Business Career Services (BCS)

Business Career Services (BCS)

• Career Coaching (Undergraduate, MBA Online, Professional MBA, and Specialized Master Programs)

  • Internship and job searches

  • Networking

  • Practice interviews

  • Resumes

  • Self-assessments

• Corporate Outreach (employers)

  • Recruiting

  • Student-employer connections

  • Talent acquisition

Business Processes + Salesforce Usage

• Engagement Monitoring - Track student and employer involvement in mentoring and other programming. Track student progress in BCOR 1010.

• Event Management - Plan information sessions, career fairs, and other activities. Track expected and actual attendance.

  • Contact

  • Event + Session + Session Attendee

  • Organization

• Portfolio Management - Meet 1:1 with students for career coaching. Make notes about appointments. Send individual and mass communication (e.g. newsletters based on career interests). Enter and track student placement. Assign student to coaches.

  • Academic/Career Comment

  • Activity

  • Application

  • Application Program

  • Contact

  • Education

  • Employment

  • File

  • Opportunity-Contact

  • Professional Development Plan

• Recruiting - Match students with potential employment opportunities.

  • Activity

  • Contact

  • LDR Program

  • Opportunity

  • Organization

• Reporting - Display data about job applications, interviews, offers made, offers accepted, and placement (i.e. company, title, and salary).

  • Dashboard

  • Report

Career coaches typically work with one or two particular majors. However, the majority of career coaches also work with undergraduate Business Administration students, regardless of their specialization.

The University of Utah uses Handshake as its job database. The system has great functionality for event management, job postings, on-campus interviews, and reporting, but career coaches tend to use Salesforce more, because it gives a better idea of a student’s involvement within the Eccles School and across campus.

Goals

• Make 100% direct contact with all students each semester

• Use the career interests in a student’s Handshake profile to send targeted communication about upcoming events and employment opportunities

• Utilize Salesforce to track engagement in the SMART Start mentoring program

• Track enrollment and engagement in BCOR 1010, a new (required) career exploration course for undergraduate business students

• Increase average salary to $60k for graduating students that are seeking employment.

• Improve knowledge rate for student internships to align with top 25 business schools.

UPDATED: 4/15/2021 (RACHEL OSTERMAN)