Your Personalized Experience
Your Personalized Experience
Every career journey is different. At HBS, you’ll have the opportunity to realize your personal career vision, develop a job search strategy and enrich your experience with unparalleled career education resources, hundreds of events and outstanding coaches. Career & Professional Development will work with you at every stage of your HBS journey, no matter where your experience here might take you.
First Year
Career Visioning
You’ll spend your first few weeks taking self-assessments and reflecting on the passions, values and goals that drive your life and work. We work with recruiters to give students the first few weeks on campus contact-free, so they can take the time for this self-assessment.
Meet with a Career Coach
As a student, you’ll choose from more than 60 career coaches who will work with you directly from your initial self-assessment through the job search and beyond.
Industry Education
Curious about an industry and want to explore further before applying to internships? We offer more than 150 programs throughout the year, including industry education events and opportunities to learn about the hundreds of companies that come to campus. We also offer programs around making connections with companies and networking into different industries.
Tactical Internship Search Support
In addition to industry education, students also receive 1:1 support throughout the more “tactical” elements of their internship search – including resume and LinkedIn prep, interview practice, and guidance on negotiations.
Summer
Summer Internship
A two-year MBA program provides the unique opportunity to pursue a summer internship or your own venture. Whether exploring a new industry, function or location, or furthering your pre-HBS industry experience, CPD has individualized resources and company connections to help you in your summer opportunity search. We also offer programs and resources around the interviewing process.
Second Year
Focused Job Search
In your second year, you’ll work closely with your career coach to continue to adjust based on your summer experience. Whether it means readjusting your job search or revisiting your self-assessments post-internship, your coach will guide you through your search. No matter what your path looks like, you’ll have access to on-campus interviews, networking events and negotiation resources to help you toward your next step.