Careers support

Postgraduate degree alumni career support

Building a career is a lifelong journey. As part of the Oxford Saïd postgraduate degree alumni community, the Career Development Centre will continue to provide career support, helping at any stage of your career. Whether you are in the early stages of starting your career and leadership journey, moving into senior leadership, or are an experienced executive, we work in partnership with you to navigate career changes. This could involve moving up, making a career pivot, or managing uncertainty as your organisation or industry adapts.  

• One-to-one career coaching: Everyone’s career journey and motivations are different. We offer one-to-one personalised coaching to help you plan and implement your own path forward from practical advice on job search strategy and networking strategy to CV writing, LinkedIn optimization, and interview skills, to broader career visioning, driving behavioural change, and crafting your future narrative. 
• Online career development resources: We provide guidance on resources for career visioning, strategic career planning, personal branding, job search and applications, negotiation, and more. This includes working with tools like Firsthand, Case Coach, Korn Ferry salary tools, Interviewing.com, MBA Exchange, and Executive Grapevine. 
• Workshops and networking events:  We offer a diverse range of virtual workshops tailored to your professional growth, including in-depth career strategy sessions that focus on personal branding, goal setting, and navigating career transitions. Our industry-specific expert workshops provide insights into market trends, emerging opportunities, and sector-specific challenges. Additionally, we host in-person career networking events across the globe, giving you the chance to connect with alumni, search firms, and other industry leaders, expanding your professional network and opening doors to new opportunities. 

Our career focused platform, Oscar, provide access to events, coaching and jobs

• Events: Browse and register for our upcoming online and in-person events, designed to offer insights and connections
• Coaching: Book a session with one of our experienced career development coaches to receive personalized guidance and support tailored to your career goals
• Jobs: Explore the latest job opportunities on our jobs board and apply directly to find your next role

You can still access your Oscar account from your on campus study. Please log in with your lifelong degree email address (ie: firstname.lastname.EMBAJ18@said.oxford.edu). You can reset your password, follow instructions here.

To request access, please contact executivecareers@sbs.ox.ac.uk with your alumni number starting 8-xxxxxxxx.

Alumni often give back and share their expertise with current students and alumni. We are always grateful for this and look forward to continuing these relationships. We invite our alumni to share their unique professional experience and industry insights with our current students and early alumni by providing practical knowledge and organisational opportunities, you create impact from within for the next generation of leaders. 

For example, you can join:

• a careers panel
• be an industry voice/expert 
• join careers networking events
• offer testimonials or share job opportunities
• offer an internship
• offer a Strategic Consulting Project idea (application before March each year)