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Career Resources

Light the spark of your career, fast.

With the flexible MSM degree, you have the option to specialize in Finance, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, Marketing, or Operations, each of which will open many career paths for you to explore.

Along the way, you can count on individualized coaching from Tepper’s Masters Career Center (MCC). You’ll begin working with MCC experts before your first day of class at the Tepper Quad. MCC staff will partner with you personally to help explore your goals and a path for your career. As a Tepper student, the MCC will support you as you investigate new horizons with a personalized approach to your goals to light the spark to your new career.

Advising and benefits we provide include:

Industry Expertise

We are subject-matter experts in the career paths that our students typically pursue. The Masters Career Center Career Counselors offer the benefit of their many years of relevant industry and functional experience to assist you by providing sound advice and direction as you explore opportunities and prepare for interviews.

Job-Specific Coaching

We want to empower you with the resources and tools to explore and attain your career goals. Career counselors partner with you to explore your "fit" with various careers and help you understand what is required to achieve your goals.

Proven Techniques

The Masters Career Center is among the highest-ranked career centers globally because we know and teach the most effective means of career planning, networking and interviewing. One-on-one career counseling and group workshops are designed to anticipate many of the questions and concerns you will have along the way.

Skill Development

We proactively collaborate with students, third-party training providers and alumni to identify, assess and hone specific skills that are required for your interviews. Our goal as coaches and counselors is to equip you with effective, lifelong career management skills.

Alumni Network

Tepper alumni are changing the world, extending a vast and growing network across sectors and industries. Graduating with an MSM gives you unique access to alumni across the world from all of the Tepper School’s programs, including MBA/MSIA, MSPM, MSBA, MS Computational Finance, Ph.D., and undergraduate business and economics programs.