Jennifer Coleman – Career Corner

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

Career Transition

(How To) Put Your Why To Work: Pursuing a Second Act

When Darden School Dean Scott Beardsley released his book Higher Calling: The Rise of Nontraditional Leaders in Academia earlier this year, I immediately added it to my reading list. Having executed my own transition to higher education, I was anxious to learn about Dean Beardsley’s journey. More importantly, however…

By Jennifer Coleman- October 27, 2017

Industry Explanation

Get More Out of LinkedIn With the Find Alumni Tool

In modern day networking, there is no tool more popular than LinkedIn. Its popularity is what makes LinkedIn so powerful — nowhere else do people keep their professional information more current or complete. Users want to be found on LinkedIn and, in turn, they are easy to find. If you are…

By Jennifer Coleman- May 30, 2017