Services (AWS) after that. I gravitated to…

By Marty Speight- July 28, 2020

Career Management, Career Transition, Job Search, Networking

Is Your LinkedIn Profile Getting Views? 6 Tips to Rise in Search Results

If you find yourself with a little extra time on your hands these days, you might seize the opportunity to spruce up, and “optimize,” your LinkedIn profile. Optimization is important for two reasons: If you apply to a new position, it is likely that the hiring manager and/or recruiter…

By Lindsay Guthrie- June 23, 2020