Distance Learning MBA Your quick guide to CareersPlus
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Your quick guide to CareersPlus - Distance Learning MBA
The CareersPlus team
How do I contact CareersPlus? E ptmbacareers@wbs.ac.uk
To help you achieve your full potential, our CareersPlus team are here to support you
throughout your Distance Learning MBA. Designed to fit with your studies, specialist careers services are delivered during your residential Warwick Weeks, as well as online. Your programme includes one Executive Coaching session and your first Career Consultation session, plus workshops and activities during Warwick Weeks. Further coaching and consultation sessions may be purchased as you need them. Together with the Employer Relations team, a comprehensive ‘Prepare’ and ‘Engage’ programme of careers workshops, sector insights, employer and alumni engagement events, networking opportunities and guest speaker events are organised. Further details will be shared with you at induction weeks and your Warwick Weeks. You may see the following icons being used for these events:
E EmployerRelations@wbs.ac.uk Where can I find more information? To keep up-to-date with the latest Careers information and opportunities, including appointment bookings, self-assessment tools, sector insights, events, and online resources you should regularly check: ■ The Careers section on my.wbs W my.wbs.ac.uk/-/careers/37235/ resources/in/907355/item/907374/
This guide highlights the key events, resources, and deadlines you should be aware of to make the most of the service. Depending on the date you join the programme, the schedule will be slightly different. See the two schedules on pages four and five.
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January start date – key timings
May start date – key timings
Year 1
Year 1
October and November ■ Current trends and insights sessions at
September ■ Leadership and Development Days, and activities (Warwick Week 2) ■ Session on your research project and dissertation, September or October. October and November ■ Current trends and insights sessions at ‘Festivals’, focusing on Consulting, Consumer Goods and Retail, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Fintech, Healthcare and Life Sciences, and Technology. Key deadlines ■ WBS Global Mentoring Programme, register your interest by January ■ MBA leadership programmes, many close in September/October.
■ Events and skills webinars throughout the programme on topics such as Career Planning & Job Search, The First 90 Days, Salary Negotiation, Presenting to the Board, and Managing Workplace Politics ■ Hybrid Warwick Professional Network guest speaker events, with alumni networking opportunities online, at WBS and at The Shard. May ■ Induction with CareersPlus. September ■ Leadership and Development Day, and activities (Warwick Week 1) ■ Book your one-to-one Careers introduction, September onwards.
■ Events and skills webinars throughout the programme on topics such as Career Planning and the Job Search, Personal Branding, The First 90 Days, Salary Negotiation, Presenting to the Board, and Managing Workplace Politics ■ Hybrid Warwick Professional Network guest speaker events, with alumni networking opportunities online, at WBS and at The Shard. January ■ Induction with CareersPlus. March ■ Leadership and Development Days, and activities (Warwick Week 1) ■ Introduction with your Executive Coach ■ Book your one-to-one Careers introduction, March onwards.
‘Festivals’, focusing on Consulting, Consumer Goods and Retail, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Fintech, Healthcare and Life Sciences, and Technology. March ■ Leadership and Development Day, and activities (Warwick Week 2) ■ Session on your research project and dissertation, March or April. Key deadlines ■ WBS Global Mentoring Programme, register your interest by January ■ MBA leadership programmes, many close in September/October.
Year 2
Year 2
Key deadlines ■ WBS Global Mentoring Programme, register your interest by January ■ MBA leadership programmes, many close in September/October. Further details on all of the above will be communicated to you by the CareersPlus team nearer the time.
■ Events and skills webinars throughout the programme on topics such as Career Planning and the Job Search, The First 90 Days, Salary Negotiation, Presenting to the Board, and Managing Workplace Politics ■ Hybrid Warwick Professional Network guest speaker events, with alumni networking opportunities online, at WBS and at The Shard. October and November ■ Current trends and insights sessions at ‘Festivals’, focusing on Consulting, Consumer Goods and Retail, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Fintech, Healthcare and Life Sciences, and Technology.
Key deadlines ■ WBS Global Mentoring Programme, register your interest by January ■ MBA leadership programmes, many close in September/October. Further details on the above will be communicated to you by the CareersPlus team nearer the time.
■ Events and skills webinars throughout the programme on topics such as Career Planning & Job Search, The First 90 Days, Salary Negotiation, Presenting to the Board, and Managing Workplace Politics ■ Hybrid Warwick Professional Network guest speaker events, with alumni networking opportunities online, at WBS and at The Shard. September ■ Current trends and insights sessions at ‘Festivals’, focusing on Consulting, Consumer Goods and Retail, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Fintech, Healthcare and Life Sciences, and Technology.
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