Every UCL MBA student is offered free career services – an invaluable resource for any professional seeking a career transition or advancement.
Our career consultants and ICF-accredited coaches provide personal and professional support, helping to proactively plan students’ future careers, developing a better work/life balance and discovering a personal leadership style.
Students are offered three career services: career consulting, career coaching and leadership coaching and are encouraged to use all three. Coaching is a complimentary benefit during an MBA student’s time at UCL, and both options offer skills crucial to leading a well-rounded, successful life.
“My [UCL MBA] career coach, Eugene, was a thread throughout the entire process of developing my own company. He gave honest feedback and guidance, as well as accountability.”
Wren Loucks
UCL MBA student,
CEO and Founder of Be-kin
Career consulting
Career consulting for MBA students is a practical, skills-oriented service. It focuses on immediate career-related needs, such as crafting effective resumes, mastering job interviews, enhancing presentations skills or optimising LinkedIn profiles. Consultants offer specific advice and strategies relating to job searches, networking, and personal branding.
Unlike career coaching, which is developmental and explores long-term career goals and personal growth, career consulting provides actionable steps and resources to enhance professional presentation and immediate job market readiness. This service is valuable for students seeking to immediately improve their employability and professional presentation.
career coaching
The Career Coaching programme extends support for students seeking a career transition, by offering unbiased, objective feedback tailored to specific career goals. Students develop a keen sense for recognising new opportunities, as well as a fresh perspective on attaining career success through outcomes such as:
- increased clarity and self-awareness
- powerful progress toward career goals
- a career fit that aligns with your personality, values, strengths and interests
- Improved networking, interviewing, presenting and negotiating skills
- proactive techniques in developing effective career planning, development and management strategies
- a better work/life balance.
Leadership coaching
Leadership coaches help students develop a solid sense of identity, purpose, motivation, resourcefulness and goal-setting strategies. While beneficial to all professionals, Leadership & Personal Growth Coaching is of particular use to those in leadership roles or those who simply want to gain clearer insight into their own motivations and complexities. Students utilising this coaching area often develop:
- a better understanding of identity and emotional intelligence
- an empowering belief system and corresponding leadership skills
- improved management of mindset, attitudes and behaviours
- the capability of implementing healthy resolutions to interpersonal conflicts
- a better alignment of personal and professional values
- the ability to use creative resources to overcome personal challenges
- confidence in making difficult decisions and generating actions
- a strong sense of personal integrity.
Our services at a glance
- 100% of students rated their careers and coaching services 'extremely positive'
- 100% of students noticed concrete changes in their personal or professional lives as a result of our careers interventions
- 100% would recommend our services to other students
- 100% of students were 'extremely satisfied' with their coach
- Personal development, professional development and career advancement are the top 3 areas of our coaching services
To learn more about our career services and coaches, contact Dr Lorenzo Todorow, Head of the MBA Coaching Services, or visit our YouTube channel.