• Ian Christie – up until December 19
• Mary Cowan – up until December 18
• Rodrigo Porto – up until December 19

The BCC will be closed on Thursday, December 11 from 12:00-4:30 pm. BCC staff will be volunteering at the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau as part of our holiday volunteer initiative – http://www.lmcb.ca/

We will re-open with regular business hours on Friday, December 12.

CFA Society Vancouver is hosting its inaugural CFA Program information session on December 3rd with keynote speaker Michael McMillan from CFA Institute. This session is ideal for investment professionals looking to upgrade their credentials, professionals transitioning to a new career, and students wanting to enter the investment industry.

The Chartered Financial Analyst^® (CFA) credential has become the most respected and recognized investment designation in the world; enrolling in the CFA Program is your first step toward earning this qualification.

The CFA Program curriculum covers concepts and skills you will use at all stages of your career, bridging academic theory, current industry practice, and ethical and professional standards to provide a strong foundation of advanced investment analysis and real-world portfolio management skills.

HOW IS THE CFA PROGRAM DIFFERENT?

Most graduate school programs cover a broad range of topics; the CFA Program focuses specifically on investment knowledge. The self-study format makes it easier for you to continue working /study full time while you earn the charter. Employers know the CFA Program provides the skills needed to succeed in an investment career and that earning the CFA charter demonstrates the commitment to excellence required of today’s investment professionals.

EVENT DETAILS

December 3, 2014
UBC Robson Square
UBC Theatre
Fee:  Complimentary
800 Robson Street
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Register online today!

The BCC is excited to host our annual Negotiation Mania day on Friday, November 14.

A full day of programming with an opportunity to interact with our volunteers over lunch – another great opportunity to network!

Location:  Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel (across from Vancouver Convention Centre)

*We will be located on the 2nd floor*

Address: 1038 Canada Place

Student registration:  8:30 – 8:50 am

Required:  Business attire and fancy Sauder name tags!

You can view our “Negotiation Round” schedule below, please take note of your “start” and “end” time.

Any questions/concerns?  Please contact:  Rodrigo Porto, Manager MBA Careers

In advance of tomorrow (Wednesday’s) event, there are guests RSVP’d from the following companies / organizations. We are posting in case it helps with your preparation. Please note: There are always no-shows from the business community, so there are no guarantees. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.

BC Cancer Agency of the PHSA
University of British Columbia
Vancouver Coastal Health
The Legendary Value Institute
Telus
Qlik
bazinga
Telus
Vancity
BC Assessment
Silver Standard Resources
PenderFund Capital Management
TransLink
E-Comm 9-1-1
Provincial Health Services Authority
FortisBC
RBC
Tealeaves
Bellrock Benchmarking
City of Vancouver
Ernst & Young LLP
Kinetic Capital Real Estate Group
Traction On Demand
Goldcorp Inc
BC Lottery Corporation
TMX Equity Transfer Services

We are pleased to announce we are hosting Negotiation Mania day at the Fairmont Pan Pacific Hotel on Friday, November 14 at 8:30 – 5:30 pm. The day includes the following components:

• AM Session: Barry Howard, Senior Career Consultant from TOOMBS Inc., an international recruitment and career planning firm, will speak to the ins and outs of effective salary negotiation, including role play time.

• Lunch will be provided (afternoon guests also invited for lunch)

• PM Session: We will be joined by volunteers from the business community – recruiters from recruiting agencies, hiring managers and HR directors. You will be assigned a time slot and have the opportunity to practice two different types of scenarios (pitch and negotiation) with our volunteers. This has been a signature, high value event over the last several years.

• You will also have time in the afternoon to schedule your own meetings. (Your afternoon slot will be confirmed by Nov.10)

RSVP on COOL!

Any questions or concerns?  Please contact your Career Manager!

While the coaches have been busy meeting and corresponding with you individually, we wanted to provide you with some job search context for the Fall as well as information on upcoming programming to assist with your planning.

Taking Advantage of the Fall

Historically, the students who have been successful generating job outcomes early were very engaged in the fall months. As you approach the end-point of the program, you are at a point when you can now engage in real conversations about real opportunities post-December.

