Career Advising
Let鈥檚 Get Your Career Started.
At Leeds, career planning, development and advising is a personalized process. Building on your existing knowledge and professional experience, a dedicated career counselor helps create your own personal strategy for transitioning from academia to an increasingly competitive global marketplace.
Our one-on-one approach to advising begins at orientation and continues throughout the program. Career advisors take an active role in guiding the strategic choices that can advance your career.
Some of the key tools available to you as you prepare for and begin your job search include resume consultations, interview preparation, career assessment services and in-depth discussions with alumni and industry panels. Networking events help you get valuable facetime with today鈥檚 leading companies while expanding your network and professional contacts. Our MBAs land in a variety of careers with high-growth trajectories in booming industries.
MBA Salary Information
Full-Time MBA, Class of 2023
Average Salary by Industry
| Consulting $120,000 | 13% | Consumer Packaged Goods $92,460 | 11% | Energy Insufficient Data | 8% |
| Financial Services $93,111 | 26% | Hospitality, Manufacturing, Entertainment, Non-Profit & Transportation Insufficient Data | 8% | Real Estate $85,000 | 11% |
| Technology $109,000 | 8% | Other $105,667 | 8% |
Average MBA Salary
$108,510
For students with 5+ years of
professional experience:
78% of MBA Graduates
Stay in the Rocky
Mountain Region.
CAREER COACHING
- Assessments and one-on-one conversations to empower you to identify your skills, strengths, interests, and motivators, which we use to explore career paths
- Foundation for developing your unique professional value proposition
- Personalized support in goal setting
- Frameworks for identifying potential employers and creating strategic networking plans
- Behavioral and case interview preparation
- Offer management and salary negotiation support
MATERIALS REVIEWS
- Resumes
- Cover letters
- Networking correspondence
- LinkedIn profiles
GRADUATE CAREER MANAGEMENT LED ENGAGEMENTS
- Employer meet and greets
- Coffee chats
- Resume books
- Introductions for Interviews
- Virtual or on-campus information sessions
SIGNATURE NETWORKING EVENTS
- Buffs to Business
- Professional mentoring kick-off celebration
- Graduate networking and recruiting night
- Disco-interno networking event for first and second year MBA students
- Last Lecture
- MBA Alumni Holiday Party
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS
- Interviewing
- Salary negotiation
- Networking
- Professional presence and communications
- Strengths assesments
Additional Resources
In addition to one-on-one support, as a Leeds student you get access to numerous on-demand resources to support your career journey when the time is right for you.
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Select Hiring Companies
鈥淎rrow Electronics guides innovation forward for leading technology manufacturers and service providers. Our employees play a crucial role in helping bring ideas to life and speed them to market, and I continue to be impressed with graduates of Leeds. The skills, perspective and resilience they exhibit are essential for success in today鈥檚 dynamic marketplace and complex supply chain.鈥
Chuck Kostalnick
Senior Vice President and
Chief Supply Chain Logistics & Procurement Officer
Arrow Electronics, Inc.
