EMBA Career & Professional Services at Wharton
Wharton’s MBA Program for Executives Career team helps you assess and plan your career while you are in the program and learn strategies and techniques that will allow you to effectively manage your career over your lifetime. Wharton MBAs are in high demand because they create immediate and sustainable value for corporate, nonprofit, and government organizations around the world.
Career for Executive MBA Students
Wharton’s EMBA Career Team addresses the needs of our students from across industries and roles, with the understanding that flexibility is critical as your career evolves. Some of the services the team provides include:
- Individualized career coaching and advising
- Career programs, workshops, speakers, and informational resources that address a wide range of career topics and industries in the marketplace.
- Coaching on cultivating important professional networks consisting of Wharton alumni and industry leaders.
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General Career Resources
During your two-year program, a variety of professional development programs will be available to you. Wharton’s EMBA Career Team services include skill development, such as networking, social media, and industry and company research, as well as panel and speaker presentations covering various topics relevant to today’s marketplace and student interests. Our general coaching programming begins in your second term and includes:
- Career assessment and planning
- Individualized career coaching and advising
- Online career resources available 24/7
- Resume review
- Interview preparation
- Planning long-term career strategies
- The Wharton Job Board
- Job search action groups and resources
Lifelong Career Support
Wharton’s commitment to you lasts long after you leave campus. As an alumnus, you will have access to career resources and services during career transitions and to support your long-term career goals. Alumni tools include:
- Alumni Career Management Website
- Alumni Resume Book
- Alumni Job Board
- Career Advising
Career Team
Wharton’s career directors bring a wide range of experience that provides you with practical and actionable guidance, supporting each step of your career exploration, planning, transition, and job search.
- Significant marketplace experience in career and executive coaching, human resources, and executive search, adding value to all facets of your career process.
- Individualized career coaching support.
- The latest knowledge on the marketplace and career management content.
Our team constantly seeks to enhance resources, responding to student feedback and industry changes.
Colleen France, Career Director, Philadelphia
Colleen brings more than 20 years’ experience in recruiting, coaching, career strategy, leadership assessment, training, and program management. Most recently, she was a Senior Associate Director and Career Advisor for Wharton’s full-time MBA Program with primary advising responsibilities for the real estate, travel and hospitality, and human capital industries, as well as general management and leadership development programs across industries. Prior to that, Colleen served as the Director of Penn’s Carey JD/MBA Program, a cooperation between Wharton and Penn Law. Prior to starting at Penn in 2010, she spent 10+ years in legal recruiting and professional development.
Colleen holds a BS in History & Political Science from Drexel University, has a Certificate in Human Resources Management from The Wharton School, and has completed numerous courses in executive coaching and leadership development in the Organizational Dynamics Program at The University of Pennsylvania.
Steve Hernandez, Career Director, San Francisco
Steve brings more than 15 years of professional career development experience, and leads Career Services for students in San Francisco. Prior to Wharton, he was an adjunct career advisor for the UC Berkeley Haas/Columbia and Executive MBA programs. As a former partner and executive recruiter for a local search firm, Steve has helped Bay Area companies identify, screen, and hire professionals ranging from staff to senior management in a variety of industries, including banking, software, technology manufacturing, financial services, retail, consumer goods, biotechnology, and nonprofit.
In partnering with C-level executives, senior and middle managers, as well as human resources, he gained in-depth knowledge of the skills, communication, leadership, and behavioral traits that lead to success within organizations. Steve also manages a private career services practice and holds a master’s degree in career development.
Carina Myers, Program Manager, Career
Carina joined the Wharton Executive MBA Program in May 2016. Her role provides administrative and program support to the Directors and assists in the planning of Career-related activities and processes. She supports Philadelphia students by training them to effectively navigate and utilize the different online career service resources available and answers their questions about programs and systems. In addition she is responsible for the career webpage maintenance, weekly newsletters, providing resume reviews, assisting advising appointments and alumni outreach support. Prior to Wharton, Carina worked at Macy’s as a Sales and Merchandise Team Manager and oversaw the hiring, training, and coaching of sales associates. Carina has a B. S. in Business Management from Penn State University.
Lifelong Learning
A Wharton MBA gives you tools you’ll use throughout your career. It also gives you a chance to continue to build your knowledge to meet the challenges you face later in your career. Wharton provides many opportunities to learn long after you finish your MBA.
Knowledge for Life
All Wharton MBA alumni in the class of 2010 and all subsequent classes, beginning seven years after graduation, are eligible to take one Wharton Executive Education open enrollment course every seven years.
Continuing Education Resources
Wharton’s Lifelong Learning program provides a rich array of educational resources for all Wharton alumni throughout their professional lives, helping them continually gain knowledge in their selected professions and communities.
Wharton Around the World
Regional programming, including the Wharton Global Forums and Lifelong Learning events, bring alumni around the world together with Wharton faculty for educational presentations, learning opportunities, and networking.