by Kendell Brown, Associate Director of Alumni Career Services Kelley Graduate Career Services Kendell Brown At the Kelley School of Business, the Graduate Career Services staff considers alumni career services to be about lifetime career support. We are here for Kelley alumni at all stages of their careers. On-campus career services teams focus on understanding a student’s… Read more »
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You’ve Just Started your New Job. Now What?
by Rebecca Cook, Director of Coaching and Development Kelley Graduate Career Services Rebecca Cook We’ve all been there. You’ve accepted your “dream” job, maybe moved to a new city or new apartment, and now it’s DAY 1. You’re likely nervous and excited all at once. It is a new start for you and you want… Read more »
Perfect Your On-The-Job Elevator Pitch
by Kendell Brown, Associate Director of Alumni Career Services Kendell Brown By now you are likely familiar with the idea of an elevator pitch. It’s a concise summary of an individual’s brand. I like to think of it as a 30-second commercial highlighting someone’s strengths and leverage-able skills. We talk about elevator pitches all of the… Read more »
Early-Career Communication Part 3: Leading Without Authority
Kendell Brown By Kendell Brown, Associate Director of Graduate Career Services Articulating a vision and getting people to work toward that vision is formidable for many. Motivating clients, peers and other key stakeholders can be particularly challenging for someone who doesn’t have a title that commands action. However, for you to be personally successful, that success has to… Read more »
Why Kelley School Is Great Place to Get A Finance MBA
Rebecca Cook Rebecca Cook, MBA’96, is the Director of Coaching and Development for Kelley School’s Graduate Career Services. Prior to joining IU in 2009, Rebecca Cook was a portfolio manager and senior equity analyst with Voyageur Asset Management. She has over 13 years of investment management and non-profit experience. Sometimes we spend too much… Read more »
Early-Career Communication Part 2: Getting Buy-in
Kendell Brown By Kendell Brown, Associate Director of Graduate Career Services The ability to influence is essential to leadership. If you can get people to buy into an idea that you set forth, you’re golden. But how can you get people to listen and take you seriously when you are the most junior person on the… Read more »
Why Rocky Never Gets Old
Nicolette Michele Johnson by Nicolette Michele Johnson, Associate Director of Kelley School’s Graduate Career Services I was introduced to Ryan Coogler, the twenty-something creator and director of Creed, the seventh film in the Rocky series, while watching The Daily Show with Trevor Noah last weekend (I often record the show and watch a week’s worth in… Read more »
Early-Career Communication Part 1: Expressing Dissent
Kendell Brown By Kendell Brown, Associate Director of Graduate Career Services How can you express dissent without sounding like a troublemaker? The key is to respectfully and intelligently highlight your thoughts and opinions without letting your emotions get in the way. Here are several strategies you can utilize. Each strategy works best in a particular scenario…. Read more »
MBA Career Advice from A “Betterman”
Eric Johnson By Eric Johnson, Director of Graduate Career Services Some people can quote Socrates. Others can quote Chaucer. Me? I can quote Vedder. Eddie Vedder. As in the lead singer of Pearl Jam, my favorite band for the last 20 years. [And writer/singer on the hit song, Betterman, if you are too young to get… Read more »