Career Services Overview
At NYU Stern, you get top quality career services and resources, gain a powerful network of alumni and fellow students, and benefit from our collaborative and supportive community.
Run by NYU Stern's Office of Career Development, IGNITE is a program that offers personalized support, tools, training and development that will provide you with lifelong job search skills to help you achieve your short- and long-term career goals. The program consists of required and elective sessions including workshops, Q&A sessions, mock interviews, résumé critiques and industry- and function-specific strategy groups. IGNITE program sessions cover the following key areas:
- Setting/assessing skills and values
- Defining career goals
- Creating a targeted résumé
- Networking effectively
- Preparing for informational interviews and corporate presentations
- Strengthening interviewing skills
- Developing job search strategies and techniques
Full- time MBA recruitment takes place throughout the entire academic year with timelines varying based on individual company hiring needs. While hiring timelines are company specific, companies that have cyclical/predictable hiring timelines begin their engagement with Stern students very early in the school year through a process called On-Campus Recruiting. On-Campus Recruiting includes corporate presentations, coffee chats, and on-campus interviews. Corporate presentations begin in early September and on-campus interviews occur throughout October and November.
Many companies follow a “real world,” just-in-time approach to hiring, which takes place throughout the spring semester. Typically most companies in the luxury and fashion industry follow this approach.
Many companies follow a “real world,” just-in-time approach to hiring, which takes place throughout the spring semester. Typically most companies in the luxury and fashion industry follow this approach.
- One-on-one career coaching sessions
- Daily Open Hour for quick career-related questions
- Résumé and cover letter review
- Personalized online career portal, with access to on-campus recruiting, job postings, workshops and presentations
- Self-assessment tools
- Access to industry, career and company guides, such as VaultResearch and networking tools such as MBA Exchange, CareerBeam and Going Global
NYU Stern provides a dynamic alumni network of over 100,000 business leaders in more than 125 countries throughout the world. Networking with alumni may occur through a variety of Stern activities such as corporate presentations, informational interviews, conferences, panels, receptions, case competitions and other events.