Resources

The Georgetown McDonough School of Business is home to an array of student-led organizations dedicated to the various recreational, cultural, mission-oriented and career pursuits of the student body. These clubs often partner with McDonough Career Services to organize opportunities for student engagement with employers who share a common industry or functional focus. Key opportunities for involvement include Career Treks and Career Days.

MBA Career Event

Undergraduate Resources

Cawley Career Center

Appointments for industry guidance, career exploration, and practice interviews are available through Handshake.

Networking

Reach out to alumni through Hoya Gateway, Georgetown’s alumni page on LinkedIn, and Georgetown University’s Alumni Career Network.

Student Organizations

Georgetown offers a number of opportunities for Undergrad Hoyas to get involved in Energy and Cleantech. Join career-focused clubs that cover the functional areas that you are most interested in such as Social Impact 360 / Compass Fellowship, Hilltop Consultants, and HoyAlytics.

Specialty and Graduate Master's Programs

McDonough Career Center

Refer to McDonough Career Center Career Coach and Peer Advisor biographies in the MCV Resource Library to familiarize yourself with the advisors and their areas of expertise.

McDonough CareerView

Appointments for industry guidance, career exploration, and practice interviews are available through MCV. You can filter and search employers by McDonough core employers, number of recent international hires, and many other factors to find your perfect fit.

GradGov

Georgetown University Graduate Student Government (GradGov) is the official voice of main-campus graduate students to the University administration & faculty. GradGov promotes graduate student interests by offering year-long opportunities for professional, social, and academic development across all graduate school programs.

Networking

Reach out to alumni through Georgetown’s alumni page on LinkedIn and Georgetown University’s Alumni Career Network.

Student Organizations

Consider joining the Georgetown Energy & Cleantech Club. Volunteer for an energy conference.

The Energy and Cleantech Club and the Emerging Markets Network (EMN) co-host the Georgetown Emerging Markets and Energy Career Day in the Fall.

Net Impact Career Day is typically held in November. Contact the Net Impact Club for details.

MBA Resources

McDonough Career Center

Refer to McDonough Career Center Career Advisor and Peer Advisor biographies in the Resource Library to familiarize yourself with the advisors and their areas of expertise.

McDonough CareerView

Networking

When beginning to conduct informational interviews, start with second-year, full-time MBA students who interned with the organization or students who have work experience at the organization, then first/second-year associates, then upper management, and so on. You will gradually build organization and industry knowledge and will be positioned to make the strongest impression on senior decision makers.

Student Organizations

Consider joining the Georgetown Energy & Cleantech Club. Participate in energy treks in Houston and DC or create your own. Volunteer for an energy conference.

The Energy and Cleantech Club and the Emerging Markets Network (EMN) co-host the Georgetown Emerging Markets and Energy Career Day in the fall.

Net Impact Career Day is typically held in November. Contact the Net Impact Club for details.

Career Days

Career Days are informational, “day-in-the-life” events with a specific industry or functional focus, including Marketing, Healthcare, Finance, Consulting, Entrepreneurship, Operations, and Energy. Students who participate in Career Days have the chance to discover new career paths and opportunities in their area of interest. Co-organized by the Student Organizations and Industry Practice Leaders, Career Days typically are scheduled on Fridays during the fall semester. Alumni and recruiters participate through panels, keynotes, roundtable discussions, or networking receptions.

Career Treks

Student site visits to employer workplaces offer a unique supplement to the traditional on-campus information session, allowing you to directly experience an employer’s workplace culture and interface with key executives. Treks have brought groups of 10 to 100 students to employer destinations including New York, London, San Francisco, Tokyo, Boston, Hong Kong, Washington, D.C., and more. Advantages of participating in a trek include:

Students observe the organization and culture first-hand.
Treks allow students to position themselves as a select group of focused MBAs who have a demonstrated interested in the employer’s organization.
Treks are offered in a variety of locations throughout the year, allowing you to take advantage of multiple opportunities and experience a variety of business locales.

The Georgetown Energy and Cleantech Club and the Net Impact Club may organize one day treks during Fall Break and mini-treks on Fridays in the Washington, D.C. metro area throughout the school year.

Previous employer participants include AES, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), PFC Energy, Sol Systems, Opower, OPIC, and the U.S. Department of Energy. Contact the Energy and Cleantech Club and the Net Impact Club for details.

Remember, you can also partner with your MBA Career Advisor to organize your own trek to meet your specific career goals.

Career Fairs

Many of the large energy companies attend the MBA Career Fairs which take place in early fall. (For example, if you are interested in a firm such as Chevron or ExxonMobil, one of these events may be one of the only ways to connect with a recruiter). Keep an eye out for Leadership Development Programs with these companies as the deadlines come very early in the cycle. Smaller energy firms typically recruit on a need-only basis in the “just-in-time” cycle. If you are seeking a summer internship, you may not see those relevant job postings until the spring.

National MBA Career Fairs offer an excellent opportunity to interact and interview with firms and practice areas that do not formally recruit at Georgetown. The MBA Career Center provides detailed information each year on the National MBA Career Fairs and also hosts a Career Fair Bootcamp in the middle of September.

To be successful, upfront preparation is required to include:

Registering up to 6 weeks in advance
Applying for positions on the conference websites at least 4 weeks before the conference. (Firms post positions in the registered attendee section and often make interview selections before the conference).
Preparing updated resumes and targeted cover letter for application submissions
Practicing both behavioral interviews and case interviews (as applicable)
Researching companies, competitors, industry trends, company products and services, etc.

Key Fall Conferences

National Black MBA Association Conference and Exposition

Prospanica Career Conference and Expo

Veterans MBA Conference

Reaching Out MBA Conference (ROMBA)

Additional Resources

You can review generally publicized industry information online. Note that FirstHand resources require an @georgetown.edu login.

Building your Professional Image

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Professional Associations

These are just a few of the professional associations you may wish to explore or join. Note that many have student memberships as well as publicly available resources about the profession.

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