Careers Overview
Every year, many Wharton students pursue both for-profit and non-profit Social Impact opportunities. Organizations that recently recruited at Wharton for either full-time or summer positions cross many sectors such as International Development, Environment, Microfinance, Education, Nonprofit, Microfinance and others.
A sample list of organizations includes:
International Development and Microfinance
Acumen Fund, Inc.; Ashoka; Grameen Foundation USA; International Finance Corporation; The Microfinance Information eXchange (MIX)
Environmental Sustainability
Braemer Energy Ventures; Cherokee Investment Partners; World Resources Institute; SunEdison
Education
Education Pioneers; Victory Schools; The Broad Residency in Urban Education
Other
The Bridgespan Group; Gates Foundation; REDF (Roberts Enterprise Development Fund); Robin Hood Foundation.
Student Advisory Services
MBA Career Management Office
Senior Associate Director Jennifer Savoie is available to meet with and advise students with an interest in social impact and public interest career opportunities. She can be reached at 215.898.6240 or savoiej@wharton.upenn.edu
MBA Non-Profit Connection
Alison Davis, Executive Director of MNC, provides individual career counseling to students who are interested in pursuing a career in the nonprofit sector. This one-on-one counseling can help you focus your search and identify opportunities suited to your skills and experience, as well as guide you in tailoring your resume and cover letter. Wharton has a special arrangement with MNC whereby the Career Management Office will cover the cost of an initial session with Alison. To have this session with her, it is required that a student get a referral from Jennifer Savoie at savoiej@wharton.upenn.edu or (215) 898-6240.
Employer Relations
MBA Career Management Office
MBA Career Management Recruiting Relationship Manager, Virginia Sherno Jennings, is available to advise Public Interest/Social Impact employers seeking to recruit Wharton students to fulltime and summer internship positions. She can help employers with job postings, on-campus engagement strategies and interview options. She can be reached at 215.898.4383 or sherno@wharton.upenn.edu
Funding
SPIF
Loan Forgiveness
Internships & Job Postings
Wharton MBA Job Board
Wharton students and alumni have access to the Wharton MBA Job Board with new social impact jobs surfacing every week for both summer and full time opportunities. Students and alumni can subscribe to a weekly email updating them on new postings for social impact-related positions.
Net Impact National Job Board
Their Job Board features the following types of positions, all of which are MBA level or higher:- Positions focused on corporate social and environmental responsibility
- Other jobs in companies that are committed to social responsibility
- Nonprofit positions requiring business skills
- The Job Board can be accessed at http://jobs.netimpact.org/index.cfm by paid members of Net Impact.
