RC Career Representative

Handbook

2013-2014

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Mission Statement and Responsibilities

Welcome and congratulations on your new role! We are thrilled to begin our partnership with you. We rely heavily on our Career Representatives for many things; you are pivotal not only in the student to student dissemination of career information, but in keeping our office abreast of student needs and concerns. This handbook provides a comprehensive description of responsibilities and opportunities that you will encounter as a Career Rep and will serve as a helpful resource throughout the next two years.

MBA Career & Professional Development Mission Statement

To enable each student in the realization of a unique career vision.

Career Representative Mission Statement

To serve as an extension of MBA Career & Professional Development in an effort to enable students in the realization of their unique career visions.

Career Representative Responsibilities

Liaise: You will be the communication link between CPD and your section, providing timely information, instructions and understanding of processes they support (recruiting, career coaching, programs, resume review). You will meet with CPD approximately once a month for one hour. Additionally, you will frequently distribute emails to the section and make announcements regarding important deadlines and events.

Our office collects job search data from RCs throughout the year to understand where the class stands. As Career Rep, we look to you as key to communicating expectations of completing the collection poll, the process of completion and the reasons CPD collects the data.

Know: Be an expert on career-related topics (Career Hub, recruiting processes, programs, resources, company outreach, etc.) for the section. Workflow will be busiest in November and then January/February as there are numerous recruiting-related processes and deadlines during these months.

Act: Create, organize and participate in section career activities that may include group lunches, industry/function presentations, and other events. Facilitate the Open Your Rolodex session, a program that facilitates networking for RCs still searching. Your support becomes especially important in the spring as many of your section mates will struggle to stay focused and positive about the job search.

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MISSION STATEMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES (CONT.)

Time Commitment

The overall time commitment of a Career Rep varies depending on the time of year, but is very manageable overall.

During non-peak times, Career Reps will spend approximately 1-2 hours per week communicating with section-mates primarily by email, regarding various recruiting processes, programs and events.

At the height of the Recruiting Season (November through February), Career Reps will be the first point of contact for section-mates with questions about processes. At peak times like these, Career Reps will likely spend 3-5 hours per week responding to questions and concerns.

In the spring, Career Reps will spend much of the time facilitating career related programs for their sections. It is up to you how much time you choose to spend planning and executing these activities. We will communicate during our meetings best practices for such programs.

The Transition from RC to EC Career Rep

Support your section by answering questions related to job search and recruiting processes.

Keep us informed of student needs and activity (particularly because students are no longer in sections).

Help promote CPD programs, initiatives, resources and efforts.

Occasionally share insights with incoming RC Career Reps.

Attend monthly meetings with CPD.

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KEY CONTACTS Key Career & Professional Development Office Contacts

Kristen Fitzpatrick Managing Director

kfitzpatrick@hbs.edu 617-496-2149

Catherine Elliott RC Program Coordinator

celliott@hbs.edu 617-495-0705

MBA Career & Professional Development Wilder House (Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 5pm)

mbacareers@hbs.edu 617-495-6232

Career Representatives

RC Section Name Email Address

A Ben Barclay bbarclay@mba2015.hbs.edu

B Michelle Tandler mtandler@mba2015.hbs.edu

C Sara Magenheimer smagenheimer@mba2015.hbs.edu

D Ben DeStein bdestein@mba2015.hbs.edu

E Shivali Agarwal sagarwal@mba2015.hbs.edu

F Luna Ma huma@mba2015.hbs.edu

G Stephanie Tupi stupi@mba2015.hbs.edu

H Alex Guriev aguriev@mba2015.hbs.edu

I Rakhshan Zahid rzahid@mba2015.hbs.edu

J Tejal Shahapurkar tshahapurkar@mba2015.hbs.edu

EC

Section Name Email Address

A Anna Clauss aclauss@mba2014.hbs.edu

B Andrew Barza Justin Carlson

abarza@mba2014.hbs.edu jcarlson@mba2014.hbs.edu

C Robin Yang yyang@mba2014.hbs.edu

D Philip Aiken paiken@mba2014.hbs.edu

E Yu Feng yfeng@mba2014.hbs.edu

F Doruk Kurt dkurt@mba2014.hbs.edu

G Rohan Ranavat rranavat@mba2014.hbs.edu

H Lars Gehre lgehre@mba2014.hbs.edu

I Kelly Schaefer kschaefer@mba2014.hbs.edu

J Marco Vigato mvigato@mba2014.hbs.edu

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GETTING STARTED

There are a number of tools, resources and programs with which you should familiarize yourself upon beginning your new role. Most of them can be found on Career Hub, so we encourage you to start there. Navigate through the site, so that you have a good understanding of what is included under each Job Search Step. You will be expected to be the section expert on how to use the site and what content it contains there (see Career Hub below.)

Career Hub This is your one-stop shop for career-related resources.

Job Search Steps - Throughout the year, we will deliver programs and share resources pertaining to each step. Please familiarize yourself with the content within each step.

Career Actions – This is where you view job postings, sign up for coaching, sign up for programs/practice interviews, and access resume books, Company Insights, and historical job postings.

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Quick Links – Links to: Alumni Directory, Career actions, Tutorials related to the recruiting process, International Strategies, Presentations, and Recruiting Policies.

CareerFlix – Our video library was designed to provide on-demand content to students. We also encourage you to watch Fast Fundamentals, a 12-part video series featuring job search advice from companies including Google, Goldman Sachs, and more! We also have alumni and company representatives features in videos on all aspects of the job search. You can browse by category (networking, interviewing, etc.) or industry.

Other Methods of Communication CPD Facebook Group – This is a great way to stay up-to-date on important programming

and upcoming deadlines. We also post about company outreach trips, industry news, and other job-related tips.

Sunday Email Updates – Each Sunday (or Monday if it’s a holiday weekend), our office sends a RC Email Update around 7pm. Please encourage your section to read these emails as they contain information about recruiting dates/deadlines and information on upcoming programs. We will also be sending International Email Updates, Letters from the Director, and Video Highlights as necessary.

IMPORTANT PROGRAMMING Industry Panels 10/16 (subject to change)

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2014 RC January Schedule

PREP DAYS 2014 (JANUARY 17 – 18)

See next page for draft schedule. (Program names and content subject to change).

DEDICATED INTERVIEW PERIOD COMPANIES (JANUARY 21 – 24)

All job postings and companies interviewing on campus will be available for students in Career Hub-> Career Actions on October 11th.

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