Personalized Support for Your Professional Journey
Career coaching is built into your Smith School of Business experience – offering support that’s both personalized and practical.
Throughout your Full-time MMA experience, you’ll have dedicated support in your corner, providing assistance with everything from charting your career goals and building professional confidence to landing your optional program internship or post-program employment.* This isn’t one-size-fits-all advice; it’s personalized, strategic and tailored for you.
Discover Your Strengths & Career Options
- Gain clarity through self-assessments and one-on-one coaching
- Explore career paths and connect with our extensive alumni and employer network
- Define your personal brand and career narrative
Build Your Skills & Personal Brand
- Create targeted resumes and compelling cover letters
- Strengthen your LinkedIn profile and interview presence
- Prepare for technical and case-based interviews
- Learn strategies for a focused, effective job search
Launch Your Career
- Leverage the 2-Hour Job Search approach
- Navigate On-Campus Recruiting (OCR) and Just-in-Time (JIT) hiring
- Confidently evaluate offers and negotiate with insight
Internship Opportunities
The internship track provides valuable, real-world experience that allows you to apply your learning as part of your degree, with internships typically lasting 4 to 8 months.*
Develop valuable
connections in industry
Enhance your resume and stand out to future employers
Explore potential career paths and clarify your professional interests
Increase your confidence in a professional work environment
Recent Internships
Smith students had access to over 200 analytics-focused internships in 2024 alone. The following examples give you a sense of what you could pursue as part of your degree:
Data Insights & Reporting Analyst
8 months
The role supports the Sales organization by analyzing data, developing dashboards, automating reports, and building data tools that guide strategic decisions. Ideal candidates are students in data or technical fields with skills in Excel, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, and Python, strong communication abilities, and a passion for turning complex data into actionable insights.
AI & Automation Consulting Intern
4 months
The role sits within IBM Consulting, where interns collaborate with clients and teams to design innovative, data-driven solutions that support business and technology transformation. The position emphasizes learning, mentorship, and hands-on consulting experience with exposure to IBM’s hybrid cloud and AI technologies.
AI Program Design & Delivery Intern
4 months
This full-time paid internship ($25/hour) offers hands-on experience supporting the design, delivery, and management of AI education, upskilling, and industry innovation programs. Interns will help coordinate workshops, research AI topics, analyze program outcomes, and collaborate with industry partners.
Sales Effectiveness Analyst
4 months
This full-time, hybrid internship offers hands-on experience supporting the Imperial Service Sales Effectiveness team by analyzing performance data, identifying skill gaps, improving internal processes, and assisting with training initiatives for advisors.
In a fast-moving, data-driven world, technical skills alone aren’t enough. Employers are looking for early-career professionals who not only understand analytics but can also lead with confidence, collaborate across teams, and adapt quickly to change. That’s where SmithEdge comes in.
SmithEdge is a set of personal capabilities that complement your classroom learning and prepare you for real-world impact. Through mentorship, feedback, workshops, and experiential projects, you’ll develop three core dimensions of ability:
Insights on human dynamics
At Smith, we help you recognize patterns of behaviour, become attuned to cultural differences, understand why teams succeed and fail, and see how different leadership styles impact others. Through coaching, team experiential workshops, and projects you develop this knowledge, build these skills, and gain invaluable experience.
Self-awareness and resilience
Assessments, feedback and coaching help you get to know yourself better and recognize your behavioral patterns and tendencies as a team member and leader. You will learn how to better tap into your greatest personal strengths, anticipate your response patterns, and build resilience to see you through times of stress.
Experience and exploration
In Smith’s programs, you work on projects designed to expand your experience and challenge your assumptions. You’ll trial and test, and push boundaries. You’ll grow your abilities and prepare for the challenges of business today and tomorrow.
“My career coach helped me look beyond my resume and truly reflect on what matters most to me — both personally and professionally. Through our sessions, I was able to identify my key strengths and craft a personal brand that genuinely reflects who I am and the value I bring. Once I gained that clarity, it became so much easier to communicate my unique value proposition to employers and confidently show how I can make an impact.”
Manager, Investment Data & Analytics
Scotiabank, Global Investment Solutions