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New Year, New Reading on Business, Leadership and Careers Recommended by Darden Alumni Career Services

Happy New Year from Alumni Career Services! Are you looking for a good read for 2021? Take a look at what our career coaches read over the holidays, spanning the gamut of topics from life skills to career reinvention to business leadership, and read their reviews below. Billion Dollar Loser…

By Sallie Lesemann- January 19, 2021

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

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

Find Out How Darden Career Link Can Help You Manage Your Career

Are you seeking a new position? Looking to hire a Darden alumnus?If your answer is yes to either question, it’s time for you to take advantage of Darden Career Link (DCL) powered by GradLeaders. In an effort to better serve our students and alumni, Darden’s Career Development…

By Sallie Lesemann- August 25, 2017

Career Management

Could a ‘Career Boomerang’ Be Right for You? One Darden Alumna Shares Her Story

Katherine Brownson (MBA ’12) shares her career experience of returning to work for a former employer in the following guest post to the Armstrong Center for Alumni Career Services’ Career Corner blog.As I pressed the elevator button for the eighth floor, I glanced around to my fellow riders to…

By Sallie Lesemann- February 28, 2017

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Winter – A Great Time for Reflection and a Good Read

Been looking for a good read in the personal or professional development genre? Check out these books reported on by our Armstrong Center for Alumni Career Services coaches:Ego is the Enemy by Ryan HolidayLast fall, an alumnus I met in Seattle recommended, rightly, that I read Ego is…

By Sallie Lesemann- January 30, 2017