Many of the students who have attended this conference have been hired by the sponsor firms! Here are a few recent examples!
Company: Clorox Company
MBA Program: Cornell (Johnson)
Military Service: US Navy
Conference Hired From: 2015
Company: Accenture
MBA Program: BYU (Marriott)
Military Service: US Army
Conference Hired From: 2015
Company: Microsoft
MBA Program: Texas A&M
Military Service: US Army
Conference Hired From: 2014
Company: Credit Suisse
MBA Program: Carnegie Mellon
Military Service: US Navy
Conference Hired From: 2014
You must meet both of the requirements listed below to register for the event.
You must be a veteran enrolled at one of the following MBA programs to register for this year’s event.
GUARANTEED | INVITE-ONLY* | |
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Online Profile and Pre-Event Job Board | . | |
8-Hour Career Expo | . | |
Industry Career Panels | . | |
Company-led Presentations | . | |
Networking Reception with Company Representatives | . | |
Interviews with Company Representatives | . |
Note:
* There is a 75% chance of being ‘pre-selected” for invite-only sessions and/or interviews if you register for the conference at least 4 weeks prior to the conference. Historically, this decreases by ~10 percentage points per week up to the event.
*Contact Us below with questions.
While we appreciate your service, you are not eligible to participate in the MBA Veterans Network or our programming activities.
While we applaud your commitment to pursuing a graduate degree at a great university, participation is exclusive to MBA students and alumni.
Absolutely. As long as you are student or graduate of a qualifying MBA program you are more than welcome to join the Network and register for this conference. Please, however, keep in mind that the recruiting companies’ willingness to hiring candidates without US citizenship or work visas is the same at this event as it is on campus.
The answer seems obvious, but we always get asked this question so here it is –”yes.”
Not at this time. That’s because our corporate partners have very specific talent acquisition strategies and many of them place a priority on hiring candidates with top-ranked MBA degrees. Since a large part of our mission is to connect them with the kinds of candidates who meet their needs, we use the conventionally-accepted MBA rankings as criteria for participation.
Believe us, we have contacted the military, campus, and diversity recruiters at literally every company that MBA students at elite schools would possibly want to work for. If you don’t see them on our list it’s due to one of the following three reasons:
1) They’re still evaluating it and haven’t signed up yet
2) They know about it and don’t want to participate this year
3) Their teams wants to participate, but some ‘macro’ business issue is forcing them to scale back on recruiting
However, if you have a contact at a company that you think would be a great fit for the event – please let us know.
The answer to this question lies in a quick explanation of the two ways that employers recruit.
On-campus vs. Diversity Recruiting:
There are two ways to dramatically increase the likelihood of getting invited to ‘pre-conference’ networking activities and onsite interviews ahead of the conference.
1) REGISTER AT LEAST 4 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE EVENT: Statistically you have a 75% chance of being invited to pre-conference activities if you register at least 4 weeks prior to the event. This decreases by 10 percentage points per week leading up to the event. This is because all recruiting teams get access to the networking platform 4 weeks ahead of time. They generally go into it one or 2 times to identify candidates to pre-select and once it’s done, they’re done.
2) CRAFT A SOLID RESUME: Because every candidate served in the military and is attending a top-ranked program, you all generally look the same to companies. This is a blessing and a curse. It’s a blessing because a majority of sponsors legitimately open up their roles to all candidates who attend, even if they’re not at a ‘core’ school and a curse because as a candidate a poorly crafted resume really stands out.
3) EXPRESS INTEREST IN POSTED ROLES: Companies use the job postings as ways to ‘passively’ recruit candidates and evaluate them for networking invites and interviews. If you have even the slightest interest in a company with a posted role – we strongly encourage you to ‘express interest” by clicking that job’s “I’m interested” button.
You can register using your .edu email address HERE. You will need to complete your profile 100% before our team can grant you access to complete your registration for this year’s virtual expo.