HULT International Business School
Paula Quinton-Jones Director, Career Services - London Campus Hult International Business School Paula Quinton-Jones has over 10 years experience working with students, graduates and professionals in the career development and recruitment fields. Starting her career with the University of London’s Careers Group, Paula specialised in legal and banking careers, as part of which she was Chair of the AgCAS Legal Task Group and keynote speaker at a number of Law Society and UCAS careers events. Paula became Head of Career Services at St Mary’s College in 2004. In 2005, Paula moved to Allen & Overy where she led their graduate recruitment activities and following this held leadership roles in Graduate and MBA Recruitment at Deloitte, Standard Chartered Bank and Clyde & Co. In 2009, Paula joined Hult International Business School’s newly opened London campus to provide a full careers coaching and training service to Masters students. In July 2010 she was promoted to her current role where she now leads a team of five careers advisers providing a full careers service to all programmes including EMBA and Undergraduates as well as the design and delivery of the core Lifetime Career Management course. Paula holds a Bachelors degree in American and English Literature from the University of East Anglia and a Masters in Personnel & Development from the University of Westminster (conferring full CIPD qualified status). She is a trained and certificated coach on AQR’s Mental Toughness Quotient, Prevue for Careers and Integrated Leadership Measure. North West Business | 4th Mastering HR Summit 2012
WORKSHOP “Mental Toughness – a unique perspective on talent management, behaviour and performance” In this session, Paula Quinton-Jones will introduce Mental Toughness, explore its benefits to both the individual and the company and explore methods of increasing Mental Toughness. Using Hult International Business School as a case study, Paula will highlight the benefits of Mental Toughness for career development and talent management at an individual and organisational level. Business School students face two dilemmas in the career management process; clearly and concisely understanding and articulating their skills and differentiating themselves in a competitive market. Hult International Business School has partnered with AQR to use the Mental Toughness measure to help students address these very issues. Based on the 4Cs of Challenge, Commitment, Control and Confidence, Mental Toughness offers students a unique perspective through which to assess their strengths and weaknesses, understand the environment that best suits them and choose roles that maximise their potential. Hult has also worked with large companies seeking to sponsor their employees through MBA and Executive MBA programmes, again using the Mental Toughness measure to identify talent.
HULT International Business School Hult International Business School is a global institution that transforms lives by providing an exceptionally valuable and enduring education that brings together people, cultures, and ideas from all around the world. Hult encourages personal growth, intellectual integrity, global sensitivity, local engagement, and civic values, so that students are able to flourish in the global economy and are empowered to contribute meaningfully to their business and community.
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