The Spring edition of our Virtual Career Forum is here! This is the time when IESE MBAs can get a chance to interact with recruiters, business leaders and alumni across different industries and learn about internship or full time career opportunities. In this edition, we have 37 companies participating including BBVA, EDP Renewables, Eli Lilly,…
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Meet the IESE CDC Team!
Have you ever wondered who are the people helping IESE students to achieve their career aspirations? Our Career Development Center (CDC) has a team of 27 members, who are responsible for Employer Engagement & Sectorial/Regional Advice, Career Management & Counselling and Operations & Events. Many of them are IESE graduates themselves, and one of them…
Career Advice in Times of Crisis, Part V: How to network effectively
Among all the previous tips from our speakers in the Career Advice in Times of Crisis series, the most frequently shared was the importance of networking in career management and job search. Networks matter more than ever, it is a confirmed fact that most of the hiring is done through referrals and commonly accepted that…
Career Advice in Times of Crisis, Part IV: The importance of being happy
During the last session of our series “Career Advice in Times of Crisis”, David Tomas, co-founder and CEO of the digital marketing agency Cyberclick shared his own experience on how happiness is key to achieving goals. David shared his views as a CEO of a company and how he learned the importance of creating a…
Career Advice in Times of Crisis, Part III: Acknowledge, Focus, Act
In our third session of this series, IESE alumni José Manuel Sánchez, Abhishek Mohan, Iris Hinterberger and Patricia Tanaka shared with IESE MBA students their experience of managing their careers through the 2008-09 financial crisis. When the panel started and I heard Iris say “it was the worst period of [her] life, it was unbelievably…