Career Corner – The Armstrong Center for Alumni Career Services

Advisory Services, Career Transition, Job Search, Networking

Alumni Spotlight: Babette Fernandez (EMBA ’12) Shares Insights From Recent Search

Have you ever said, “I hate networking,” because it feels like a chore? I totally get it. While I am an extrovert, networking can feel like work, and who wants to ask someone to help you find a job? Everyone’s busy, right?It’s all about mindset. Don’t…

By Babs Fernandez- July 10, 2019

Career Transition, General, Job Search, Resumes

How to Design a LinkedIn Profile When You’re Pursuing Different Career Paths

Question: How do I design my LinkedIn profile if I’m pursuing two different career paths?Answer: It depends.**Just kidding.Kind of.So, say for example, you are an equity research professional and you want to pursue equity research roles, but you want to cast a larger net and…

By Jennifer Coleman- June 26, 2019

Career Transition, Job Search

Point of View: The Washington DC Area Job Market

Having been a career coach to MBAs for the last seven years, I am often asked for my opinion on the Washington, D.C., job market. Not surprisingly, given its proximity to Charlottesville, D.C. has the greatest number of Darden alumni of any major metropolitan area. (Approximately 2,000…

By Lindsay Guthrie- May 23, 2019

General

Remembering Herb Crowder: Founder of the Armstrong Center for Alumni Career Services

On 24 April 2019, the Darden family suffered a great loss. Herb Crowder, Darden alumnus from the Class of 1966 and founder of The Armstrong Center for Alumni Career Services, passed away last week after a prolonged battle with brain cancer.When I joined Darden in November 2015, I was…

By Jennifer Coleman- May 8, 2019

Advisory Services, General

Getting to Know Darden Alumni Career Services Executive Director and Coach Jen Coleman

Jen Coleman (pictured here on the Colorado Trail in San Juan National Forest, Colorado) has served as executive director for Alumni Career Services since the fall of 2015. Prior to joining Darden, she was assistant dean at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business Career Center. Jen received her undergraduate degree…

By Sallie Lesemann- April 23, 2019

Career Management, Career Transition, Job Search

Interviewing While Pregnant: Answering the Most Common Questions

One of the most common coaching conversations we have in Darden’s Armstrong Center for Alumni Career Services centers on how to plan and raise a family while also trying to balance career trajectory and working. We can all rattle off the many books written on this topic, and we…

By Lindsay Guthrie- April 1, 2019

Career Transition, Job Search, Networking

Take These 2 Key Steps to Make an Extreme Career Transition Possible

In 2014, after over a decade in uniform, I left the Marine Corps and began my Darden journey with the Global Executive MBA Class of 2016 cohort, along with my first civilian jobs. I was a health care services operations manager, a federal audit readiness accountant, a marketing director, a…

By Jeremiah McCloud- February 27, 2019