Karen O. Dowd is Senior Director of Career Development for the Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame. Prior to coming to Notre Dame, she was a Practice Leader and Senior Consultant for The Empower Group, a management consultancy in New York, and was on the faculty of the College of Business at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia. She also served as head of career services for the Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia, where she co-founded the International Placement Directors Group. Karen is the co-author, with Sherrie Gong Taguchi, of The Ulti...