Careers

Resources for New Alumni

Career & Professional Development (CPD) continues to offer a breadth of support for your career development as an HBS Alumnus, whether you are seeking coaching, career management resources, or conducting a job search. These resources are available through the Alumni Careers site.

Find a Career Coach

Did you know that HBS alumni get 4 complimentary coaching sessions a year?

Learn How a Career Coach Can Help You

Find a Career Coach

The coaching experience is unique to each individual. Coaches help alumni assess what is needed to move forward, work with them to address specific obstacles, and direct them to other helpful resources.

Schedule an Appointment

Career coaches are available to meet with HBS alumni for 40-minute telephone appointments (up to four per calendar year). This service is complimentary to HBS alumni.

Unsure of What You're Looking For?

You do not need to have a specific career focus to work with a coach. Coaches are skilled in helping HBS alumni get clarity in their careers and life.

Resources

Alumni Clubs: There are more than 100 alumni clubs, associations, and affiliates around the world, both geographic and affinity based. Learn more about clubs, how to join them, and upcoming club events. Learn more.
Alumni Directory: The Alumni Directory contains information on more than 80,000 HBS alumni community members. You can connect with fellow alumni by name, class, company, and position; find other alumni near year, wherever you are; identify HBS graduates who share your interests; and much more. The Directory requires HBS login and is password protected.
Alumni Social Media: Follow our office's Instagram account, which highlights student and alumni career stories, our programming and the team's global outreach. There are also HBS Alumni social media accounts on nearly every platform.
Job Postings: Jobs are posted daily from employers and executive search firms. Alumni postings will be available to you via 12Twenty.
Loan Reduction: HBS is pleased to offer a loan reduction program for students from the Class of 2019 working in the private sector with compensation significantly below the HBS average. Learn more about the details of this initiative and how to apply.
Research Tools: Don’t forget about the research tools within 12Twenty, the system you currently know as IOU. View offer timing, sources and aggregated compensation by industry, function, location and more.
Resume Database: Any resume submissions can be done through 12Twenty by going to Resume Books >> Select the resume book you would like to be included in >> Click Upload.
Programs & Webinars: Listen to industry experts and distinguished alumni share insights on diverse topics including enhancing your impact on social media, perfecting your pitch, and building a standout resume. Take advantage of timely career programs offered throughout the year by the CPD office in various locations. Learn more.
Reciprocity Agreements: HBS CPD has arranged for alumni to subscribe to alumni job listings at Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business, INSEAD, and London Business School. Learn more.

Baker Library Resources

Career research for the Class of 2019 is a top priority for Baker Library. We help alumni with their career research in several ways:

Building a targeted list of potential employers by industry, size, and location
Creating competitor lists
Finding industry overviews and company profiles
Gathering articles on trends on a specific industry, topic or subject
Providing guidance on using eBaker
Identifying biographical information to support networking

Your remote access to Baker Library resources extends through May 30th, but our services are available to you throughout your career search:

In-Person Support

As alumni, you may visit campus at any time to use select resources available in the Stamps Reading Room. The Stamps Reading Room summer hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. ET. Please see the Baker Library website for regular semester hours.

Support by Email or Phone

Contact expert researchers to schedule a career research consultation at infoservices@hbs.edu or 617-495-6040.

eBaker

After your remote access to Baker Library resources ends, as HBS alumni you will have free remote access to select business information databases and significant discounts on a few others through eBaker.

Some of the databases on eBaker include:

ABI/ProQuest—Articles in academic and professional journals; industry reports from First Research and Business Monitor International
D&B Global Express—Information on millions of companies and executives.
Directory of Venture Capital & Private Equity Firms—Directory of over 2,300 Domestic & International Venture Capital and Private Equity Firms, with contact information, investments and funds.
Nexis—Aggregator of news, company, financial, industry and market research data.
OECD iLibrary—Reports and data published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development for doing global research.
Research Monitor—Global market and industry research reports from Euromonitor
Statista—Statistics on market size and share, demographics, budget/expenditures, and company and brand rankings.
Vault Online Career Library—Inside scoop on what it's like to work in industries and companies of interest to MBAs.

To learn more about Baker Library resources for alumni, please email infoservices@hbs.edu or call the Information Services Desk at 617-495-6040.

From the Career Blog

“The career resources that are available to alumni now are vastly different compared to when I graduated from HBS in 2003. HBS has heavily invested in resources to support alums at any step of your career.”

Kristen Fitzpatrick

MBA 2003

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“The career resources that are available to alumni now are vastly different compared to when I graduated from HBS in 2003. HBS has heavily invested in resources to support alums at any step of your career.”

Kristen Fitzpatrick

MBA 2003

Read Post: Make Your Move

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