Career support, and, ultimately, career advancement, is one of the most important reasons why you’ll pursue your MBA. While you’re learning about finance, marketing, data analysis, and accounting, you’ll also be learning about yourself and where you want to make your impact in the business world. Then, with your career goals set, you’ll take your next big step along that path into a role with new challenges and countless opportunities to put what you’ve learned to work.
We’re here to help. With expert coaching and career advice, we’ll help you chart a path for your career. With industry workshops and communications training, we’ll help you build critical skills you’ll use to market yourself to potential employers. And, with campus interviews, treks, and forums, we’ll help you meet recruiters from the numerous companies and organizations ready to hire UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA students.
Learn what it takes to join the UNC-Kenan Flagler Full-Time MBA program.
How we’ll support your career
| WHAT YOU’LL EXPERIENCE… | …HOW YOU’LL USE IT… | …AND HOW WE DELIVER IT |
| 1:1 coaching Unlimited access to expert, industry-specific career coaches who will help you navigate your personal career exploration and recruiting journey. |
With individualized advice, you’ll clarify your career goals, reflect on your personality and motivations, and gain a holistic view of what distinguishes you as a leader, so you’re positioned to communicate your value to employers and target your ideal career. |
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| Self-assessment tools Access a wide variety of UNC Kenan-Flagler and third-party assessment tools that deliver personalized insights to support your development and career planning. |
With quantitative and qualitative data and insights that evaluate you on a variety of dimensions, from character traits, to work style, to skills, you’ll identify strengths and interests that enable you to make more informed career decisions. |
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| Workshops and research Engage in facilitated workshops, training opportunities and access informational resources that help build your knowledge and skillset outside of the classroom. |
You’ll take learning beyond the classroom by participating simulations, hands-on experiences, and taking a deep dive on topics that enhance your knowledge and allow you to gain confidence with new leadership skills, so you’re prepared to apply those right away in your post-MBA career. |
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| Employer recruiting Connections to hundreds of employer partners and jobs eager to attract top UNC Kenan-Flagler talent, and coaching, advice and resources that help you find and pursue opportunities that are the best fit for you. |
Through on-campus and off-campus recruiting events, and the partnerships our team cultivates with key employers, you’ll gather information and make contacts that support you during the recruiting and interview process, so you can confidently convert and close on the best career opportunities. |
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| Networking opportunities A wide variety of formal, informal, facilitated and organic networking opportunities, designed to expand your network of professional and social connections for personal growth and career opportunities during the MBA and well beyond. |
You’ll tap into alumni, fellow students, faculty, staff and employers to discover more about organizations, roles, career paths, interview advice and much more. This powerful network will give you an advantage as you pursue your post-MBA career, and will be there to support you throughout your career. |
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Complete list of career services offerings
1:1 coaching
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1:1 Career Coaching
Throughout your MBA, you’ll have unlimited access to expert career coaches, each dedicated to industries they know in-depth. Through personalized sessions, you’ll explore a wide range of career development resources, self-assessments, job search strategies and much more. With the support of your coach, you’ll create a plan to pursue the right career and make sure you’re fully prepared to pursue it.
1:1 Leadership Coaching
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1:1 Case Interview Coaching
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Self-assessment tools
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CareerLeader Assessment and Debrief
All UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA students have access to CareerLeader’s assessment tool and data-driven insights, which help business students and rising executives make better career choices and decisions. With the support of your career coach and your CareerLeader profile, you’ll validate assumptions about your ideal organizational fit and career path with insights that help you shape and drive your targeted trajectory.
CliftonStrengths Assessment and Debrief
The assessment measures your unique talents and categorizes them into the 34 CliftonStrengths themes, based on how you naturally think, feel and behave. With this information, you’ll work with a coach to discover what you do best, how to turn your talents into leadership strengths, and use the results to create a pathway to maximizing your potential.
Birkman Assessment and Debrief
The Birkman Method measures personality traits to provide insights on how you might interact in a team setting. The Birkman assessment can help you understand perceptions that shape your leadership style, and is an important input as you learn how to help organizations build more effective teams, develop talent, and do better work.
Workshops and research
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Access to Online Resource Hub
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Student-Led Career Club Support
Each of the Full-Time MBA career clubs has a Career Coach liaison who supports the club mission. Career Coaches provide advice and guidance for student-led activities including speaker events to get an industry-specific perspective, industry treks to visit prospective employers, and case competition preparation.
Subsidized Premium Career Resources
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Weekly Newsletter (events, jobs, resources)
The weekly e-newsletter from our Career & Leadership team outlines key resources, recruiting events, career webinars, and jobs (and much more) that you’ll want to know about!
Salary, Interview, Offer Research Database
When it comes time to negotiate your internship or full-time offer, this database provides information that can help you make important career decisions and arm you with real-time industry and role-specific benchmarking data to support you in salary and compensation conversations.
