Jennifer Coleman – Career Corner

General, Industry Explanation, Job Search

Market Pulse: Insights From Recruiter and Alumna Crosby Baker (MBA ’10)

At the Darden School’s Armstrong Center for Alumni Career Services (ACS), we are often asked questions about executive recruiters. Job seekers want to understand recruiters’ perspective: What are they seeing? How do they operate? What do they look for?What better way to get answers to these questions than…

By Jennifer Coleman- January 18, 2019

Career Transition, Job Search

Hire a Hoo: The Darden Hiring Network

About a year ago, a member of Darden’s Alumni Association Board of Directors shared with me an email called “Friends of BDO.” On a regular basis, BDO — the global accounting firm — delivers an email that highlights bios of executives in transition. This email is designed to help its network…

By Jennifer Coleman- December 18, 2018

Advisory Services, Career Management

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 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 Transition, General

Tapping Into a Shared Experience: Meet ACS Career Coach Lindsay Guthrie

After having held roles in consulting and federal government, Darden alumna Lindsay Guthrie (MBA ’04), considered making a career change; so naturally, she contacted Darden’s Alumni Career Services and set up time to speak with a coach.How did you become a career coach?I worked in consulting both…

By Jennifer Coleman- March 28, 2018

Advisory Services, General

Getting to Know Darden Alumni Career Services Coach Marty Speight

Marty Speight (MBA ’96) joined the Armstrong Center for Alumni Career Services (ACS) in 2007, and she has served the Darden community by supporting hundreds of alumni through transitions at every stage of career and touching wide-ranging roles and industries.Prior to Darden, she worked for a number of…

By Jennifer Coleman- January 29, 2018