The Career Development Center (CDC) at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business hosted its Industry Immersion Day on Friday, offering the school’s MBA students an opportunity to explore potential careers in a range of industries.
Industry Immersion Day was designed as a companion event to the Career Discovery Forums the CDC held three weeks ago for first-year students, which provided an overview of both popular and nontraditional MBA career paths.
“The purpose of Industry Immersion Day is to do this from a specific industry perspective,” explained Jack Oakes, associate director of career development, in a statement. “A number of these industries typically hire MBAs, but many don’t actually go to MBA schools to recruit, so this is also a networking opportunity,” he continued.
The industries represented as part of Industry Immersion Day at Darden include energy; healthcare; media, entertainment and sports; real estate; retail and luxury goods; technology; and socially responsible business/nonprofits.
Panel discussions throughout the day featured representatives from each industry, including many Darden alumni with several years of post-MBA experience. Event programming is designed to provide participants with a better understanding of the particular dynamics affecting key industries as well as the need for MBA talent in each.
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