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Lehigh Business graduate programs include NextYOU, a structured, three-level career development and coaching program built into your degree. From career clarity and professional branding to interview preparation and offer decision-making, NextYOU is designed to ensure every student graduates marketplace-ready.
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NextYOU is Lehigh’s structured career development and coaching experience for business graduate students, built into your program from day one.
NextYOU is not a collection of optional career resources—it is a guided, milestone-based master’s and MBA career coaching program designed to ensure every FLEX MBA student graduates marketplace-ready.
Working with the Director of Graduate Talent Development & Coaching, students move through three progressive levels of career development, building the skills, strategy, and confidence needed to navigate both their first role and future career transitions.
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NextYOU is built around five interconnected focus areas that carry through all three levels of the program. Rather than treating career development as a checklist, the framework is designed to build on itself, each skill reinforcing the next.
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The NextYOU journey unfolds across three progressive levels, each building on the previous to deepen professional readiness through guided activities, applied practice, and coaching support.
Building Career Readiness
Level 1 establishes the foundation for a successful graduate career journey. Students clarify professional direction and build the core materials needed to engage confidently with employers.
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Coaching-Driven Career Execution
Level 2 focuses on execution and is supported by 1:1 coaching and small-group sessions with the Director of Graduate Talent Development & Coaching.
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Advanced Career Leadership & Decision-Making
Level 3 prepares students to transition confidently into the marketplace through advanced execution, leadership behaviors, and continued coaching.
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Lehigh's graduate business career journey, NextYOU, is a structured career development and coaching experience for MBA and business master’s students. Delivered as a three-level professional development co-curriculum, the journey strengthens career readiness, job search strategy, professional storytelling, and leadership decision-making, helping students secure internships and full-time roles and navigate future career transitions with confidence.
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An MBA or business graduate career coaching program is a structured curriculum that helps students develop the skills and strategies needed to advance their careers, often covering professional branding, networking, interview prep, and offer decision-making.
No. NextYOU is included in your degree as a co-curriculum, meaning it runs alongside your coursework and does not require separate enrollment.
While most graduate business programs offer career services, NextYOU is a milestone-based, three-level coaching program with structured progression, 1:1 sessions, and small-group coaching. The program is led by a dedicated Director of Graduate Talent Development & Coaching and is treated as a core part of the degree, not a support service students must seek out.