Professional Development

Rec­og­niz­ing a host of devel­op­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties, SEO col­lab­o­rates with alumni to develop a range of both industry-specific and gen­eral pro­fes­sional growth pro­grams and resources rel­e­vant to their needs.  By con­tin­u­ing to invest in the suc­cess of pro­gram par­tic­i­pants, SEO achieves its mis­sion of prepar­ing lead­ers while mak­ing itself a “forward-looking” orga­ni­za­tion – where stu­dent par­tic­i­pa­tion dur­ing high school or col­lege rep­re­sents only the begin­ning of their rela­tion­ship with SEO.

Events

Pan­els and net­work­ing forums, as well as vir­tual dial-in dis­cus­sions, give alumni a chance to hear from expe­ri­enced pro­fes­sion­als on a vari­ety of top­ics.  Past events have included:

  SEO Alter­na­tive Invest­ments Con­fer­ence (annual)

  SEO Pre-MBA Forum, Fea­tur­ing the Ten School Diver­sity Alliance (annual)

  Brand Your Way to an MBA: The EXPARTUS Busi­ness School Admis­sions Sem­i­nar at SEO (annual)

  Devel­op­ing Your Mar­ket Perspective: Opportunities Amidst Uncertainties

  A Per­sonal Look at How Two Pri­vate Equity Firms Emerged

  Rebrand­ing Your­self: How to Mar­ket, Hone and Build Your Skills for a New Career Path

  Real Estate on the Road to Wealth Creation: Paths to Home­own­er­ship for the Young Professional

  Before You Fire Your Boss: Is Entre­pre­neur­ship Really for You?

  Gain­ing on Your Goals: Building a Strat­egy Around Your Finances & Philanthropy

  Think­ing Globally: Personal Invest­ing & Char­i­ta­ble Impact

  Power Up Your Lead­er­ship Per­for­mance: Retool­ing and Rebrand­ing for Global Career Growth

  Get on Board: How to Seize the Ben­e­fits and Oppor­tu­ni­ties of Serv­ing on a Non­profit Board

  Edu­ca­tion Reform: Learn­ing the Issues, Explor­ing Your Impact on the Movement

  Entre­pre­neurs on a Mis­sion: How For-Profit Busi­ness Mod­els Can Trans­form Our Communities

  Man­ag­ing Your Boss

  Careers in Consulting

  Careers in Marketing

Alumni inter­ested in work­ing with SEO to craft and exe­cute a pro­fes­sional devel­op­ment event should send a note to alumni@seo-usa.org with their ideas!

Resources

Alumni are encour­aged to log in to SEO Net­Com­mu­nity, where they can search and post job oppor­tu­ni­ties on the Career Cen­ter, search for alumni who can offer guid­ance on grad­u­ate school or var­i­ous indus­tries, and access other resources.  Test prep and admis­sions con­sult­ing dis­counts are also avail­able to SEO alumni through part­ner­ships with Stra­tus Prep, Man­hat­tan GMAT, Man­hat­tan GRE, Atlas LSAT, Kaplan Test Prep, Man­hat­tan Review, EXPARTUS and IvyLink.  Alumni inter­ested in tak­ing advan­tage of these spe­cial sav­ings should log in for details and dis­count code information.