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The Leavey School of Business offers a career and internship preparation class called MGMT 50: Professional Development Skills and Strategies that supports career exploration and highlights strategies students can use to help strengthen their professional development profile.  Brenda Versteeg, Senior Director Undergraduate Business Programs, has this to say about the MGMT 50 class: "Students should take MGMT 50 to advance their internship goals. The class guides students through each of the steps needed to be ready for internship opportunities. By working with a dedicated faculty member on these career tools, students get immediate feedback and support to help navigate the internship search planning and selection." 

MGMT 50 prepares students for success in the internship/career search process by helping them build their professional skills and engage with useful resources. This one-unit class meets 5 times during the quarter and can be taken with a full load of courses.Topics covered include:

• Creating a personalized job search plan
• In-person and virtual networking
• Personal branding and storytelling
• LinkedIn and Resumes
• Interviewing tips  

Taught by Career Coaches, this class offers individual mentorship from the instructors and provides a connection to the Leavey Peer Career Consultants  who support the class with 1:1 coaching sessions and meetings. The PCCs are senior business majors who have completed at least 1 internship in a specialized industry and help younger students understand the search process from a peer’s perspective.

Previous students have this to say about completing the MGMT 50 class: 

“I learned so much and have gained so many valuable skills but probably the most important is the increase in confidence I have for looking for jobs and internships.” 

“[What helped me most was] …learning how to master my elevator pitch, constructing a solid and effective resume and how important networking is through LinkedIn and how to use this platform to my advantage.”

Interested in taking MGMT 50? Business majors can enroll in MGMT 50 as early as Spring of their first year. Spring quarter instructors include:

: Anisha Weber is a native to the Bay Area Peninsula and has worked internationally and across the states in digital transformation through technology and solution consulting.  As former COO of Primitive Logic and Managing Director at Logic20/20, she focused on people and operations, client strategy, and mindful solution delivery. Previously, she worked for Accenture across the financial services industry and PeopleSoft technologies. Anisha continues to provide time, talent, and treasure to numerous boards, committees, and service organizations. As a San Mateo County Commissioner on the Status of Women, Anisha focuses on topics such as STEM for Young Women, Financial Literacy and Economic Empowerment, Human Trafficking, Women’s Leadership Conference and Hall of Fame, and Women in Tech. 

Fiona Ji: Fiona Ji is a Full Teaching Professor in the Management Department at the Leavey School of Business. She teaches courses in strategic management, the principle of management, organizational change and leadership, innovation management, and international management. She has previously taught both undergraduate and graduate students in different institutions including James Madison University, Ohio University, and Virginia Tech.

: Tony Huynh brings over two decades of experience in technical product marketing and global go-to-market strategy to the classroom. He has built and led high-performing teams at industry-leading organizations including Hitachi, NetApp, and Sun Microsystems. He was a key part of the product team at Snap, culminating in its successful acquisition by Adaptec. He is passionate about student success and has taught Business Leadership skills class at 91Ó°ÊÓ, in addition to serving as a guest speaker for leadership programs.

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