Graduate Career Services
Personalized Guidance to Achieve Your Career Goals
AGSM Graduate Career Services
The UC Riverside School of Business is dedicated to preparing and enabling students to achieve their full professional potential through personalized support and a strong sense of community. Our team provides resources and services tailored to help students build a meaningful career in their chosen business field.
We’re your holistic graduate business student support center guiding your educational experience and providing targeted assistance to you so you are successful in your job search. We also provide coaching to aid on-the-job success during internships and as well as strategies for post graduation business careers.
Our Career Success Advisors provide resources and services tailored to our five graduate programs to help you build skills and meaningful experiences to prepare yourself for success in your chosen business. We offer unlimited access to:
- One-on-one integrated academic and early career planning: Graduate Success Advisors work with you to develop an integrated academic plan, counseling you on the best courses and experiential learning opportunities aligned with your personal career goal(s). During your first quarter our Success Advisors work with you to create a professional resume, assist with early internship and full-time application preparation, cover letters, and interview practice.
- One-on-one career coaching and networking assistance: Our Career Coaches (full-time and volunteer) offer enhanced function and industry expertise for the highest in-demand graduate business professions.
- Group workshops: We offer a variety of workshops on topics such as Personal Branding, resume writing, interview skills, job search strategies, and networking.
- Access to best-in-class career services technology: With full access to Handshake, 12Twenty, MBAExchange, and Careernomics our students have the resources to fully achieve their career aspirations.
- Industry connections: We have an extensive network of industry contacts who are eager to hire our students for exciting business careers.
We’re with you every step of the way to help you reach your internship and career goals.
Drive Your Career with Real-World Opportunities
Your professional and personal development is just as important as your core courses and academic work. The skilled Graduate Student Success staff can help you with your job search.
Three unique experiential programs offer you real-world experiences and ways to grow your network:
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Get Results with the AGSM Career Services
Our graduate business student career services advisors have helped our graduates find exciting and lucrative positions at companies such as:
- CI Holdings
- Citizens Business Bank
- Cisco
- Dell
- Deloitte
- Dr. Pepper / Snapple
- eBay
- Epic
- Esri
- EY
- JP Morgan
- Kaiser Permanente
- KPMG
- Niagara Bottling
- P&G
- Red Bull
- Target
- Wells Fargo
- Wetzel Pretzels
- Walmart
- Unilever
Gain Practical Experience Through Internships
All AGSM students are encouraged to pursue an internship during their graduate business experience to apply their learnings and expand their professional experience. Our Graduate Student Success team is here to help you land a great internship during your program! MBA and PMBA candidates are required to complete an internship or work project and take the Fieldwork in Management course. Find out more about the Fieldwork in Management requirements.
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Access Career Resources Through Handshake
Handshake is UCR's online platform where graduate students, alumni, and employers can search for jobs and internships. Please click below to log in to your Handshake account:
Your Graduate Student Success Team
Lori Babigian
Director of Student Success
Student Advising, Student Clubs Advisor, Employer Relations
lori.babigian@ucr.edu
School of Business Building 311
Brigitte Hernandez
Student Success Advisor
MBA & PMBA Advisor
brigitte.hernandez@ucr.edu
School of Business Building 321
Alexis Jackson
Student Success Advisor
MPAc & MFin Advisor
alexis.jackson1@ucr.edu
School of Business Building 333
Bryant Ma
Operations Analyst
Handshake & Canvas Administrator
bryant.ma@ucr.edu
School of Business Building 325
Sarah McBride
Associate Director of Student Success
MSBA Advisor & Career Training Content Developer
sarah.mcbride@ucr.edu
School of Business Building 315
Tim Tyrell-Smith
Career Coach & Employer Relations
tim.tyrellsmith@ucr.edu
School of Business Building 331
