At Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, we work closely with our partners in leadership, learning and research (PILLARs) to help prepare students for a rapidly changing and increasingly global world. Our partners include alumni, parents, and other friends of Georgetown University and their organizations. They connect the classroom to real problems and projects in Washington, DC, across the nation, and around the world, where our students and faculty can develop, test and apply the latest ideas while exemplifying the principles of men and women for others.
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Host a Hoya Program
Host-a-Hoya is an opportunity for undergraduate students to meet with McDonough undergraduate alumni over winter break for a one day, micro-mentoring opportunity. Students are matched with alumni all over the world either in-person or virtually to learn about their career paths and get advice. Often alumni will take them for a tour of the office or take them out to lunch/coffee if they meet in person! Alumni have participated from places like DC, NYC, LA, SF, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, London, Amman, Hong Kong and more, and from companies like Barclays, Bloomberg, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Starbucks, Johnson & Johnson, Hilton, Tiffany & Co., Disney, Google, Meta, in addition to many other exciting companies.
For more information and to get involved, contact Talia Schatz, assistant dean, Undergraduate Careers.
MBA Certificate in Sustainable Business Mentorship Program
Led by Faculty Director Vishal Agrawal and Business for Impact Managing Director Bill Novelli, the MBA Certificate In Sustainable Business meets the demand of today’s students who seek purpose in their careers and the skills to manage the triple bottom line – people, planet, and profit.
In addition to the rigorous academic coursework, BFI curates the extracurricular offerings meant to foster relationships among certificate students and help orient them to jobs in impact. In partnership with Net Impact, BFI created a mentorship program, matching certificate students with alumni working in impact jobs.
The Mentorship Program will start again in early Spring 2022. Please reach out to Business for Impact if you have any questions about the program.
Partners in Leadership, Learning, and Research (PILLARs)
Network with Fellow Hoyas
Georgetown offers a prestigious global education, while also connecting students to a vast global network of alumni – who are eager to help fellow Hoyas succeed during their time on campus and in post-graduate life.
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Georgetown McDonough is committed to supporting our students in obtaining full-time jobs or internships for the summer.
There are many ways to help our students, across a variety of programs:
- Post a job or internship
- Create a short-term consulting project
- Advise a student whose career interest is aligned with your area of expertise
- Request a Customized Resume Book (Industry, Function, Geography)
- Provide technical training for students
- Provide industry and hiring insights
We invite you to reach out to Christine Murray, Associate Dean and Managing Director of Career Services, to support our campaign of “Hoyas Helping Hoyas” to ensure that every McDonough student has access to meaningful employment. Learn about career services across our many platforms:
- Undergraduate Careers
- MBA Careers
- Executive Careers
- MSF Career Management
- MiM Careers
- MSBA Careers
- MS-ESM Careers
- MS-GRA Careers
- MA-IBP Careers
If you are aware of job openings in your organization that are appropriate for our undergraduate and graduate students, please consider posting them on Handshake for our undergraduate students and specialty master’s students and on McDonough CareerView for our MBA students.
Resume Books
Interested in knowing more about the top MBA talent pool available at McDonough? Request to explore their resumes with the resume book request link provided below.
Host a Trek
A great way to interact with current students is to host a group in your office. The event can be purely educational or can be used to promote a job opening. Email these career advisors for the following populations:
- Undergraduate Careers – Talia Schatz, Assistant Dean
- MiM Careers – Karen Kouagou, Senior Director
- MSF Career Services and Strategic Initiatives – Tom Stowell, Associate Dean
- MSBA & MA-IBP Careers – Lisa Dubler, Director
- MBA Careers – Maureen Cleary, Assistant Dean
- MS-ESM Careers – Emily Kane, Director
- EMBA & MS-GRA Careers – Denise Durgin, Assistant Dean
Refer-a-Hoya
Join the momentum to recruit ever stronger classes of of Full-time and Flex MBAs and expand your future Hoya network. Play an important role by referring prospective MBA students or recommending current MBA applicants. We know that our current Hoya network can be instrumental in selecting incoming students with the right Georgetown profile and fit. This program will support continued growth and excellence within our MBA program.
The Refer-a-Hoya Program provides current Georgetown MBA alumni, students, staff, and faculty an opportunity to refer prospective MBA students or recommend current MBA applicants that best fit the values that define our school.
Referred prospective students will receive:
- An informational interview with the Associate Dean of MBA Admissions
- A $75 reduction in the application fee
- Recommended applicants will receive priority interview consideration
Please use the Refer-a-Hoya form to submit your referral. If you have any questions, please contact MBA Admissions georgetownmba@georgetown.edu or (202) 687-4200.