Effectively Manage Your Career

Career Center for Working Professionals (CCWP)

The Career Center for Working Professionals (CCWP) is designed to help Langone Part-time MBA students in advancing their careers. While Part-time MBA students have access to all of the CCWP services, they are not eligible to participate in Stern's Full-time MBA on-campus recruiting process for summer internships or full-time positions, which, in contrast, is a resource designed for Full-time MBA students focused on changing their careers.

The CCWP provides Part-time MBA students with the skills necessary to conduct an independent job search and to effectively manage their career. It also provides alumni with lifelong career support. Its services include:

• Individual career counseling appointments focused on:
  
  • Self-assessment
  • Resume review
  • Job search strategy
• Interview preparation and mock interviews
• Small group job search strategy sessions
• Professional development workshops on topics such as executive presence and managing your career
• Access to Stern's online job postings database, which features hundreds of open positions
• Job expos hosted in conjunction other NYU career offices

The CCWP offers monthly webinars, and most of its services are available virtually to accommodate the schedules of working professionals.

The Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

NYU Stern's Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation offers a comprehensive program of courses and practical experience for future entrepreneurs – those who plan to start their own business, run a family business and those who will be taking over a small organization and hope to make it grow. Read a Forbes interview with Berkley Center Director Luke Williams.

Sponsored by the Berkley Center, the Entrepreneurs' Challenge is comprised of three business plan competitions:

• New Venture Competition - with winners receiving a share of the $75,000 Rennert Prize, named after benefactor and Stern alumnus Ira Rennert
• Social Venture Competition - with winners receiving a share of the the $50,000 Social Venture Prize
• NYU Technology Venture Competition - with winners receiving a share of the $75,000 cash prize, as well as pro-bono support and technical assistance, from the NYU New Venture Innovation Fund

Learn about the competition process from start to finish and watch an MSNBC interview featuring past winners.