Finding A Job
Regular readers know that I’m a full-time MBA student. I haven’t had much time to post mainly because I was spending a lot of time looking for a summer job. With the economy being as bad as it is, it’s been quite hard to get a paid job this summer. Unpaid internships are a dime a dozen and I was able to procure a few of those, which I turned down. Eventually, I was able to find three paid gigs. One was in the IT department of a large cruise line company which didn’t really excite me. Another was an online marketing analytics job that was very tempting. However, I turned that down in order to research distressed commercial real estate at Marcus & Millichap. Finding any sort of paid real estate job is tough in this environment and I figured that spending 3 months over the summer was a good way to gain some experience in the field of commercial real estate.
But landing these jobs was very tough. It probably would have been easier if I had looked for product management jobs, since i have a programming background, but I really wanted to do something different over the summer. If I’m spending all this time and money getting an MBA, I might as well do something that doesn’t just slot me as another techie. My first preference would have been a job in investment management but despite having several interviews that didn’t pan out. I think if I had networked a lot more, that could’ve become a reality but that’s probably true of any field. If you network hard enough, you’re bound to land a job sooner or later.
One thing all students should do is contact alumni in their fields of interest and offer to buy them coffee to learn about the industry. It’s much easier to do as a student otherwise you’re just some weird random dude who wants to meet them! You never know who will be able to help you get a job. And it probably won’t be the friends you hang out with all the time. You’re all part of the same network and if there were an openings, you would have known about them already. So go out and expand your network!
Check out this funny video for more job finding tips.
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June 11th, 2009 at 7:42 am
Oh my goodness! Don’t get me started lol. I have been searching for a job for about 7 months now. I have tried pretty much everything except walking up to the corporate headquarters of a company with my resume and ask to see the HR manager.
I am a desktop support/helpdesk pro and it seems this industry suddenly became dead. I have had a few interviews which I was sure I got the job but didn’t. I even had one director tell me I think you are pretty much in for this position and still didn’t get the job.
Anyway, just thought I would throw that out there. I know I just need to keep on trucking and eventually something will happen. But you are right, expanding your network is very important as your next job just may come from the most unlikely place.
By the way, the video hilarious.
September 20th, 2009 at 9:58 am
I realize this post was made a few months ago, but I hope it worked out for you to get a job. I just started B-school as well, but I am going part time at night while working full time. Congratulations on the fellowship, that’s quite an achievement. I’m going to San Jose State which has a somewhat affordable program and my company does some tuition reimbursement.
October 12th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Investment management jobs are tough. Even now that we are back to bull markets, finding a job there is still tough.
The Capitals, Janus, Brandes, Dodge & Cox of the world all have very high standards. HOpe you can make it to where you want to go.