Students

Individual Responsibility

The Graduate School of Management and Career Services staff works diligently to develop career and internships opportunities, provide contacts with local, regional, national and international companies, and implement programming designed to enhance your job or internship search knowledge and abilities. However, we expect that you will take individual responsibility for your career development and job search. You should be working aggressively on career management from the beginning of the Fall Quarter. You must be proactive!

Interviewing and Offers

Interviews are important part of your job search strategy. We expect that you will participate in a highly professional and ethical manner. We know we can count on you to:

• Give an honest and complete account of your work experience and education on your résumé and truthfully answer relevant questions from interviewers.
• Pursue only those positions in which you have a genuine interest.
• Not use on-campus interviewing for "practice."
• Show up on time and well prepared for all scheduled interviews.
• Respond to all invitations (in a timely manner) from companies inviting you to sign up on a pre-selected interview schedule, even if the response is to decline the interview.
• Discontinue your job search and notify all other potential employers after you have accepted an offer for an internship or career position.
• Honor all "accepted" internship, career and project agreements made in writing and/or verbally.
• Remain in good academic standing.

If, under extraordinary circumstances (car failure, sudden illness, death in the family), you are unable to participate in an on-campus interview, you must call the Career Services Office immediately at (530) 752-4003.

Students who do not show up have prevented another student from using a valuable interview slot and have jeopardized the GSM relationship with the employer.

Twenty-four hours notice is required to cancel a scheduled interview. Failure to do so will result in revocation of interviewing privileges at the GSM until a letter of apology is sent to the recruiter and copied to the Director of Career Services.

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GSM Library Resources

The GSM Resources are for the exclusive use of all current Graduate School of Management MBA students and GSM alumni. We ask that you treat all of our resources with respect. Resources are available in AOB IV Room 206 and on-line.  Please do not share GSM passwords with anyone other than current GSM students and alumni.

Surveys

Throughout the year, Career Services distributes surveys for the students to complete. The information we collect is used internally and is "usually" sent in aggregate (we do not release individual salary information to anyone) to outside parties such as business publications, prospective students, and employers. Your response is very important, and we ask that you complete and return all surveys by stated deadlines. Completing our surveys allows the GSM to compile, analyze and distribute statistical data to recruiters, alumni, and of course the various inquiring media and publications. It is essential that we report factual information in a timely manner in order to preserve our rankings and overall excellence. By maintaining our reputation and our rankings we add value to "your" MBA. We thank you for assisting us with this most valuable collection of data.

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Career Services

What You Can Expect From Career Services

You have just read some of our expectations of you. Now we want to let you know what you can expect from us. We will:

• Work with you in a professional and ethical manner.
• Be available to discuss your individual concerns, career development strategy, and job search processes.
• Provide you with opportunities to meet employers regarding internship, part-time, and career positions. We will assist you to identify opportunities with many different organizations of varying sizes, in many functional areas and industries.
• Provide the latest organizational information, resources, and training programs in job search strategy and career management.
• Keep conversations, statistics, and career management records confidential, and only release them with your consent or in aggregate form. (Submission of a résumé  to the résumé  book or for a résumé referral is implied consent to the release of information contained in the résumé ).
• Be sensitive to your needs, interested in your suggestions, and flexible enough to adapt our operations to accommodate them.

The relatively small size of the Graduate School of Management's MBA Program allows for a great deal of interaction between students and the Career Services staff. We will work closely together to help you develop the career plan and job search strategy that is right for you. We are dedicated to assisting you and look forward to a close and productive working relationship during your two years at the GSM.