Monthly Archives: February 2014

Last Call – BCE 2014 Tickets

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FoR THOSE OF YOU BACK in VANCOUVER MARCH 3 to 7… DON’T miss your chance to attend our 10th Annual Business Career Expo which will be held on Friday March 7, 2014!

B.C.’s largest annual business-only career fair will include representatives from over 60+ companies and 1,000+ students and recent alumni from host schools the Beedie School of Business at SFU, the Sauder School of Business at UBC and the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business at Uvic.

This year’s event will be held at the historic Segal Graduate School of Business. This one day event gives you an excellent opportunity to learn about the types of candidates each organization is seeking, in terms of education, skill set and culture fit. In addition, you are able to highlight the unique assets that you could bring to an organization.

See which companies are attending: https://www.businesscareerexpo.com/PastParticipants/2014Participants.htm

Tickets:

If you would like a free ticket email Carly Boettcher at the Business Career Centre


Event Schedule:

Student check in / registration opens: 10:30am – 11:00 am
Business Career Expo Hours: 11:00am – 3:00 pm

*Student IDs will be checked at the door. Please remember to come dressed in business formal with your institution’s name badge and multiple copies of your resume on hand. Please also refer to the business career expo website for more tips on how to prepare prior to the career fair: www.businesscareerexpo.com

Be sure to check out the Resources in the Getting Yourself Prepared section of the Business Career Expo website (www.businesscareerexpo.com) where you can download materials that will help you prepare for Career Expo. Dress your best and bring your resume to the Expo so recruiters notice YOU.

Brand Management Mentorship Program

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Ever dreamed of managing a top global brand like Dove, Colgate or Oreo? Are you excited by the idea of launching new products or developing a marketing campaign while managing the long-term image and profitability of a brand?

If this sounds thrilling to you, then brand management may be the career for you. Brand management is the culmination of everything you learn in business school. As a brand manager, you run your own brand and business to deliver multi-million dollar results.

The Brand Management Mentorship Program (BMMP) is led and delivered by Sauder alumni marketing professionals and facilitated by Professor Tim Silk. The strength and success of the BMMP stems from our team of alumni mentors who have successfully landed some of the most coveted Brand Management positions in top tier companies such as Colgate-Palmolive, Kraft, Mondelez and Procter & Gamble among others. We have an in-depth understanding of what it takes to be successful in the interview process as well as on-the-job. Having gone through the process ourselves, we can provide insightful feedback on your resume, job-searching, and interview skills.

Eligible Students: Undergraduates looking to graduate in May 2015 or 2016, and MBA students looking to graduate in December 2014.

Program Facilitators: Alumni mentors from P&G, Colgate-Palmolive, Mondelez, Kraft, Pepsi, Energizer, Virgin Mobile, Blast Radius, and Carat.

Interested?

We invite you to visit http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/bmmp  to learn more and apply to the program (right side of web page).  We also encourage you to attend the information session taking place from 12:30 – 2:00pm on Thursday, March 6, 2014 in HA 492 where you can talk to people who’ve lived the experience.  Details and RSVP on COOL!

Contact us!  If you have any questions about the program, feel free to email the mentors at bmmpsauder@gmail.com or reach out to Professor Tim Silk.

MBA Internship Deadlines…

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Hello from the BCC!

We know you are busy with Global Immersion right now in your respective global destination cities, and from the photos we have seen so far, it looks like you are having a great time!  Enjoy!

Please keep in mind that MBA summer internship postings are going up on COOL on a daily basis now, so please check COOL when you can so you don’t miss out on key deadlines and great summer opportunities!  Read below for upcoming deadlines…

February 25 (TODAY) – Dundee Capital Markets: Energy Investment Banking Intern

February 26 – Mackenzie Cundill Investment Management Ltd: Summer Student-Equity Analyst

February 28

Vancouver Airport Authority: Aviation Marketing Summer 2014

Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets: Associate, Co-op Student – Dodd-Frank PMO

Morgan Stanley: Summer Associate Program – Various Opportunities

KPMG: Summer Student – Direct to Risk Consulting Advisory

Any questions, don’t hesitate to contact Carly Boettcher, Graduate Careers Assistant at carly.boettcher@sauder.ubc.ca OR your Career Coach!  Good Luck!

