As an MBA with lofty goals to achieve, the CPD team prioritizes your career readiness and stands with you throughout your program and beyond. Through a combination of virtual and in-person resources, including mentoring, networking and coaching, we align with and guide you through the internship and job search process. Our team provides expertise and guidance, and helps you ride the waves and changing tides of your career exploration.

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Informational interviews are treasure troves of information. What you collect from these types of networking meetings—in which you build relationships with people at the organizations you want to join—can provide you with insights that can help you improve your resume, cover …

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Running a Design Business: Designer-Client Agreements

Taught by Terry Lee Stone
As a freelance creative, you need to know how to write proposals and contracts for client-commissioned projects. Learn the basics…

How to Start an ESG Program

Taught by Fulya Kocak
As more and more companies integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs into their business, companies that fail to do…

Agile at Work: Driving Productive Agile Meetings

Taught by Doug Rose
Many new agile teams think flexibility in their meetings allows them to do whatever feels right. In reality, agile projects…

The Six Biases of Decision-Making

Taught by Drew Boyd
Want to make better decisions at work? In this short course, author, innovation expert, and professor Drew Boyd discusses ways…

Influencing Others

Taught by John Ullmen
Ever had trouble persuading someone to do something, even if it was in their best interest? Sometimes people don’t budge,…

Learning to Run Webinars

Taught by Sally Norred
Webinars can help you attract new customers and build client relationships, but only if they’re smart and engaging. In this…

Learning Graphic Design: Cropping Photographs

Taught by John McWade
Cropping is essential to good design. In this course, senior author John McWade shows members how to transform images that…

Small Business Secrets

Taught by Dave Crenshaw
Are you thinking about starting a small business, freelancing, or turning a hobby into a full-time job? Or perhaps you’re…

Graphic Design for Business Professionals

Taught by Justin Seeley
Not a graphic designer? No problem. In this course, staff author and designer Justin Seeley shares graphic design secrets anyone…

Managing Your Manager

Taught by Todd Dewett
In this course, author, keynote speaker, and coach Dr. Todd Dewett shows how to manage your reputation and one of…

Solving Business Problems

Taught by Mike Figliuolo
Do you have a business problem that you are having trouble solving? Mike Figliuolo has a simple five-step process for…

Learning Graphic Design: Things Every Designer Should Know

Taught by John McWade
Appearance may not be everything, but how something looks has a fundamental impact on how it’s perceived, what it communicates,…

Developing Ideas and Advertising Concepts

Taught by Craig Smallish
After landing a client, the designer’s first chore is to communicate and develop the initial idea, whether it’s a storyboard…

Management Tips

Taught by Todd Dewett
In this series, Todd Dewett, PhD, shares the tips respected and motivated managers use to improve rapport, navigate tricky situations,…

Video Journalism: Storytelling Techniques

Taught by Jeff Sengstack
How you choose your shots, craft your story, and edit your footage is what draws attention to your videos. The…

Running a Design Business: Creative Briefs

Taught by Terry Lee Stone
Learn to write a creative brief for client-commissioned projects and ensure you have a roadmap for developing great design, in…

Running a Design Business: Pricing and Estimating

Taught by Terry Lee Stone
Do you know what to charge for your design services? Too much and you risk scaring away potential clients; too…

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Taught by Ray Villalobos
This series offers 10-minute projects on intermediate and advanced web design topics, covering technologies such as HTML, PHP, jQuery, and…

Creative Inspirations: Kit Hinrichs, Graphic Designer

Taught by Kit Hinrichs
Kit Hinrichs is one of the most accomplished and respected graphic designers and illustrators of the last fifty years. A…

Creative Inspirations: Margo Chase, Graphic Designer

Taught by Margo Chase
Margo Chase is one of the most influential graphic designers of our time. Over the past 20 years, Margo’s highly…

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