My congratulations to the MBA Class of 2012 on your pending graduation.  I wish you success in your career and life endeavors wherever that journey leads you. 

To the MBA Class of 2013, I wish you success with your summer internships and look forward to hearing about your experiences when we gather back on campus in the Fall.

Until then, I can always be reached by email at westfall@illinois.edu

This is my final edition of Monday Morning MBA for the 2011-2012 school year.  Over the course of the last nine months, we published 21 newsletters covering a myriad of topics related to career strategies, leadership insights, workshops and programs and developing your brand and enhancing your network.  We used Monday Morning MBA as a means to reach students with timely information on career fairs, jobs opportunities and ways to engage with employers. 

Our overall intent with the newsletter was to keep MBA students focused, directed and connected with the latest information specific to your career strategy and search.  We trust that you have found it to be a useful source of information and not only a weekly reminder of upcoming events but also a means to keep you on track to accomplish your career goals.

If you have thoughts on how to improve the newsletter or what you'd like to see in next year's issues, I'd like to hear from you.  Please email me at westfall@illinois.edu

We need 100% of full time MBA students to register on SalaryView.

Even if you are still seeking, please take a few minutes to register and set up your profile. 

Remember, it's as easy as 1-2-3:

1. Click on SalaryView  to access the site
2. Sign-in using your Illinois.edu email address
3. Complete your profile adding pre-MBA, intern and full-time offer information

If you've accepted an internship or full time offer recently or land one over the summer, don't forget to log back into SalaryView and update your information. 

SalaryView...detailed salary information you need

from your school anytime anywhere!

Kenny Berlin is CEO and Founder of SalaryView.

Q:  I'm concerned about students being able to identify individuals during detailed salary searches...what can I do?

A:  We understand that the deeper and more specific a salary search is, the more likely it is that personally identifiable information will be given out.  Therefore, SalaryView has a default setting where search results can only be displayed when a set number of other students match the search, otherwise, "Insufficient Data" is displayed and the student is encouraged to search at a broader level.  We use the same standards used by MBA CSC which is generally accepted by every school.

The University of Illinois Alumni Association welcomes new Graduates to the ranks of alumni from the three University of Illinois campuses.  To connect with our large alumni network and stay connected to your fellow graduates, we invite you to join the UI Alumni Network.

If you are in or are planning a job search, the UIAA Alumni Career Center can help with job leads, advice and workshops.  For additional detail go to UIAA Careers  

Contact Julie L Bartimus, VP UIAA Alumni Career Center at careers@uillinois.edu for further assistance. 

Opportunities for post-program employment and summer internships are available on I-Link.  Access your account and search under "Interviews I qualify for"  AND "Jobs I qualify for."

Internships Opportunities

• Baxter Healthcare
• Kimberly-Clark
• Arden Reed
• Typenex Medical
• John Morrell Food Group
• ArrowStream
• DeLaval, Inc
• Cooper Industries
• Vibes Media
• Littelfuse
• TE Connectivity, LTD

Full Time Opportunities

• Pearson Education
• Duncan-Williams
• Enova Financial
• Kimberly-Clark
• CDW Corporation
• Liberty Mutual
• Chrysler Group
• Total Quality Logistics
• REMI

This does not represent an exhaustive list of what is available on I-Link.  If you're still seeking, make sure you stop by I-Link and check out the available jobs that are still being posted. 

Employers are still active in the marketplace and so should YOU!

I will continue to keep student office hours throughout May.  If you would like to stop in to discuss offer negotiation or job search strategy, please make an appointment through I-Link. 

If you have questions that arise during the summer, please feel free to email me at westfall@illinois.edu

CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT

Bookmark and share the links for these key MBA career conferences and fairs for 2012...

• Forte - June 29-30, Scottsdale, AZ   
• BCS Fall Fair - Sept 12-13, Champaign, IL
• NAAMBA - Sept 13-15, Santa Clara, CA
• NBMBAA - Sept 25-29, Indianapolis, IN
• NSHMBA - Oct 4-5, Orlando, FL
• MBA Veterans - Oct 12, Chicago, IL
• Midwest MBA - Oct 19, Chicago, IL
• NAWMBA - Oct 18-20, Scottsdale, AZ 

• UI Chicago Alumni Job Fair - June 27, Chicago, detailed information and registration can be found at Recruit Chicago

NEWS & RESOURCES

Shellye Archambeau is chief executive of MetricStream, a firm that helps companies meet compliance standards

Q:  What career advice do you give people?

A:   I think people in general don't take enough risks.  Some people feel that before they can take on that next challenge they need to be 100 percent ready.  It's just not true.  Even people in their jobs aren't perfect at their jobs.

So my biggest advice to people is to step out there.  Take the risk and deal with it.  What is the worst that could happen?  It's about thriving on risk instead of shrinking from risk.

(Excerpted from the New York Times, Sunday, April 29, 2012)

First year MBA students commit to taking the One-A-Day Networking Challenge over the summer.

Read about best practices advice from MBA Class of 2012 students in Ready-Set-Intern.

Read full article here.

Read full article here.

International students present in the US with non-immigrant status are advised to visit the ISSS website and meet with an ISSS advisor regarding ways to maintain your legal non-immigrant status following graduation. 

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