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.

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 the world of business. Check out Social Impact 360, Hilltop Consultants, and Innovo Consulting.

Specialty Master's Programs Resources

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.

Networking

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

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.

Student Organizations

Join career-focused clubs that cover the functional areas that you are most interested in such as the Emerging Markets Network (EMN), The Georgetown McDonough Net Impact Club, and the Georgetown Energy and CleanTech Club.

MBA Resources

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.

Networking

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

Firms commonly track you from your first interactions with the organization. Firm representatives and alumni visit campus and meet with students to identify top talent long before the formal resume submission. Every conversation counts!

Student Organizations

Students with an international development focus have several options for engagement through student clubs:

Emerging Markets Network (EMN) aims to promote an understanding of emerging markets and facilitate a network of global-minded individuals for promising careers in international business and emerging markets. This club organizes the Emerging Markets Network Career Day.

The Georgetown McDonough Net Impact Club organizes Career Treks and a Career Day related to careers that promote socially responsible business. The Social Impact Internship Fund (SIIF) aims to raise funds and award scholarships to support MBA students who are pursuing unpaid or minimally paid internships in social impact organizations.

The Georgetown Energy and Cleantech Club brings together students and alumni from across the Georgetown community who are interested in issues related to energy (traditional and renewable sources), climate change, cleantech, and sustainability. This group organizes several Energy treks and the Energy Career Day.

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.

The Energy and Clean Tech 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 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.

Based on student interest, the Emerging Markets Network (EMN) in conjunction with the Energy and Cleantech Club and the Net Impact Club, may organize one day treks during Fall Break and minitreks on Fridays in the Washington, D.C. metro area throughout the school year. Previous employer participants include the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Inter-American Development Bank (IaDB), Dalberg Global Development Advisors, FINCA International, and the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).

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

Career Fairs

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 each Fall.

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

Net Impact Conference

Additional Resources

You can review generally publicized, MBA-specific industry information online. Note that Vault resources require an @georgetown.edu login.

Professional Associations

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

McDonough students posing in front of the Georgetown University step and repeat backdrop

International Development Employer Event