Category: Career Stuff
So our first week of classes ended last Thursday, and I was hoping to get a break to relax after a very grueling 2 days of classes. Instead, I immediately hoped on a plane with 10 other first year students to fly to New Orleans for the 31st annual National Black MBA Conference. The National Black MBA Conference has a multifaceted mission, which you can discover from their website, but my main mission was to start networking and try to find a internship for this summer.
You know how a lot of companies hire interns for the summer? I've heard it referred to more often than not as "intern season" meaning all of these clueless naive interns who are excited about dressing professionally swarm the office and try to schmooze with as many people as they can.
Thanks must go to the Center for entrepreneurship, their Kick-off Event was held last Tuesday (09/22) and I got to see one of the brightest minds I have ever listened to. The featured keynote was Breakthrough Medical Technologies by MIT Professor Robert Langer as speaker.
Applying for interviews takes forever! I am pretty sure I just spent four hours filling out four applications, but I can't really tell... because I'm not quite sure when I started, or what time of day it is... or where I am.
The Fisher Fall Career Fair Guide is 58 pages long, I wish I could get an audio version. When I was little, I used to listen to Russian fairy tales on my grandparents' gramophone, it was very relaxing.
Orientation was great. I will spare the nitty gritty details, as they have been covered, but it was lot of time learning about the program and what is expected of us, as well as a lot of time spent figuring out how we are going to get jobs in this lovely economy. It really was a HUGE help, and the networking tips, as well as other career search tips have already proved invaluable.