Alumni

Smith Job Database  ♦  Career Services Center  ♦  Online Research Guides

Welcome to the Office of Career Management. Whether you’re starting out, changing careers, moving around within your organization, or moving on to another phase of your professional life, Smith's Office of Career Management can be a valuable resource in the ongoing management of your career.

As alums, you are also a valued resource at Smith. Our more than 40,000 alumni worldwide help us to advance the mission of the Smith School to recruit the best students and equip our graduates for business success in the New Economy. You provide job leads and have fostered many of our most valued corporate recruiting relationships.

The Robert H. Smith School of Business wishes our alumni continued success in their careers and lives. HireSmith and CareerTools are two services you can access as a Smith alum. Additionally, our Online Research Guides provide you with valuable career intelligence.

Smith Job Database

HireSmith (www.hiresmith.net) is the online job-search website/database customized for students of the Smith School of Business. It facilitates the recruitment of Smith students and alumni. It can be compared to the famous Monster and HotJobs websites, with employers and events specifically geared toward the Smith community.

To access HireSmith, e-mail your resume to Jeanne Fineran in the Office of Career Management at jfineran@rhsmith.umd.edu with your request for HireSmith login information.

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Career Services Center

The Robert H. Smith School of Business is excited to announce our new virtual career success center. We have partnered with CareerBeam, LLC to bring you the best company and industry research tools, international databases and lead generation technology available in the market. The success center also has a career development seminar series that has assessments, professional resume and cover letter builders and search strategy resources for you. Just a few highlights and features now available to you include:

  • Job Trigger technology that continually scans more than 20,000 business sources for over 150 categories of “job trigger events” which indicate an actual job posting or opportunity. We produce over 25,000 of these new job triggers every day. Triggers that match your criteria are emailed to you as job leads.
  •  Search Companies area that includes over 17M organizations containing company overview, key information and business intelligence. You’ll have access to 20M industry contacts, many with biographies and contact information, which is great for connecting with alumni.
  • Company Intelligence, including all Dun & Bradstreet information for you to create specific Industry, Company, and Geography searches to create target company lists. There is also a “research on demand” feature that allows you to request research on companies not currently in the database.
  • Track Companies & Manage Contacts features that assists you in finding new positions in target companies, storing key contacts, notes, resumes, cover letters, and positions descriptions, and scheduling follow up calls and interviews.
  • Industry Research Database covering over 200 industries saving valuable research time, enhancing interview performance and giving you the competitive edge to win more offers.
  • International Database covering over 70 countries for career opportunities
  • Ten assessments/exercises that culminate into a personalized career report

Access the Career Success Center at www.hiremsith.net. Once you login to HireSmith, click on the Career Success Center link under Announcements.

Discounted Career Counseling Services
Smith alumni receive a 30% discount on CareerBeam’s private practice career counseling rates. To engage a Career Beam career counselor, call 703-889-8533 ext.205, or email christa@careerbeam.com. Please identify yourself as a Smith School of Business alumnus. CareerBeam Career Coaching Services can provide cover letter and resume critiques, career goal advising and more.

Questions
Please contact Phyllis Thibodeau in the Office of Career Management with questions about alumni career resources at 301-405-7849 or pthibodeau@rhsmith.umd.edu.

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Online Research Guides

Vault

The Office of Career Management provides Smith students access to Vault, an online career research guide. Vault provides insider company information, advice, and career management services. Specific content includes:

  • Updated "insider" information on over 3,000 companies and 70 industries.

  • Over 60 career guides and employer profiles, including well-known titles such as the Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms, Vault Guide to Finance Interviews, and Vault Guide to the Top 50 Consulting Firms. Guides cover a range of industries, including accounting, advertising, fashion, media, investment management, and venture capital.

  • Detailed, targeted and free e-newsletters with breaking news and exclusive stories in various industries.

Login to HireSmith and click on the "password-protected online research guides" link to access password information.

Hoovers

Hoover's, Inc. delivers comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence that drives business growth. The Hoovers database includes 12 million companies, with in-depth coverage of 30,000 of the world's top business enterprises. Hoover's editorial staff of some 80 editors and researchers bring vital business information and knowledge, updating the site daily to bring visitors and subscribers the most up-to-date business information in the industry.

To access Hoover's from off-campus (If you are on-campus, click on the link in #2):

1. Go to VBIC (http://vbic.umd.edu) and select "Off Campus Access" on the left menu for instructions.

2. Once in, click on "VBIC Databases" on the left menu, go to the letter 'H' for 'Hoovers and you will be able to access the database --- http://premium.hoovers.com/subscribe/. 

H1Base

H1Base provides information on companies that may sponsor international students. Enter your Email and Password in the "Current User Login" box at the top of the page and click the "Login" button.  Click on the "VIEW" button next to the "All Directories - Unlimited users" service heading.

Login to HireSmith and click on the "password-protected online research guides" link to access username and password information.

VBIC

The Virtual Business Information Center (VBIC) is a compilation of electronic and print business resources intended to provide research assistance to the Smith community. VBIC is a very useful tool when conducting company and industry research in preparation for interviews. Visit: http://www.vbic.umd.edu.

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