Career/Industry Workshops
If you’re interested in a career in finance, marketing, or consulting, our industry-specific professional development programs in these fields offer career preparation essentials that will supplement what you learn in the classroom and ensure that you’re ready to hit the ground running when you start your new role. For student interested in finance, we offer seminar classes from Training the Street, the same organization that trains employees at top Wall Street firms. In the marketing and consulting programs, we work with key industry experts and organizations to offer unique and innovative opportunities for experiential learning.
Tactical Leadership Workshops
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First 90 Days Transition Coaching/Workshops
With the support of Career & Leadership Coaches trained in the First 90 Days methodology, you’ll create a plan for a high-impact transition into your next role or career pivot. Through resources, collaborative workshops with your peers and 1:1 coaching, you’ll determine how to more effectively lead new teams and projects, and create momentum to deliver results.
Vet/Military Transition Coaching, Resources
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Preparation for National MBA Conferences
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Industry Bootcamps
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Pre-MBA Div. Conference Prep/Coaching (Forte, OP)
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Premium Casing Resources
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Free Nationwide Business Journal Access Our subscription delivers full digital access to all 46 regional Business Journals including Raleigh/Durham, Charlotte, Austin, Silicon Valley and 42 more. The 46 regional Business Journals provide daily business news so you can stay up to date on topics and trends that prepare you with knowledge you’ll use in recruiting and employer conversations.
Identity-Based Resources, DEIB Guidance
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BlueSteps Workshops, Job Board, Discount
As a UNC Kenan-Flagler student, you’ll have access to BlueSteps resources, including connections to leading executive recruiters, interactive workshops, career assessments, job postings & career coaches worldwide.
Employer/Alumni Panels
The Early Access Experience is designed to connect employers with the incoming Full-Time MBA class. Through these connections, you’ll gain early exposure, education, and access to key organizations in advance of the campus recruitment process. The Early Access Experience is typically held in person during Full-Time MBA Orientation.
Company Presentations
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Employer recruiting
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Access to Career Connections Portal
This online tool connects you to the UNC job board, registration for career and leadership programming, and sign-ups for one-on-one coaching. The portal is also used by employers who post positions to the School’s internal job board directly, collect and review candidate resumes in the system and access resume books. Employers also use this portal to share information about their organization with students, including important employer website links.
International Student, Global Search Tools
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Resume Review Support
Creating a killer resume is a key step in standing out to employers and securing your dream job. You’ll have access to a variety of resources including workshops, your career coach, and our Business Communication Center, where you’ll hone in on how to communicate your experience and value to employers, craft an effective resume and cover letter, and even benchmark and score your resume to identify areas of improvement.
Virtual Career Fairs
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Employer Networking Events (incl. Networking Forum)
To maximize your one-on-one interactions with potential recruiters, we organize and host events that bring employers to campus so you can network and learn more about these companies, organizational culture and open roles. The MBA Networking Forum is held in the fall each year, and allows you to network with companies who will return to campus later in the year to recruit our students. While other career fairs focus primarily on resume submission, the Networking Forum allows you to connect with key recruiters in a relaxed, conversational environment.
Kenan-Flagler Job Board
Hundreds of employers use the UNC Kenan-Flagler job board to market available opportunities to our MBA students each year. These employers work with our Employer
Kenan-Flagler Hot Jobs Resource
Engagement and Recruiting team to post open roles and design customized recruiting plans, ensuring you can target companies and opportunities that are specifically seeking UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA talent.
12Twenty Global Job Board
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Premium Job Boards and Portals
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KFBS Early Access Experience
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Resume Books
Hundreds of company partners have access to curated resume books, which they use to connect with and recruit UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA talent.
On-campus Recruiting & Interviewing:
More than 100 companies visit campus each fall and spring to recruit and hire UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA students. They share information about career opportunities, hold receptions where you can network with company representatives, and conduct interviews for internship and full-time roles.
Employer Engagement Drop In Hours:
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Networking opportunities
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Alumni Panels / Networking
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Alumni Directory Access
At UNC Kenan-Flagler, we pride ourselves on the strengths of our community, built on an internationally recognized education and our core values. As a student, and beyond, you’ll leverage a network of 44,000+ UNC Kenan-Flagler and over 350,000 UNC-Chapel Hill alumni for connections, advice and mentorship in your career search.
Alumni Career Advisors Network
Our Alumni Career Advisors Network are experienced alumni who are ready and willing to share their professional expertise and knowledge to assist you in exploring career options and identifying recruiting options. You’ll tap into the Network to understand career-specific responsibilities, challenges and skills; to discuss industry trends, hiring practices, and learn more about leading companies; and to improve job search success through advice and connections to recruiters.
Facilitated Campus Coffee Chats
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