Undergraduate Career Services
![Business Career Services](https://www.ivybusiness.iastate.edu/files/2023/11/UBCS-Hero1412x528.jpg)
You have goals, and we are here to help you achieve them. The Ivy College of Business Career Services team helps you prepare for lifelong career success through customized coaching, competency-focused teaching, experience-based learning, and connectivity with industry.
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Receive individualized support
Meet one-on-one with a professional career coordinator who focuses on your major.
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Access an exclusive job board
Discover internships and jobs posted by employers seeking Cyclone talent.
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Share your career success
Provide details of your internship, job, or other post-graduation plans.
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Navigate your career path
Informational guides and online tools are available to help you explore majors and careers, build your professional network, search for internships and jobs, craft and polish application materials, establish your online presence, prepare for interviews, evaluate offers, and more. It is never too early – or late – too get started.
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Develop leadership skills
Deepen your connection to Ivy through the Gerdin Leaders Academy (GLA). Engage in opportunities aimed at developing the professional skills employers are seeking.
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Build confidence in the classroom
Engage with our team through two Ivy courses. Uncover career options through BUSAD 1050: Exploration of Majors & Careers in Business. Identify your unique strengths and how to thrive professionally in the workforce through BUSAD 2030: Professional Development in Business.
Career events
Our career events help you build relationships with employers, learn about internships and full-time employment opportunities, and practice professional communication and networking skills. Our offerings include large-scale career fairs, major-specific networking events, industry speakers, practice interviews, information sessions, and more.
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InternChips and Queso
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Career Fair Prep Super Day
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Actuarial Science Career Night
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Healthcare Management Career Night
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Sales Career Night
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Fin + Tech Career Night
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Meet the Firms: Accounting Career Night
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Supply Chain + Management Career Night
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Career Fair Breakfast
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Business, Industry and Technology Career Fair
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Mass Interview Day
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Mocktails and Mock Interviews
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Marketing Industry Link and Learn
Annual Report
At Ivy, 96 percent of undergraduates are engaged within six months of graduation (employed professionally, graduate school, additional education, and temporary employment/seeking permanent employment).
Our Annual Report highlights employment outcomes, experiential education statistics, and career event participation.
Another helpful tool is Who Went Where which is a report comprised of first destination data from Ivy College of Business graduates that has been sorted by major.
![Hire an Ivy grad](https://www.ivybusiness.iastate.edu/files/2023/06/Hired-2.jpg)
Alumni
Our support for Ivy students extends beyond graduation. You are eligible to use the services offered through our Business Career Services. As an alumni, you can schedule an appointment through email or by calling 515-294-2542.
If you would like to access to our online job board, please submit an Alumni CyHire registration form.
Employers
We value you as strategic partners in preparing our students for a diverse and evolving workforce. We encourage you to connect with our career coordinators, attend our events, and post your positions on our job board.
![Jonathan Nevenhoven](https://www.ivybusiness.iastate.edu/files/2023/06/Jonathan-Nevenhoven.jpg)
Business Career Services is always there to help me update my resume, prepare for the career fair, or apply for an internship. Their office is my best resource to prepare for the professional world!
Jonathan Nevenhoven, accounting and business analytics, Ivy College of Business
Student panel at Career Fair Breakfast.
Speed networking event at the Career Fair Breakfast.
Career Fair
Career Fair Breakfast
Connect with us
Undergraduate Business Career Services
1320 Gerdin Business Building
2167 Union Drive
Ames, IA 50011
bcs@iastate.edu
515-294-2542