Career Momentum
Post study careers support to help you fast-track your career.
Career Momentum supports MBA and MFE alumni as they build experience, navigate transitions and plan their next move in the years following their first role.
The programme combines one-to-one career coaching, targeted career development resources and curated events, including career development workshops, alumni panels and search firm roundtables.
You gain access to expert insight, peer perspectives and employer connections to support progression, career pivots and long-term career strategy.
What are the benefits of this programme for your early career?
- Gain insights from faculty, alumni, and top search firms on kickstarting or transitioning your career path
- Work with career coaches to master your future transitions
- Network with recent alumni for fresh perspectives
- Unlock strategies to tackle career challenges, boost negotiation skills, and achieve your goals while maintaining well-being
- Tap into digital resources to accelerate your career growth
Network
Connect with alumni in your region
OBA Chapters
The Oxford Business Alumni (OBA) Chapters build strong regional communities where alumni share ideas, explore career opportunities, and discuss business challenges. Through in-person and online networking events, these groups help alumni expand their expertise while staying connected with Oxford Saïd and the wider University. Whether through industry discussions or career support, OBA Chapters create a space for collaboration, learning, and mutual support.
Driven by passionate alumni, OBA Chapter leaders strengthen lifelong connections across the network. They host speaker events, professional networking, and student-alumni meetups like trek receptions and send-off parties. They also maintain online platforms for seamless alumni connections, facilitating career referrals, mentorship, and social events. Through these efforts, OBA Chapters foster a dynamic, engaged, and supportive global community.
Career coaching
Your career path will evolve over time, so don't forget that we continue to support you with continuous coaching.
Career coaching can provide significant benefits at various stages of your professional journey by helping you gain clarity, direction, and confidence in making career decisions. You have access to career coaching throughout your journey, whether you're exploring new areas or advancing into leadership roles, with a personalised approach to suit your needs.
Facing career obstacles is common, and a coaching session can help generate new ideas and reframe challenges, providing a way forward. One of the most valuable aspects of career coaching is the accountability it offers—you can check in regularly to ensure progress and stay on track toward your goals.
From practical application support to big-picture career visioning, personal branding, and networking, our coaching adapts to your specific needs.
Did you know that throughout your career:
Get in touch to seek support for your career decision making, job search, application or negotiating your next package.
Upcoming events
Reset and refocus: Build career momentum for the year ahead
14 September | 16.30 - 17:30 BST | Virtual
Start the autumn with renewed focus and momentum, take time to step back, refocus and decide where you want your career to go next. Reset & Refocus: Build Career Momentum for the Year Ahead is an interactive Career Momentum webinar designed for MBA and MFE alumni who want to bring greater clarity and intention to their next steps — whether you are considering a new role, looking to accelerate your progression, exploring a change in direction or simply reassessing what matters now. Led by Alumni Career Coach & Engagement Manager Anna Hewitt, the session will help you clarify your priorities, identify where to focus your energy and turn your ambitions into a practical 90-day career action plan.
Your First 100 Days – How to succeed quickly in your new role
19 October | 16:00–17:15 BST | Virtual
Starting a new role is a critical career transition, whether you are joining a new organisation, stepping into a promotion, returning after a break or launching a new venture. The actions you take in your first few months can shape your credibility, relationships and longer-term success. This interactive Career Momentum workshop, led by Anna Hewitt, MBA 1–5 Years Alumni Career Coach, will help you approach your transition with clarity and confidence, focus on the right priorities and build positive momentum from the outset.
What to expect
You will explore practical tools and strategies to:
- Navigate a new organisational culture and context
- Build an effective first 100-day plan
- Identify key stakeholders and strengthen important relationships
- Establish credibility and secure early wins
- Build the support network you need to thrive
Digital resources
Tap into your digital toolkit
OSCAR
Your OSCAR student careers portal continues as your main portal to book appointments, register for events and access job opportunities.
Login with your named lifelong email. You can reset your password on the login screen
Canvas - Alumni Career Transitions
The modules in this course are designed to supplement our in-person and virtual sessions, to help you manage the transition to the next phase of your career.
Login with your named school email address (ending in @said.oxford.edu).
CareerOS
CareerOS is a brand new tool to unlock hidden job opportunities and personalised network insights. Get ready to embark on your next exciting career adventure with CareerOS, our latest and greatest tool to help you conquer the job market!
Find:
Networking opportunities that connect you with top-tier professionals and alumni
Expert tips for creating resumes and preparing for interviews
Exclusive job listings that you won’t find anywhere else
Register: sign up here choose Saïd Business School, your cohort year using your named SBS lifelong email address (ending in @said.oxford.edu)
MBA Exchange
MBA Exchange is an integrated careers platform, that is focused on helping alumni explore and identify jobs board, webinars and company guides.
Access MBAExchange.com
Username: Your school named email address (ending in @said.oxford.edu).
Executive Grapevine
Executive Grapevine is a database of global search consultants that allows you to search by your chosen industry and/or geographic location.
The firms and consultants included in this database specialise in sourcing executives for success driven organisations and supporting senior line managers to bring in experienced hires for permanent interim and contracted assignments.
Sign up and log in with your named SBS email address (ending in @said.oxford.edu).
Contact
Contact us at executivecareers@sbs.ox.ac.uk if you would like further information.
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