Career services
3 essential factors employers say make business school graduates highly competitive
According to more than 1,000 corporate recruiters and staffing firms worldwide, business schools are on the right track with the skills they are developing among their students—with some exceptions. For more than two decades, the Corporate Recruiters Survey from the Graduate Management Admission Council™(GMAC™) has provided the world’s graduate business schools and employers with data…
Read MoreExploring Students’ Preparedness: Insights from the 2023 EFMD Annual Conference
Do today’s students feel future-ready and adequately prepared? In a direct, rapid-fire format, talent representing EFMD schools around the world challenged panellists at the recent 2023 EFMD Annual Conference to respond to the most difficult questions on talent’s minds today. On 12 June 2023, Highered’s Chief Talent Officer, Dr. Amber Wigmore Álvarez, moderated “The student…
Read MoreTypes of cover letters every student needs to know about
For every student, there will come a time when you will need to prepare a cover letter. Whether that be to launch a career in your chosen field, build your resume with experience through internships or volunteering, or simply apply for a temporary position while you work your way through school. A cover letter is…
Read MoreHow to show your best attributes in an interview
The interview process can be daunting, as candidates are put in the uncomfortable situation of having to talk themselves up. But to give yourself the best shot at success, you should view the process as an opportunity to show off a little and leave the interviewers with no doubt that you are the right person…
Read MoreContinuous learning is crucial to staying competitive in the job market
Career path steps are getting shorter, and employees should take care to look after their market value through life-wide learning, advises Jouko Pitkänen at Aalto University Executive Education. In addition to his position as a Senior Partner at JFP Executive Search, Pitkänen is a Visiting Lecturer at Aalto EE. He offers the following tips to…
Read MoreEleven Viennese Vignettes: Illuminations from the 2022 EFMD Career Services Conference
Careers Consultant Dominic Prosser of Henley Business School provides reflections on the 2022 EFMD Career Services Conference that took place in November at WU in Vienna. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus died in Vienna in 180 C.E.. The last of the so-called Five Good Roman Emperors his principal legacy is as a Stoic Philosopher, bequeathing us such…
Read MoreThe October EFMD Global Fairs by Highered went hybrid
The October edition of the EFMD Global Fairs by Highered has come to a successful close. The event, which was created initially in the virtual space, went hybrid and was hosted by EAE Business School Barcelona (Spain) from October 18-20. In the words of EFMD Global’s Manager of the Virtual Career Fair Series, Jean-Alexis Spitz,…
Read MoreUnique opportunity to connect your students with global inclusive employers
EFMD Global Fairs by Highered, the largest virtual career fair for students and alumni, is taking place between 18-20th October. Similar to last year, where more than 12,000 students and alumni participated, the 3-day event hosted by Highered will bring together talent from the EFMD school network and connect them with employers. As part of…
Read MoreChallenging the value proposition: do career services prepare students for today’s working models?
Amber Wigmore Alvarez, PhD, Chief Talent Officer, Highered EFMD Upon successful conclusion of the 2022 EFMD Annual Conference, I reflect upon an invigorating experience moderating the breakout session entitled “Challenging the value proposition: Do career services prepare students for today’s working models?”. Panellists Dasha Karzunina, Skills Transformation Consultant, EMEA (Coursera, UK) and Jaromír Staroba, Prague…
Read MoreConnecting with careers at the 2022 CPDI
By Maria Moragianis, Head of Career Development & Community Engagement, Highered. This year’s CPDI (Career Professionals Development Institute), graciously hosted by EADA Business School in Barcelona was the first in-person EFMD careers event since the Covid-19 outbreak and the energy was high among the 20 careers professionals participating. After two years of online connecting, it…
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