You should be making regular investments in activities like:

• Upgrade of your brand platform (LinkedIn profile, resume, etc.)
• Research and targeted exploration of specific companies as well as industry and contact mapping.
• Quality applications to selected job openings (both on COOL and off)
• Follow-up on pre-existing leads
• Weekly investment in working your networks (LinkedIn, other online, offline) to generate new leads, conversations and meetings

Pipeline Management: I want to remind you about the Sales Pipeline tool we provided and workshopped during internship season. Your activities map to a sales funnel and you would do well to apply a system to your efforts.

The idea is that even if you don’t land something before December, you are fully engaged, have planted seeds that might be sprouting, and can be rolling strong into January.

Time in Your Calendar > Job Search Week (Week of Oct. 20th)

In addition to the time available during your regular academic weeks, Job Search Week is in your calendar to fully invest in this process. There is no programming scheduled during job search week. The intent of this week was to provide time for you to make those investments in professional development and networking.

Meeting with your Career Manager: If you have not been able to see Mary/Rodrigo so far since your return, please work on scheduling a meeting as soon as possible to take advantage of this time (please note that they will have very limited availability during Job Search Week given that it coincides with the 1st year IPD week). We want to understand your focus, your mobility to other cities in Canada and internationally, and how we can best support you.

Meet with Ian: I can make myself available for 1-1 appointments should that be of use to you. Best use of time would be around strategy.

Mastermind Workshop: We are working on a potential, alumnus-led workshop. This would be by sign-up for those interested. We will advise, when confirmed.

International Alumni Panel: (Tuesday, Oct. 14th 6pm) This is an event for international students. A panel of MBA alumni will discuss the challenges and opportunities of full-time job search as international students. Invites have already been sent out and a group of alumni are looking forward to meeting you.

Negotiation Mania Day: This is a signature, experiential learning and networking day. Due to the scheduling conflict, we are working on finding a day. We will notify you with news.

Networking Event (Wednesday, Oct. 15th, 5:30-7:30)
We have organized a networking event for your class and the graduating part-time class. We have sent out invites to:

• Mentors from the various mentoring programs
• Internship employers
• Alumni
• Hiring executives

As of today, more than 50 external guests have responded.

This will be an opportunity to re-connect and meet new people to further your networking and job search / start-up efforts. RSVP on COOL.

Relationship Suggestion: Why don’t you reach out to your mentor(s) and to your internship supervisor and ask them if they plan on attending. This would be a nice touchpoint and reinforce your connections.
RSVP on COOL

COOL Activity: We have noticed very low activity on COOL. Please be logging in regularly to check for company info sessions, events and job postings.

Additional: If a group of you require instruction or coaching around a specific topic or the hunting process, we would be pleased to support that. Please let us know.

We look forward to supporting your success in the coming months and beyond into the New Year.

1. Go to the custom Evisors landing page.
2. Review the information on the landing page.
3. Make note of the special “email username” that you need to use to access the site. It takes the form of firstname_lastname@ftmba2015.sauder.evisors.com. In order to gain unpaid access to the webinar library, you need to use this username (substituting your own name of course).
4. Click “View Webinar Library”
5. On the home page, login using the special username (see image below).
6. Enjoy. (This resource will be available to you as an alumni as well)

*Going forward the BCC will not be responsible for the download and distribution of academic transcripts…..*

We look forward to seeing most of you back on campus next week, and wish those who are participating in Exchange the best of luck over the next few months!

We hope you had a great summer with your internships or projects and look forward to catching up over the next few weeks! With that in mind, please make note that your Final Report due to your faculty supervisor and Internship/Project Summary is due by 11:59 PM PST on Friday, September 12.

Attached is our Summer Experiential Course Outline (see below) in regards to “Final Report” expectations.  If you have not touched base with your faculty supervisor, please do so within the next week to find out their expectations from you in regards to your final report.

You can upload your overall summary of your summer experience via Connect.  Please visit myMBA Career  -> Summer Experience tab to find our Internship Historical Database.

Experiential Learning Course Outline 2014_v2

Questions?

Contact: Carly Boettcher, Graduate Careers Assistant