Career Management at the WBS

Career Management at the WBS

The WBS offers comprehensive career management services free of charge to the MBA and PDM students at the school. These services include career management workshops, career counselling, career advisory and graduate recruitment. The offices of the WBS Career Counsellor and Head of Recruitment are located on the first floor of the Albert Wessels Building in the WBS Careers and Coaching Area.

Career Management Workshops

In the Career Management Workshop students have the opportunity to explore their career interests, career needs and work style preferences and also learn how to brand and market themselves successfully by means of networks, CVs, covering letters and interviews.

The dates and the venues for the students Career Management Workshops can be found in their respective timetables. Students will also be notified by email of the dates and venues for these workshops four weeks prior to the event. In the Dual Career Couples' Workshop MBA and PDM students are invited to bring their partners and explore the challenges and rewards facing the Dual Career Couple.

Career Counselling

Individual career counselling is available to all students who have attended the Career Management Workshop at the WBS. To make an appointment, please call the WBS Career Counsellor, Viveka Christierson, 011 717 3924, viveka.christierson@wits.ac.za. Click here to download Viveka's CV

Graduate Recruitment

Graduate Recruitment is an ongoing activity at the WBS facilitated by the WBS Careers and Coaching Area. It peaks in the period August -October in the Graduate Recruitment Programme to which a large number of employers are invited to present their companies to the WBS students. These presentations are usually followed by a cocktail party at which company representatives and students are able to network. Application forms and CVs can be channelled through the WBS Career and Coaching Area to the recruiting companies, and many first interviews take place on campus.

Private Consultations

Charisse Drobis, Head of Career Advisory, is available, by appointment, for private consultations on Employment Opportunities, Job Search Strategies, CV Formulation and Interview Skills. She can be contacted on 011 717 3542, charisse.drobis@wits.ac.za.

Notice Boards

Employment Opportunities are posted on the notice boards in the WBS Careers and Coaching Area. Information of general interest to the students is also displayed on this notice board.

Career Opportunities

To enquire about hosting a Graduate Recruitment Presentation or to advertise opportunities to MBA and PDM students, please contact Charisse Drobis on 011 717 3542, charisse.drobis@wits.ac.za.

Career Portal

The WBS Career Portal offers diverse career opportunities to our MBA & PDM students and Alumni - To search or advertise an opportunity on the WBS Career Portal, please link to www.mbaconnect.net