Career Corner – The Armstrong Center for Alumni Career Services

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

Career Management

Preparing for Midyear Reviews: A Five-Step Process

Sometimes, planning for midyear or annual reviews can feel like a job in and of itself. However, we can take five concrete steps to ensure that feedback does what it is intended to do — improve our performance.Step 1: Understand your organization’s performance evaluation processWhat metrics will be…

By Gwen Mellor Romans- May 20, 2020

Career Transition, Job Search

Can MBAs Succeed in the Gig Economy?

Jan Malasek (MBA ’95) is CEO of OnDemand Resources, a four-time Inc. 500/5000 provider of project-based and interim professional talent in the areas of strategic procurement, supply chain management and operations. Jan founded OnDemand with partner Jessica Malasek (MBA ’96) in 2003. Darden Alumni Career Services recently…

By Marty Speight- April 29, 2020