1. Self-Assessment Comes First:
Introducing CareerLeader TM

2. Indecision
Most graduate business students (over 80%) do not have a clear career direction when they arrive to business school.
This is okay. You came to Thunderbird to expand horizons and learn about possibilities.
BUT… Time is critical. The earlier you focus the better your career search results and success. Your course selection, networking, interviewing and self-marketing will all benefit from an early start.

3. You are a unique product
There are no pre-packaged careers: You are a unique person and will build a unique career.
Beware of career “herd” mentality; it is present at every graduate business program.
Understand your own personality, motivations, reward values and skills. This is essential to developing your unique career path.

4. What is CareerLeader ?
CareerLeader is a sophisticated, interactive business career self-assessment program
Developed from over 15 years of research by career psychologists at Harvard Business School
Based on three inventories measuring deeply embedded life interests, work reward values and business skills
Provides an interpretive report based on all three inventories with suggestions for best match with various MBA career paths

5. CareerLeader features
CareerLeader provides information on:
Your match with entrepreneurial cultures
How to analyze company cultures to determine fit
Your career “Achilles’ Heels” and what to do about them
Your business skill weaknesses and what to do about them
Over 25 major graduate business career paths: what they are and who enjoys and succeeds in them

6. CareerLeader is state of the art
Used by the top 100 business schools
Continually revised based on new research
Developed specifically for business professionals

7. How do I use CareerLeader ?
Go to Thunderbird’s CareerLeader homepage (from the New Student page on my|Thunderbird)
Enter the school’s user name and password
Create your own individual account name
The program is user-friendly, and will guide you step-by-step through the process

8. What is the process?
Take the three CareerLeader assessment inventories (not all at once)
Review and print your personalized Interpretive Report Summary
Read about your suggested career paths in the CareerLeader “Profiles” section.

9. What are the three tests?
Business Career Interest Inventory (BCII)
Measures your deeply embedded life interests as they apply to business
Management and Professional Reward Profile (MPRP)
Identifies the work rewards that are most important to you
Management and Professional Ability Profile (MPAP)
Identifies business skill strengths and weaknesses

10. Putting it all together
The Interpretive Report Summary integrates all three tests by:
Discussing the business roles and work environments that will be most satisfying to you
Showing the business career paths that are the top matches for your overall profile

11. Beyond the tests
Explore the interactive interpretive guides for each of the three inventories
Learn how to use your profile to find the best company culture for you
Read “How to Select an Industry and Find the Best Job within the Best Company”
Read about your career “Achilles’ Heels”

12. We look forward to seeing you!
Your next steps
Research the markets in which you have interest, and identify your goals
Attend the Career Management sessions of Foundations Week to discuss career management planning
We look forward to seeing you!