{"id":16739,"date":"2012-05-18T12:56:49","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T12:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=16739"},"modified":"2017-11-09T13:03:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T18:03:27","slug":"at-fiu-career-management-services-helps-on-campus-and-online-business-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2012\/05\/at-fiu-career-management-services-helps-on-campus-and-online-business-students\/","title":{"rendered":"At FIU, Career Management Services helps on-campus and online business students."},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking at the career services a university offers is a smart move for prospective online students. That\u2019s one criterion Daniel Vargas (CMBA \u201912, BBA \u201905) used to select Florida International University (FIU) for his online Corporate MBA (CMBA).<\/p>\n

\u201cI had reached the ceiling in my job and needed to improve my credentials,\u201d Vargas said. \u201cMy heart was with my alma mater so FIU\u2019s online MBA was an option I investigated. I was impressed to learn that the business school\u2019s Career Management Services <\/a>(CMS) would be there for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A reception was held May 1, 2012 for graduates of the Corporate MBA, the Evening MBA (EveMBA) and Global Programs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Vargas found the CMS staff ready, willing and able to help online students as enthusiastically as they assist their on-campus counterparts.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I got closer to graduation and sent out 50 r\u00e9sum\u00e9s with no response, I turned to CMS,\u201d Vargas said. \u201cThey helped me narrow my focus, taught me r\u00e9sum\u00e9 writing and interviewing skills, and because of them, I landed a job as an e-marketing consultant with Caterpillar\u2019s Americas Distribution Services just weeks after graduation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Career services provides for all business students. <\/em><\/p>\n

Many universities don\u2019t offer the same kind of services in career management to all of their students in the business school. Some offer limited help but not to online students.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll business students—undergrad, grad, on-campus, online—and alumni have full access to this office,\u201d said Barry Shiflett, CMS executive director in the College of Business Administration. \u201cWhen any student is seriously interested in our help, I put the full force of this office to work for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ellen Forman, assistant director, media relations and communications, Barry Shiflett and Angel Burgos, executive director, MBA programs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CMS provides self-assessment tools, individual student advising, r\u00e9sum\u00e9 polishing and other important career-forwarding tools. The office also partners with employers who recruit business students.<\/p>\n

Online students interact with the staff of CMS through emails and telephone conversations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not a doubt in my mind that I\u2019d still be looking for a job without what CMS did for me,\u201d Vargas said.<\/p>\n

In fall 2012 three programs—the Master in International Business<\/a> (MIB), the Master of Science in International Real Estate<\/a> (MSIRE) and the Master of Science in Human Resource Management<\/a> (MSHRM)—will join the Corporate MBA in the college\u2019s online graduate programs lineup.<\/p>\n

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