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Job for an MBA
Dear All,
I realize that this board is mostly for IT people, but just in case decided to ask if anybody has stumbled upon a job for an MBA from a top 20 school. Major - marketing and strategic management. Work experience in Russia - 9 years... Here 4 months in a CPG company as an assistant brand manager (summer intern)... I am graduating in May.
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I realize that this board is mostly for IT people, but just in case decided to ask if anybody has stumbled upon a job for an MBA from a top 20 school. Major - marketing and strategic management. Work experience in Russia - 9 years... Here 4 months in a CPG company as an assistant brand manager (summer intern)... I am graduating in May.
Thanks
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Re: Job for an MBA
Mike R wrote:Dear All,
I realize that this board is mostly for IT people, but just in case decided to ask if anybody has stumbled upon a job for an MBA from a top 20 school. Major - marketing and strategic management. Work experience in Russia - 9 years... Here 4 months in a CPG company as an assistant brand manager (summer intern)... I am graduating in May.
Thanks
Have you tried www.welcomehome.ru ?
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have you ever heard about www.monster.com?
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Re: Job for an MBA
Mike R wrote:Dear All,
I realize that this board is mostly for IT people, but just in case decided to ask if anybody has stumbled upon a job for an MBA from a top 20 school. Major - marketing and strategic management. Work experience in Russia - 9 years... Here 4 months in a CPG company as an assistant brand manager (summer intern)... I am graduating in May.
Thanks
There are plenty of jobs for a top 20 MBA, but the way you look for them determines everything. Websites such as Monster and HotJobs are close to useless. They are not designed for top MBAs, especially specialists with Russian experience, which is very often not understood. It might have been a little different if you had 3 years of local experience instead 9 years in Russia -- thus, you need to find firms whom you can explain how valuable your experience is. The only way to do this is through your networks. Monster and HotJobs are useful to a degree that you can look where the action is, and then proceed with your networks. In what georgaphic region are you looking for something? Is it a top 20 school, or a top 10? -- it makes a huge difference.
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Re: Job for an MBA
Mike R wrote:Dear All,
I realize that this board is mostly for IT people, but just in case decided to ask if anybody has stumbled upon a job for an MBA from a top 20 school. Major - marketing and strategic management. Work experience in Russia - 9 years... Here 4 months in a CPG company as an assistant brand manager (summer intern)... I am graduating in May.
Thanks
Kellogg is activelly hiring now (as we speak) MBAs for the brand manager positions for Michigan (headquaters) and Illinois locations.Or you are, based on your summer internship, more into biotechnology?
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It is actually the school #20 in top 20 Indiana University, Kelley School of Business... My internship was with a consumer products company, "assistant brand manager"...
I don't particulary care about the region...
Kellogg would be cool, but the point is to know somebody in the company, preferably a Russian ... I mean almost everybody is hiring now, but most of them wouldn't even talk with an international student. I am not really desperate yet, but not having an offer 3 month before graduation is making me a little nervious
I don't particulary care about the region...
Kellogg would be cool, but the point is to know somebody in the company, preferably a Russian ... I mean almost everybody is hiring now, but most of them wouldn't even talk with an international student. I am not really desperate yet, but not having an offer 3 month before graduation is making me a little nervious
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olega wrote:DP, а можно про вашего знакомого побольше информации получить.
он не из x-USSR.
olega wrote:Чем он до MBA занимался и сколько лет?
последнее время типа - маркетинг.
olega wrote:Какая специализация в MBA у него была?
здесь он закончил Duquesne
University Law School до MBA, что он закончил у себя на родине - не имею понятия.
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DP wrote:мой знакомый в 2001 получил МБА в ... Университы оф Пеннсылваниа (Вхартон).
ну-ка какое это место в ТОП листе ??? так вот лучшее что он нашел - место в филиале УС компании за пределами США... так что - школа школой, а умение искать работу, знакомства и удачу еще никто не отменял.
Конечно, всё, что вы перечислили, списсывать со счётов нельзя, но один пример ничего не доказывает. Особенно в год 2001, когда MBAs готовы были даватъ консулътации за еду и кров.
Надо еще учесть, что маркетинг+international stuent+international experience -- это такое сочетание в наши времена, что работу легко не даёт и часто ведёт к работам за пределами США.
С другой стороны, я не знаю ни одного финансиста из топ школы, даже без green card, у которого нет работы еще (те, кто заканчивают в этом году). Так что Mike_R прав -- при его ситуации нужны люди с прямым доступом к работам.
