AMBA logoCareer Management and Personal Development

MBA studentsStudying may seem like a dim and distant memory for some of you, and changing your approach from report writing to academic writing may feel odd at first. We're here to help and guide you and we can direct you to all sorts of support networks while you are with us.

The academic environment is totally different to the corporate world and may seem unfamiliar but please remember that a support network is there for you.

A key differentiating factor of an AMBA MBA graduate is your ability to manage your career and personal development throughout your life. This is an integrated part of the Newcastle MBA.

Personal and Professional Development

Personal development is facilitated by a series of workshops and events that take place throughout the year on the core module, Personal and Professional Development.

This module will help you to improve your employability; develop greater self-awareness and insights into your strengths and weaknesses when dealing with others and improve your presentation, team working and communication skills. The course will cover three main themes; Personal Development, Professional Communication Skills and Career Management Skills. The workshops will be organised around the following topics:  

  • Self awareness - including through the MBTI instrument
  • Team working
  • Time management skills
  • Written communication - both academic writing and personal development planning
  • Oral communication  -   presentations
  • Interpersonal - including cross cultural communication and networking skills
  • Self and opportunity awareness
  • Effective self marketing - CVs, application forms, interview techniques
  • Personal development and action planning

In addition to the workshops, guest speakers will be invited to work with MBA students on areas such as: 

  • Networking skills
  • Managing career expectations 
  • UK job market
  • MBA careers in management consultancy
  • Immigration Issues for non-EU students 

Personalised Careers Advice and Individual Guidance

We feel it is important to provide careers support to all of our students and graduates. As a result we have a dedicated MBA Careers Adviser, David Levinson, who is available to assist students on an individual basis. You can book individual appointments at any time to discuss careers-related issues such as career planning, CV development, job applications and job search strategies.

Online MBA CVs

We encourage students to post their CV on our website which is promoted to employers actively seeking to recruit MBAs.

Access to Personal and Professional Development Resources

All our MBA students are able to tap into the support and extensive resources available in the University's award winning Careers Service.

Events

The Business School regularly organises events and as an MBA student you will be invited to attend these. Previous examples include:

  • Understanding the Management Challenges of Financing Business Growth
  • Optimising the SME Marketing Spend to Accelerate Growth
  • Managing Conflict & Change in the Workplace
  • Managing Innovation for Competitive Advantage
  • Overcoming Management Challenges in the Third Sector
  • Successfully Implementing Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility into the Organisation
  • Implementing Home Based Tele-working into the Organisation