Careers programme
The Exeter MBA will help you to achieve the career you desire.
Our Careers Programme has been designed to give you a full understanding of yourself as a successful and innovative professional in today’s global business landscape.
The programme will kick-start your personal transformation process by exposing you to the wide-ranging career development resources at your disposal, whilst developing self-reflection on your personal competencies and experiences.
Workshops are delivered by career-change professionals, including sector specialists focussed on growing your expertise in internationalisation and employability, helping you decide where you want to take your MBA.
Your MBA Consultancy Project will be a key piece of the jigsaw enabling you to move from your pre-MBA role, organisation or sector onto your new career path. Your Careers Consultant will help ensure that your Consultancy Project supports your career aspirations.
“As a part of the Exeter MBA, I received continuous support for my career development. I connected with our Career Coach in the first week of the programme, and this connection lasted even after I graduated. Creating a career plan and executing it with the support of our Career Coach was a crucial part of my getting my dream job.”
Komal, Consultant, Digital Advisory – Avanade, London.
Work with global organisations
You will benefit from our strong links and partnerships with a range of progressive organisations, working closely with them on Corporate Challenges and Consultancy Projects throughout the year.
Each student can choose a project with an organisation that will help to enhance their future career in areas such as entrepreneurship, strategy, innovation, marketing, international business, sustainability, finance and general business.
The MBA’s corporate partners include some of the world’s most enlightened NGOs, start-ups and global brands who place purposeful leadership, sustainability and innovation at the heart of their business strategies.
Business School students have recently worked with the following organisations:
- Arcadis
- Avanade
- David and Charles
- Devon Mental Health Alliance
- Domino Printing Sciences
- DS Smith
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation
- Farms for City Children
- Fashion Revolution
- FlexSea
- IBM
- Leavewell
- Lego
- MAKE Southwest
- Marks & Spencer
- McCain Foods Ltd
- Met Office
- Oakdene Hollins
- Overgang Ltd
- Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise
- ProAmpac
- Remit Zero
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery
- SAP
- Studio Skein
- Unilever
- Volans
- World Fair Trade Organization
Careers support
Whilst you are on the MBA programme we will actively support your career development through:
- Personalised 1:1 Careers Coaching with our experienced, fully qualified Career Consultant
- Running classes and 1:1 sessions to increase self-awareness around career ‘hot buttons’, personal values and strengths
- Matching you up with an experienced professional to gain 1:1 careers advice through our Careers Mentor scheme
- Providing access to careers fairs and events
- Connecting you with successful alumni working in a sector of your choice to further develop your contacts, network and professional impact
Graduate Success
Exeter MBA graduates have a proven track record of going on to lead on a global stage, with graduate destinations including:
Job titles
- AI and Data Science Platform Specialist, Power Systems
- Business Chief Executive Officer
- Business Development Manager
- Business Operation Auditor
- Communications and Change Management Specialist
- Consultant
- Consultant, Insight and Strategy (Innovation)
- Data Account Manager
- Digital Strategy Manager
- Director of Funding
- Global Sustainability and Engagement Manager
- Head of Circular Economy Business Development
- Head of Engagement
- Head of Environment
- Head of Sustainability
- Master Project Manager
- Project Manager
- Refill & Reuse Strategy Lead
- Sanctions Risk and Controls Manager
- Senior Associate
- Senior Manager, Central Planning
- Senior Manager, Public Policy, Environmental Sustainability and Social Impact
- Services Consultant
- Vice President Services
Organisations
- Accenture
- Amfori
- Aramco
- Ars Vitae
- Asimetrix
- Augmentum Fintech
- Automated Intelligence
- Bunzl Catering Supplies
- Computershare UK
- EMEA at Cino, Inc
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity
- IBM
- Kansai Airports
- Kier Group
- McCain Foods
- McKinsey & Company Group
- Oakdene Hollins
- PA Consulting
- PwC
- The Coca-Cola Company
- Transformation at BT Consumer
- Unilever
- Year Out Group
Here is what our alumni have to say about their work experience:
Anusri
“This project gave me an invaluable experience, confidence and the network for me to start my career in this field I am passionate about.”
Alexsandra
“This project linked up very symbiotically with my career objectives. I came to this MBA to try and see where my skills are best suited to do some good in the world and by getting laser focus that helped me actually expand my viewpoint of the problem.”
Pav
“Being able to come to the MBA and take education in leadership and understand what makes a good leader, what the traits are of a good leader, gives you that confidence to go back and handle those situations better.”
Audrey Leduc, MBA
Once graduated from the MBA, my value in the market increased. Recruiters were coming to me and the response rate to job enquiries in my specific sector was much higher.
The MBA allowed me to deal more effectively with colleagues from international backgrounds, build effective graphs, present data clearly and the infamous SWOT analysis – all essential in consulting. Personally, the MBA has also made me more resilient.
Jess Ilyas, MBA
The MBA initiated a seismic shift in my career. I wanted to break into the tech sector, and realise my potential as a business leader. I saw the One Planet MBA programme as a way to evolve my professional brand – in a fun, progressive, diverse and experiential environment.
It absolutely delivered. I am now part of a fantastic leadership team, working at the epicentre of tech entrepreneurship.
Mashiri Zvarimwa, MBA
Being connected with the right people is so critical if you are going to be able to navigate the job market. Because I understood this, as soon as the guest speaker finished their talk, I would be connecting on LinkedIn. It was the same with my consultancy project, and that helped me even with securing interviews with people I would never had an opportunity to speak to.
Tony Cook, MBA
I loved the international diversity of the student cohort; over 20 nationalities from 6 continents amongst 39 full-time students. That and the diverse mix of professions, ages and experience which brought a range of perspectives and insights that was totally unexpected coming onto the programme. It sounds cliched to say that 50% of the value of the programme is in the interaction with your fellow students, but in our case it was totally true.
Stephanie Lindan, One Planet MBA
I didn’t just want an average MBA, I believe that effective use of technology can empower positive global change and help businesses create value by addressing the key social and environmental issues facing the world. I am passionate about innovation and digital transformation, and I wanted to work at the intersection of business and technology.
Richard Marriott, MBA
Meeting and learning from a great many business people and entrepreneurs has been a huge benefit of studying alongside such a diverse cohort. Going back to uni having worked for quite a few years and being surrounded by a cohort who have done the same makes the experience very different to the first time round. It’s easier to apply the knowledge to business and hearing from so many business folk provides similar inspiration. Yes there’s some theory to learn but lots of it is just about engaging with new ideas and being given freedom to explore your interests. It’s definitely a course where you get out what you put in.
