Career Corner – The Armstrong Center for Alumni Career Services

The Sport of Interviewing: Warm-Up, Game Time and Post-Game

“But, Missy, I thought the whole point of going to Darden was to transition into the sports industry?”My classmates, friends and family have all asked this question in the months since I accepted a job at a top-tier consulting firm. “Didn’t you want to be the commissioner…

By Missy Jenkins- November 26, 2018

Alumni Career Services Announces Executive Coaching

By Gwen Mellor (EMBA ’13) and Jen Coleman (Executive Director, Alumni Career Services) With the goal of being a resource to all of its graduates, at all stages of their careers, Alumni Career Services (ACS) is introducing a new coaching offering for degreed Darden alumni: Executive Coaching. ACS continues…

By Jennifer Coleman- October 26, 2018

Advisory Services, General

Getting to Know Darden Alumni Career Services Coach Sameer Sankaran

How did you become a career coach?My path really began while I was working for Microsoft (the first time around). I found myself gravitating towards helping MBAs who were seeking jobs there, and always getting feedback that whatever I provided was especially helpful in their job search. From there…

By Jennifer Coleman- September 27, 2018

Career Transition, Industry Explanation

Understanding an Equity Offer

The prospect of joining a high-potential startup can be very exciting. Startups and private companies sometimes entice recruits with an offer of equity compensation to offset lower cash compensation (base and bonus). The equity represents ownership — having a stake in the company you’re helping to grow and succeed…

By Marty Speight- August 27, 2018

Career Transition

My Inner FAQs (On the Dos, Don’ts and Doubts of Pursuing a Passion)

Our guest blogger this month is Darden alumnus, Adam Green (MBA ’93).When I told my son, it seemed like a good plan. We were eating nachos in Culpeper, Virginia, en route to his UVA visit. “I’m going to leave finance and take up writing,” I said.“That’s…

By Adam Green- July 26, 2018

Career Management

Job Fit: The Employee Perspective

At a career services conference of my peers last month, I had the pleasure of listening to Dr. Brooks Holtom, a senior associate dean at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, present some of his research around human capital retention. Dr. Holtom’s presentation, entitled Job Fit: The Employer…

By Jennifer Coleman- June 27, 2018

Career Management, Career Transition

The Encore Case Debuts at Reunion

It was a beautiful reunion Saturday in April as Alumni Career Services gathered with 65 Darden School alumni and their guests to explore the topic of careers in retirement. Since the late 1990s, ACS has supported Darden alumni in various career transitions. Increasingly, we are approached by alumni who want…

By Marty Speight- May 30, 2018