Does that mean that in 10 years, an alumnus can return for career guidance at LBS?
They can. In the past, as soon as students left, that was it. There was no help for them. Now, there’s a link with Alumni Relations. My office will look after them for six months after graduation. Then, Alumni Relations picks them up. That’s because my staff is just 11-strong. Q: Some of that structure you’re accustomed to showed up in October 2000. That’s when London Business School introduced its first career strategy module into the first-year MBA curriculum. Why was a compulsory program about landing a job needed? A: It was modeled on nothing more than a group of members of my team getting together and thinking about a framework which would help students think about their approach to a career and the career search process. It has been successful and has worked. What we found is that it has resulted in fewer of the sort of nitty-gritty inquiries that we have had in the past. Q: Such as? A: Little things. “How should I start my career search? How should I start to think about myself?
