McDonough Career Center

Empowering Meaningful Futures

The Georgetown McDonough Career Center provides customized career advice, resources, connections, and mentorship to help undergraduate and graduate students use their education for career advancement and professional growth. With resources dedicated to each academic program, as well as opportunities to collaborate across programs, see how our expert career teams support Hoyas’ career goals.

“In addition to the detailed resume reviews and cover letter feedback, the team really took the time to understand my personal goals and the new career paths I was eager to explore. Most importantly, they provided constant encouragement and support, giving me the confidence and determination to keep pushing forward in my search.” – Hadi Uppal, MBA’25

“The technical support I received through mock interviews and resume writing, in addition to the emotional support, gave me the confidence I needed to achieve my career pursuits.” – Karen Joo, MSBA’23

Career Services Available for McDonough Students

As a part of the Georgetown McDonough School of Business, you join a powerful network of professionals and gain access to career support and our dedicated career services professionals. From the moment you become a Hoya, you will receive valuable resources and career coaching that help you create your job search strategy including:

Personalized goal setting
Tailored resume and application support
Robust, on-demand virtual resources
Career advancement strategies
Access to Georgetown alumni and employer partners
Successful interviewing techniques and practice
Offer evaluation and negotiation support

1:1 Coaching

Students are at the center of everything we do at the McDonough Career Center, and no one understands our students better than our coaches. Our center benefits from the decades of industry experience, robust networks, and dedication of each of our full-time career professionals, contract executive coaches, and trained peer advisors.

Read more about our team!

Click on your program of interest below to learn more about specific offerings by academic program.

One McDonough Programming

Guidance Timed to the Pulse of the Job Market

Students have access to numerous workshops and programs to provide real-time job search support and timely advice, whether during formal recruitment, just-in-time hiring, or somewhere in between. Workshops and programs include our signature career fair and networking bootcamp, several week-long event series designed to maximize outcomes at crucial parts of the year, weekly industry-focused career days in the fall, and more.

World Class Speakers

We have proudly hosted a range of notable speakers, from experts like Jeremy Schifeling of The LinkedIn Guys to alumni like CEO and Founder of Salary Transparent Street Hannah Williams (MSB’19) and CEO and Founder of BrandMirror Jen Dalton (MSB’99, EMBA’12). We also regularly host alumni and recruiter panels, enabling students to learn directly from their target companies.

National Organization and Diversity Career Fairs

The McDonough Career Center proudly supports organizations that promote diversity and inclusion in the workforce. These organizations hold conferences every year and offer some of the largest career fairs in the country. We hold a Career Fair Boot Camp annually in September to prepare students, and we provide on-site coaching for our students at several large national affinity conferences. These events are a great way to connect with companies and recruiters, and some career fairs are open to all students. Please visit the organizations’ websites for more information:

Resources for International Students

At McDonough, we pride ourselves on providing a global experience. That includes extensive career support for students from outside the United States. International students will find workshops and advising to support the networking, hiring, and visa application processes that are key to finding employment within the United States or globally. Several of our programs include eligibility to pursue a STEM designation along with a degree, which may provide international students with three years of work experience under OPT.

Summer Career Course

We have designated a set of lessons and deliverables that will prepare you for the important stages in the job search, focusing on:

Career exploration to help you begin defining your post-graduation career path options and networking strategy
A record of your career accomplishments that will serve as the foundation for your resume and serve as an interview preparation guide
A McDonough-standard resume that will be tailored via coaching throughout your job search

The remainder of the career course covers topics such as personal branding, networking, job search communication, interviewing, and recruitment timelines. This content is delivered in a virtual format during the summer prior to the start of fall classes.

Hoyas for Life

As a part of your program at Georgetown McDonough, you join a powerful network of professionals and gain access to a global alumni community.

Your McDonough degree provides you access to an influential network of Georgetown University alumni so you can find mentors and create outstanding, mutually beneficial relationships. You will find alumni in major organizations around the globe who readily welcome your call.

Career Leadership

For Undergraduates

The Undergraduate Career team works with business students on one-on-one career coaching, securing internships and jobs, connecting with alumni, and accessing other career resources at Georgetown.

Undergraduate Careers

MBA students speaking in the Hariri Atrium

For MBAs

The MBA Career team partners with MBA students and alumni to promote lifelong career success. Certified career coaches work individually to personalize each student’s search, guided by an innovative career curriculum, high-tech assessment and preparation tools, and access to top recruiters.

MBA Careers

2 MiM students looking at each other and laughing outside Hariri

For Specialty Masters Students

The career directors for McDonough’s specialized masters programs provide comprehensive career and professional development services tailored to the needs of each student population. Our career teams for the Master of Science in Management (MiM), Master of Science in Environment and Sustainability Management (MS-ESM), Master of Science in Global Real Assets (MS-GRA), Master of Science in Finance (MSF), Master of Arts in International Business and Policy (MA-IBP) and Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) programs provide one-on-one career coaching to help students explore career strategy, gain access to top recruiters and employers, receive mentorship support, and build their personal brand.

Specialty Masters Careers

MBA student and Professor Rebecca Hamilton speaking outside Hariri

For Executive MBA Students

The Executive MBA Careers team supports each student in the Executive MBA (EMBA) and Executive MBA Dubai programs with support, coaching, and guidance throughout their Georgetown journey. We help students understand their values, leadership style, motivation, and aspirations, explore their options, make meaningful career connections, and crystalize their career narrative and personal branding while also preparing for a career move.

Executive MBA Careers

2 students and professor talking outside Hariri

Alumni Career Resources

Georgetown is prepared to support alumni at each phase of their professional journey. Alumni have access to career coaching sessions, resume and cover letter reviews, and ongoing professional development and networking opportunities through a variety of career resources across Georgetown.

Alumni Career Resources

McDonough Career Center Hours

Located in the Hariri Building Suite 285, the McDonough Career Center is open Mondays through Thursdays, 8 am – 7 pm*, and Fridays, 8 am – 5:30 pm.

Contact us at (202) 687-3741 or McDonoughCareer@georgetown.edu

*Hours may vary during holidays and summer break.