 

 

Leading High Performance Teams

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The Invitation:
An exciting professional development opportunity from Sysco Foodservices who would like to invite 3 or 4 UBC MBA students to join 15 senior HR managers from various Vancouver businesses in a two day leadership development program. Sysco will cover the $3,500 program fee.  You only need to pay $50 for lunch and dinner.  The theme for the two days is (1) Creating High Performance Teams, and (2) Leading Change.   It is a highly experiential, high energy two days. Guaranteed you will enjoy it and go home with many valuable learnings.

 The Competencies:

  1. Building Effective Teams
  • Builds and sustains high performance in permanent ongoing teams
  • Quickly gets new project teams to a high level of productivity
  • Creates effective teamwork between different groups and departments
  1. Leading Change: Dealing with Ambiguity
  • Effective in unfamiliar, challenging and changing situations
  • Quickly grasps underlying essence, structure, patterns and themes
  • Decides and acts without having complete information
  • Effectively manages organizational polarities and tensions

 Your Workshop Leader, Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller has 25 years of experience in leadership development.  His incredible depth and breadth of expertise makes him an extraordinary facilitator and coach.  For the last ten years, as Senior Director of Talent Management, Andrew has led the design of Sysco’s award winning leadership development programs.   He has undergraduate degrees in Business and Psychology, is a Ph.D. candidate, and a Harvard Business School alumni.    He is an experienced executive coach, graduating from both the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland and Fielding Graduate University’s coaching programs  He has worked with faculty from the best executive education programs including Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Columbia, Michigan, Chicago, Duke, Warden, and Darden.  He has taught leadership to students from seven of the top MBA programs in Canada.

Andrew’s work has been recognized for quality and innovation with awards from The International Coach Federation, HRPA, and the Chief Learning Officer magazine.  Andrew has been featured in numerous publications on executive development including articles in the Globe & Mail “Report on Business” and Canadian Business Magazine.

Date: March 13 – 14, 2014
Location: Sutton Place, Vancouver

Interested?  You must email Shannon Sterling (shannon.sterling@sauder.ubc.ca) by 9:00 am PST Friday, Feb 28. Confirmation of enrolment will be sent by end of day Friday.

Global Immersion and the Rewrite the Rules Campaign

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At the February 1 Global Immersion Experience training Murali spoke to how he hoped the class would engage with the Rewrite The Rules Campaign.  The following week, the Marketing and Communications team held an information session that provided more context. If you weren’t able to attend (or even if you did and need a reminder) please review the info below and keep this top of mind when in Denmark, China or India!

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In order to take your experience further, as well as support our marketing pieces that promote the UBC MBA and your GIE …Apply the Rewrite the Rules / Fresh Perspectives lens to your Global Immersion Experience and engage in real-time.

As you travel about your city and meet with businesses, work with people and generally travel about, think about the key campaign themes and how you can tell your experience through them: #innovation #creativity #leadership. Consider, how is Global Immersion changing your outlook on or understanding of these important aspects of business?

  • capture quotes, images, video; talk to people, look around  – immerse yourself and reflect and share
  • Take photos or video (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook all will do, just be sure to use the hashtags!)
    • how do locals view each of these concepts within a business environment?
    • what does each them look like in Copenhagen? Bangalore? Shanghai?
    • what are you or others around you doing that’s creative, innovative, or expressing leadership quality?
    • how is what you’re experiencing changing your perspective on business given any one of these themes, or the #rewritetherules attitude in general?

Use #GIE2014 and #rewritetherules and and let us know which city you’re in and what theme you’re exploring with the post – tweet to @UBCSauderSchool  or post to your MBA Facebook group.  Marketing and Communications  will be watching the feeds to aggregate the best into a roundup to be presented at the March Wrap Up and via a campaign story to be profiled on site.

