The world of business is fast-moving. Our Business Career Community continuously evolves and reaches across functions such as finance, marketing, consulting, operations, human resources, management, accounting, analytics, and more. It also reaches across diverse industries where functions intersect and have global impact. Your business community is a rich network of students, alumni, employers, staff, faculty, and career coaches. Deeper than business skills, the community helps build confidence, engagement, continuous improvement, and perseverance.
Drop-in Hours for Quick Questions: Meet for up to 10 minutes for a quick question Mondays until Fridays from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. in Knight Hall 210 or virtual.
Important Links
- Schedule an appointment with a career coach
- Schedule an appointment with a Business Peer Coach
- Access Handshake, WashU’s primary job and internship platform
- WashU Career Insights: Report your internships and post-graduate plans. Use Research Tools to find aggregate data on previously reported internships and jobs
- Connect with the WashU Community using WashU CNX
- Engage on Microsoft Teams: Business Career Community
- Vmock: Digital resume building tool that provides real-time AI generated feedback.
Our Career Engagement Process
The following five phases are applicable for any professional pursuit — internship, fellowship, job, graduate program — in just about any discipline, practice, or industry. Some fields will require (and expect) very specific approaches to the application, or may follow a particular protocol during the selection process; be sure to do your research.
- Understand Your Core Values, Skills, and Interests
- Take the CareerLeader assessment to discover what careers will work best for you
- Take the Clifton Strengths assessment to learn about your talents and what brings you life
- Identify Your Ideal Culture Fit
- Get Involved
- Explore Business Industries
- WashU Business Major Guides
- Use Vault to gain valuable industry insights
- Find a Meaningful Career
- Explore a job simulation
- What Can I Do With This Major? features 100 major profiles and information on common career paths, types of employers that hire in the field, and strategies to maximize opportunities.
- Connect with Alumni on LinkedIn
- Resume
- Vmock: Digital resume building tool that provides real-time AI generated feedback.
- Cover letter
- Interviewing
- Personal Introduction
- Personal Branding
- LinkedIn Profile
- Target Company List
- Define your Network
- First Year and Sophomore Year: Ways to prepare
- Grad School Test Prep
Industries
We have a rich history of students who have been interested in different business industries. We have organized our resources based on those industries, including an overview of what the industry is, sample resumes, technical resources, relevant student groups, and more.
