2nd Years CMC Blog
Monday, November 17, 2008
Coaching Network Grows
As of Friday, 70 of your classmates have been matched with alumni career coaches for on-going advice, support and connections. They are providing feedback on emails, cover letters and your pitches. My biggest challenge is finding consultants with the time to coach-I am still searching for consultants to be matched with four students.
Members of the School's Advisory Council and I speak regularly about the job market. They are becoming increasingly concerned, as we all are, about this extraordinary economic environment. From where they sit, they see it getting tougher very quickly. They will be sending you a series of messages starting this week.
The CMC recently purchased a subscription to the MBA-Nonprofit connection. The MNC network of participating schools includes many of the top 20 programs. Beginning in February, you will gain access to job listings from nonprofits that recruit MBAs to help them strengthen their management and advance their missions. I was advised by the Cornell graduate who manages one of the MNC programs to wait until February to join as the organizations that post jobs now want the positions filled now.
Last week I watched a Swiss film titled "Vitus" that portrays a kid who struggles between his parents' dreams and his own. It's a good film and I mention it here because one of the movie lines is memorable: Referring to the stock market, the underage genius pianist portrayed by a real life genius pianist, also plays the stock market. He says, "It's great-where else can you earn 1000 percent and only lose 100 percent?" It's a good perspective to have during present market conditions.
Best, Karin
Members of the School's Advisory Council and I speak regularly about the job market. They are becoming increasingly concerned, as we all are, about this extraordinary economic environment. From where they sit, they see it getting tougher very quickly. They will be sending you a series of messages starting this week.
The CMC recently purchased a subscription to the MBA-Nonprofit connection. The MNC network of participating schools includes many of the top 20 programs. Beginning in February, you will gain access to job listings from nonprofits that recruit MBAs to help them strengthen their management and advance their missions. I was advised by the Cornell graduate who manages one of the MNC programs to wait until February to join as the organizations that post jobs now want the positions filled now.
Last week I watched a Swiss film titled "Vitus" that portrays a kid who struggles between his parents' dreams and his own. It's a good film and I mention it here because one of the movie lines is memorable: Referring to the stock market, the underage genius pianist portrayed by a real life genius pianist, also plays the stock market. He says, "It's great-where else can you earn 1000 percent and only lose 100 percent?" It's a good perspective to have during present market conditions.
Best, Karin
# posted by Karin Ash @ 8:23 AM 