If you’ll be tweeting, please email Kristina Baric (kristina.baric@sauder.ubc.ca) with your @handle so we can keep track of you that way as well.

Each of the staff leads will have “business cards” that you will be able to take with you to give to people you meet, use as a talking point.  We can’t wait to see your interpretation and understanding of rewriting the rules!

Happy Early Valentine’s/ End of Exam Week/ Leaving for GIE Day!

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We know this past week has been quite hectic for your class, therefore we are providing free hot chocolate and Baileys flavoured marshmallows on Thursday, Feb 13, 2014 from 11:00am-12:30pm in the Graduate Programs Office.

Good luck on your exams!
Happy Early Valentine’s Day!
Safe travels!

From the Student Experience Team

 

Alternate Study Space Across Campus

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During exam week there is a lot of demand for the Graduate Breakout Rooms. If there is no availability in the Graduate Breakout Rooms, as reminder the following study spaces are available for your use:

  1. Canaccord Learning Commons has a range of breakout rooms for use by all Sauder students. Please click here for more information/or to book a breakout room at the Canaccord Learning Commons.
  1. The Irving K Barber Learning Centre Group Study Rooms
  2. The Koerner Library Public Study Rooms
  3. The Woodward Library Public Study Rooms

To book a room at these locations, please click here. For other, more informal study spaces around campus, please click here.

Just a refresher about the Graduate Breakout Room Policy: https://blogs.ubc.ca/2015ftmba/2013/10/03/breakout-room-usage-policy-reminder/

Questions? Email askmba@sauder.ubc.ca.

 

On your radar…. deadlines coming up!

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Below are summer internship & BCC programming deadlines coming up this week!

***Please check COOL for details and application instructions!***

MBA Mentor Program – Sunday, February 9 via COOL

Goldcorp Inc. Intern, Strategy Corporate Office – Vancouver

Sunday, February 9 via company website

Methanex Business Development Intern

Monday, February 10 via COOL

*Ensure you read application instructions within the actual job postings carefully as employers may request various application methods i.e. Apply via COOL & Company Website to be considered.  Also, ensure you forward your documents to your assigned Career Coach well in advance of any deadline for any reviews before you submit to postings*

IF you have any questions or concerns about your internship search, applications, etc. please contact your assigned Career Manager as they are more than happy to help you!

Need money for a good cause – just ask for it

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Note: Please be advised that you do not need to attend the information sessions. We also understand that this is a busy time for your class, especially with exam week and GIE, however we wanted to promote this opportunity to you in case anyone was interested.

CI Grants promo 2014 

If you’ve got an idea for a project that meets a community organization’s needs, but need some money to get it off the ground, apply for a community grant (up to $10,000) to transform and idea into action. Info sessions and application deadlines in February. Learn more about Community Grants

Information sessions: February 13, 12pm – 1:30pm or February 19, 3pm – 4:30pm (RSVP here)

 

2014 P3 Student Summit

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If you are interested in learning more about the contributions public-private partnerships (P3s) have made to western Canada’s infrastructure and economy, meet students from different disciplines related to P3, hear about the latest developments and network with industry professionals, then you should apply now. Limited spots are still available.

The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) is inviting university and college students located in western Canada to apply to attend the Western Canada Student Summit on P3 to be held in Vancouver on March 6-7, 2014.

This leading edge event will take place at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia. This is a limited enrolment event which will accept a maximum of 50 students. Students will be selected from upper year undergraduate and graduate programs from western Canadian universities and colleges. P3 related disciplines which will be considered include finance, engineering, business, law, public administration, economics, political science, planning and construction management.

To ensure a broad range of representation of students from all relevant disciplines and western Canadian academic institutions, applicants will be evaluated based on the quality and thoroughness of their application. An academic reference will be required. Subsidies will be made available to qualified candidates attending from outside of the Vancouver area.

Please fill out the application form and submit to Christian Bauer at cbauer@pppcouncil.ca.