Career Support for MSx Students

In mid-career, you begin considering ways to leverage your skills and experience for greater impact. Navigating the marketplace can be intimidating. The good news: We’re here to support your next career move — in the short and long term.

From day one, the Career Management Center is prepared to support your journey. Career advisors, leadership coaches, and academic advisors are ready to help challenge you and align your coursework to your career goals. And throughout your year in the MSx Program, you will have access to tools, workshops, opportunities, and resources to help you build clarity, confidence, and connections.

Clarity in How to Advance Your Career

Finding your next opportunity requires clarity in understanding yourself, the marketplace, and the job search process. Our career support resources will help you leverage your prior work experience to where you want to go.

The most challenging step can be identifying what experience you bring to launch your post-Stanford GSB pivot and long-term strategic change, followed by an honest evaluation of what it takes to get there. Unlike someone at the start of their career, you have a deeper well of experience and expertise. So what’s next?

You may arrive on campus with crystal-clear clarity about working in a new industry or company. If so, you can begin your year by analyzing the steps it will take to get there and focus on your path throughout the year.

If you are unsure about where you want to go, this is your opportunity to explore. You can spend your year evaluating options and ideas, plus testing hypotheses, so that when you graduate, you have the confidence to position yourself for greater impact.

Career Change

Career Advancement

Entrepreneurship

Confidence in How to Get Promoted

You will have partners in the Career Management Center, your cohort, and the larger Stanford GSB community to help you develop your confidence by leaning into your strengths and interests. This will help you position your experience for your best fit role.

No matter the stage of the career journey, you will need to know how to:

Communicate your story
Network and build connections
Articulate what you can offer
Interview and negotiate

Our students and graduates often say that the MSx Program has given them an abundance of confidence in who they are, what they have done, and what they bring to the table. Find your confidence here.

Alumni Spotlight

Koki Yasumoto

MS '24

“My career options have expanded significantly over the past year, a testament to the strong, collaborative network of GSB peers, alumni and the exceptional support from the Career Management Center. I had not anticipated such profound growth.”

Connections That Last a Lifetime

Once you have gained clarity and confidence, we will help you learn how to craft a strategic network of like-minded people and reciprocal support to find your strategic career role. We can help you discover the people, organizations, and opportunities to get you where you want to go. Additionally, you will leverage your existing network to help others, and you will rely on your classmates and their connections to help you.

Recognized at the Highest Levels

With this elite degree on your resume—and the support of a global community behind you—you will experience exciting new opportunities in how to advance your career.

More from our Alumni

Lucia Shen

MS '24

"The Career Management Center and communication coaches were incredible resources. As a solo founder, I often felt there wasn’t enough of a sounding board around me—it had been a lonely journey. At the GSB, I was able to reflect on my past management experiences, practice hard conversations, and really think through how I can prototype my next chapters in these “war rooms” with them. Special shout-out to Virginia, Gina, and Celine!"

Mudit Goel

MS '24

"The dreams that once seemed impossible before coming to Stanford now feel a bit more within reach. For a decade, I worked in EdTech and had planned to continue on the same path after graduation. However, the GSB experience naturally pushed me to explore new interests, and I’m very excited about the direction I now plan to take in my career."

Michal Bloch Ron

MS '24

“Taking a year off of work in mid-career allowed me to zoom out, reflect, and explore my interests, enabling me to find my sense of purpose. The program is one of the best gifts I gave myself and opened new doors in an unparalleled way.”

Maria Mejia

MS '24

"I applied to the MSx program determined to accelerate my career in the energy industry so I could eventually pursue a passion project in coffee. Little did I know that the community would encourage me to explore entrepreneurship as a career path—and that I would dive in headfirst. Now, with an unparalleled support system, there’s no turning back, and I truly understand the transformative power of the GSB."