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Alumni Careers Archive
May 01, 2011
Many business school graduates pursue careers in financial services or consulting. For some, these careers offer a very satisfying career path. But for those who find their interest waning, the transition can be a challenge.
January 01, 2011
It's the season of ... job-quitting fantasies. With year-end bonuses coming in and New Year's resolutions made, it's natural to think about turning over a new leaf professionally. But take it slow. I've had many conversations with people who made career missteps because they left jobs for the wrong reasons, or in the wrong way.
December 01, 2010
The interesting thing I’ve observed is that employers don’t mind past failures. What they shy away from is hiring an experienced professional to do something very different from what he or she was doing before.
November 11, 2010
Job seekers often fail to proactively identify target firms and underestimate the importance of researching companies and industries in advance of interviews and networking. Conduct an internet search for the most common interview mistakes and “not enough knowledge of recruiting company” will undoubtedly appear on the list.
September 28, 2010
Networking can feel hardest to do when it’s most urgent – when we’re in a job search. That’s why it’s so valuable to build up a reserve of goodwill among our networking contacts, before we need help.
June 17, 2010
When you’re looking for a job, search a variety of channels to develop a pipeline, says Leslie Hunt of the School’s Career Management Center.
January 01, 2010
Networking with hiring managers is the single most important activity in an effective job search campaign. Getting in front of the hiring managers before there is an “official” opening increases your chances for success in obtaining interviews. Once there is an “official” opening, competition can be intense and talking more frequently with hiring managers will reduce the length of your search time.
January 01, 2010
Success and monetary achievement have always been an important and respected part of our American way of life. But now, in today's turbulent times, we need to take a giant step back and wonder if we've been defining "success" far too narrowly for far too long.
January 01, 2010
The first thing to bear in mind is that recruiters work for employers, not job seekers. An employer engages a headhunter to find the person with the skills that best match a specific position and pays the headhunter either up front (a retainer fee), upon hire (a contingency or success fee) or through a combination of those two methods. This means that for a job seeker the right question to ask a headhunter is not, “Will you represent me?” but rather, “What types of employers and what types of positions do you recruit for?”
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