Preparing you for what’s next

Our mission is to empower you to build your unique professional brand and pursue your goals through tailored consultation, data-informed strategies, and immersive experiences. This positions you for a lifetime career with a strong industry perspective in the global marketplace.

We bring this mission to life by working closely with you, employers, and alumni to foster meaningful, productive recruiting relationships. Through one-on-one consultations, targeted workshops, and personalized guidance, our experienced staff will help you design and execute a career search strategy, develop impactful application materials, prepare for interviews and career fairs, strengthen your networking skills, and negotiate offers with confidence.

Caitlyn Todesco, Collins Aerospace

Working with Business Career Services gave me the tools and support I needed to navigate the job search process with confidence and ultimately helped me to find a position that’s a great fit for me.

Caitlyn Todesco (’25 MBA, industrial engineering) senior analyst, RTX Corporation

We offer two major areas of service:

  • Comprehensive career management services for graduate business students enrolled in the MBA and specialized master’s degree programs, as well as alumni.
  • Partnership with hiring managers and employment recruiters to facilitate recruitment and hiring of our outstanding graduates and internship candidates.

Meet your career professional

The experienced staff at Ivy’s Graduate Business Career Services will work with you to create and execute a successful job search strategy.

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Year in Review

At Ivy, 93 percent of MBA students are employed within three months of graduation.

Each year, Graduate Career Services compiles a Year in Review report highlighting employment outcomes, industry trends, and the career trajectories of our graduate students.

This report showcases the impact of tailored career support and meaningful employer engagement. The results reflect the strength of Ivy’s graduate programs in preparing students for successful careers, equipped with the skills, confidence, and connections to thrive in a competitive marketplace.

2023-2024 MBA employment data
2023-2024 Specialty Master’s employment data
2023-2024 Professional MBA employment outcomes

Student resources

Ivy graduate career services offers several online career-management tools to prepare you to search for and land your next position. For questions or login access contact Graduate Business Career Services gradbuscs@iastate.edu.

Shele Blum

Kingland values the partnership that we have with the MBA program at Iowa State University. The students are confident, business savvy, and possess great leadership skills. Thank you, Ivy MBA program, for allowing Kingland to engage with this amazing talent.

Shele Blum, campus and employee engagement specialist, Kingland Systems

Employers

Our employers

Ivy Graduate Business Career Services provides a link between you — the prospective employer— and the Ivy College of Business MBA, master of finance (MFIN), master of information systems (MIS), master of accounting (MACC), and other business graduate students. Explore our employer services web page and learn more about the opportunities we provide to our valued employers.

Sahil Bakhai

Alumni

Graduate Business Career Services provides these free services to alumni of Iowa State University graduate business degree programs:

  • Access to Iowa State University CyHire career management services employer job postings.
  • Individual career strategy and advice.
  • Information related to current hiring trends.
  • Information related to MBA and business specialty master’s programs.

Through training workshops and one-on-one counseling sessions, our experienced staff will work with you to create and execute a search strategy, prepare for job interviews, improve your networking skills, and successfully negotiate offers.

Samrudhi Deshmukh

With unwavering energy and support, Graduate Business Career Services helped me stay focused and resilient during the most challenging times! 

Samrudhi Deshmukh (‘25 master of business analytics) analyst, Hy-Vee Inc.

Career events

Our career events allow students to 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. View all Ivy events.

For current events, please check back at a later date.

Connect with us

Graduate Business Career Services

1420 Gerdin Business Building
2167 Union Drive
Ames, IA 50011
gradbuscs@iastate.edu
515-294-5133