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CAREERS
Helping Students Embark on
Meaningful Career Journeys
The Smith School’s Of昀椀ce of Career Services (OCS) has connected students with great
employers and supported their career aspirations since its inception. Today it is a hub for
students across undergraduate and graduate programs. From résumé reviews to job search
strategies, from personal coaching to advice on networking, the OCS is an important part of
a student’s journey at Smith.
Alumni engagement has played an essential role in helping students get their start in
a successful, meaningful career. More than 290 have participated in mock interviews in
the past year alone, helping students seeking jobs practice their interviewing skills and get
more comfortable with the interview process before facing a potential employer.
Alumni are also pitching in to help MBA and master’s students re昀椀ne their career
outreach strategies with the OCS Terp Network Team. New this past academic year,
the initiative connects students with a team composed of a career coach, an employer
engagement team member and a Smith alumnus. Students sign up for a 45-minute
informal conversation with an alum in a 昀椀eld they are interested in.
OCS Director Neta Moye says the program isn’t intended to be a transactional
experience. “This is about building connections, and through those connections,
understanding more about yourself, these jobs and what really is a good 昀椀t for you so
that you can focus and narrow your search,” she says. “It’s just so much more powerful
when an alumnus can do this.”
Developing student job search strategies and competencies is important to the OCS
mission. Bringing students and employers together is another. More than 2,300 employers
recruited Smith students last year, with about 600 coming to campus to conduct interviews.
Smith students go on to work in all kinds of companies, from the Big Four in accounting,
to giants in the 昀椀nance industry, to retail powerhouses and disruptive startups.
Gift Transforms
OCS with New
Career Center
In the fall of 2010, the Smith
School began construction
on a new career center,
courtesy of a gift made
by Robert H. Smith ’50
just before his death in
December 2009. It moved
the Office of Career Services
to a more central location in
Van Munching Hall, creating
more space for the hundreds
of student, recruiter and
staff interactions that take
place every day. There are
rooms for interviews, mock
interviews and résumé
reviews, plus a conference
space for visiting recruiters
and corporate partners.
The suite has also received
technology upgrades that
allow virtual interviews and
teleconferencing, as well
as more opportunities for
employers to engage with
Smith students.
Smith Alumni are Leading in the C-Suite
OCS has started thousands of graduates on their way to
becoming leaders in the business world.
1,639 in the C-suite
55 chief information officers
77 company board chairs
46 chief technology officers
749 chief executive officers 734 run their own businesses
555 chief financial officers
1,111 in government agencies
157 chief operating officers
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SMITH BUSINESS: SILVER JUBILEE EDITION /
fall 2023
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