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Career Coaching: What to expect?
Career Coaching: What to expect?
Coaching Sessions Guidelines:
Coaching Sessions Guidelines:
During coaching sessions, your coach will join you in thinking strategically and intentionally about your career journey and offer resources as you take ownership for your next steps. An average alumni engagement is 2-3 sessions focused on building a career plan and accessing resources, followed by periodic check-ins as needed. The scope of alumni career coaching does not include job placement, executive coaching, or mental health therapy.
Career Coaching Goals:
Career Coaching Goals:
Career coaching is focused on helping you reach your career goals. Together we will clarify your professional goals and create an action plan for success. Whether you are a career explorer (open to exploring new functions and ideas), career accelerator (seeking internal or external promotion), or career changer (looking for an internal or external shift in roles or industry), we will offer resources to support your next steps.
Coaching Appointment Topics:
Coaching Appointment Topics:
Tools for career exploration, company research, and effective job search strategies
Resources for refining your resume, building high-impact cover letters, and developing your brand on LinkedIn
Best practices for optimizing LinkedIn, ideas for building your networking strategy, refining your interview skills and compensation package and negotiation techniques
Appointment Length and Format:
Appointment Length and Format:
When scheduling your first appointment in APlus, you may select Initial Alumni Appointment (45 minutes). All follow up Alumni Coaching appointments will be 30 minutes.
Appointments may be conducted via phone, Zoom or in person.
We look forward to working with you! If you need assistance, call our front desk at 612-625-3632 or email cbccc@umn.edu.
Accessing Individual Career Coaching
Accessing Individual Career Coaching
Directions:
Directions:
*Please note - Recent BSB/MBA/MS graduates (graduated between December 2024-now), can schedule an appointment with the coach aligned to their program by using Aplus.
If you have updated your MyU account with your non-UMN email address previously, you can login to APlus and click on Career Center on the left side of the screen, then Appointments and schedule an Alumni Coaching appointment.
1. Reactivate your UMN login credentials (please note, this is not your email account).
1. Reactivate your UMN login credentials (please note, this is not your email account).
Your MyU account is considered active if: you have logged into MyU or your UMN email at least once in the past 6 months or if you have activated an @alumni.umn.edu address.
If you know your UMN account is still active, please move to step 2.
To reactivate your MyU login credentials contact the Technology Helpline at 612-301-4357 or use the tech Chat.
Tell the staff member specifically that you would like to "reactivate your UMN login credentials, NOT your email" (a.k.a. “your X500”).
You will be asked for your date of birth, current phone number and U of M ID number.
2. Next, navigate to MyU>My Info tab to update your personal information with your personal email address so you can receive coaching appointment notifications and Zoom links.
2. Next, navigate to MyU>My Info tab to update your personal information with your personal email address so you can receive coaching appointment notifications and Zoom links.
Select Edit in the Email block
Select Add an Email Address
Select Home as the Email Type
Enter your personal email address in the Email Address field
Select Save
3. Complete the Alumni Coaching Form and you will receive an email within 3 business days from the CBCC with appointment scheduling instructions.
3. Complete the Alumni Coaching Form and you will receive an email within 3 business days from the CBCC with appointment scheduling instructions.
If you have updated your MyU account with your non-UMN email address previously, you can login to APlus and click on Career Center on the left side of the screen, then Appointments and schedule an Alumni Coaching appointment.
Job Search Groups: What to expect?
Job Search Groups: What to expect?
Job search group goals:
Job search group goals:
Provide structure, accountability, and encouragement in your job search
Build connections and leverage Carlson's alumni network
Strengthen your job search strategy by tapping into Carlson’s resources and the collective insight, support, and shared experiences of fellow participants
Job search group topics:
Job search group topics:
Tools for career exploration, company research, and effective job search strategies
Resources for refining your resume, building high-impact cover letters, and developing your brand on LinkedIn
Best practices for optimizing LinkedIn, ideas for building your networking strategy, resources for refining your interview skills and compensation package and negotiation techniques
Tips for utilizing AI to enhance your job search
Stories from alumni who have successfully navigated the job search
Time commitment and format:
Time commitment and format:
Carlson offers Alumni Job Search Groups every other month in 2025 (February, April, June, August, October, and December). Each group meets weekly for three consecutive weeks and features a blend of guided sessions led by Carlson’s Career Coaches and Business Development team, along with interactive Zoom breakout rooms to connect with fellow alumni, exchange ideas, and share resources. Every session is designed to deliver practical, actionable takeaways to move your job search forward.
Register for Job Search Groups.
We look forward to working with you! If you need assistance, call our front desk at 612-625-3632 or email cbcc@umn.edu.
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