Mike R, а что, совсем никто не заинтересовался, когда вы искали работу через career services? Automotive, Food & Beverage (General Mills, etc), Retail?
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Dnepr wrote:DP wrote:мой знакомый в 2001 получил МБА в ... Университы оф Пеннсылваниа (Вхартон).
ну-ка какое это место в ТОП листе ??? так вот лучшее что он нашел - место в филиале УС компании за пределами США... так что - школа школой, а умение искать работу, знакомства и удачу еще никто не отменял.
Конечно, всё, что вы перечислили, списсывать со счётов нельзя, но один пример ничего не доказывает. Особенно в год 2001, когда MBAs готовы были даватъ консулътации за еду и кров.
может быть - я честно не в курсе рынка труда для MBA - надо полагать что в 2003 спрос вырос.
Dnepr wrote:Надо еще учесть, что маркетинг+international stuent+international experience -- это такое сочетание в наши времена, что работу легко не даёт и часто ведёт к работам за пределами США.
у него GC уже была, так что он вроде как не international student...
далее - автор вопроса "Major - marketing and strategic management." - то же самое похоже + опыт в США "Here 4 months in a CPG company as an assistant brand manager (summer intern)"... плюс школа 20 из 20, а то была 1 из 20
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Mike R, а что, совсем никто не заинтересовался, когда вы искали работу через career services? Automotive, Food & Beverage (General Mills, etc), Retail?
The problem is that most of the Consumer Packaged Goods (food and beverage etc) and automotive won't even interview an international student now... No matter how good he is. It is a little easier for finance people... Many companies hire finance major indians to crunch numbers 15 hours a day, but it doesn't seem too interesting to me and it is too late to change a major anyway.
Consulting and Big 5 are dead in terms of hiring... One of our biggest employers, PWC Consulting was hiring 15+ people a year... this year they didn't even show up... although i thought their acquisition by IBM would play some positive role...
Even at top 5 schools like Wharton where McKinsey and such are still hiring, they hire like 5 people instead of 100... So if you didn't have a specific work experience and you are just a smart MBA, your chances are pretty low. My problem is that my experience is 1. International (russia) 2. I was an entrepreneur there for about 10 years and this is the worst thing you can have now )
I can always go back to Moscow and work there for 45-60k, but it is not a first choice for me... [/quote]
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Mike R wrote:...It is a little easier for finance people... Many companies hire finance major indians to crunch numbers 15 hours a day, but it doesn't seem too interesting to me and it is too late to change a major anyway.
Mike R, вопрос немного не по теме: с каким major легче найти работу в трудные времена (при прочих равных факторах)? Похоже, что finance. А что еще?
Спасибо!
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Mike R, вопрос немного не по теме: с каким major легче найти работу в трудные времена (при прочих равных факторах)? Похоже, что finance. А что еще?
Depends on the school, but i'd say it is finance and IT management...
However, the most important thing during hard times is that your major matches your work experience... if you worked in IT for 5 years and then went for an MBA, 3 years ago you could easily make a career change, functionally and industrywise... now you better stick with IT and may be take an additional major in, say, marketing... and you have a great chance to find a lot of jobs... if you wanna make a career change e.g. you were a programmer and want to be a brand manager for Kelloggs it is almost impossible... although if you want to apply for an MBA now, you will graduate in 2006 when i hope the situation changes and every MBA will have 3-5 offers to choose from again
One important advice... if you go for an MBA - don't go to a school less then top 25, it almost never pays off... it is better to keep it even within top 10...
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Mike R wrote:Consulting and Big 5 are dead in terms of hiring... One of our biggest employers, PWC Consulting was hiring 15+ people a year... this year they didn't even show up... although i thought their acquisition by IBM would play some positive role...
IBM acquired IT Consulting business of PWC.
Even at top 5 schools like Wharton where McKinsey and such are still hiring, they hire like 5 people instead of 100... So if you didn't have a specific work experience and you are just a smart MBA, your chances are pretty low.
I agree. Experience is important.
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IBM acquired IT Consulting business of PWC
Not that it matters much but PWCC (PWC Consulting) had been already spun off form PWC (accounting firm) when IBM bought it for $3.5 bln... it was just a little while after HP wanted to buy it for $18 bln ) ... It is also not only IT consulting... they have strategy, operations etc practices as well... although IT was the biggest part...
When I was applying for a business school i thouhgt i would never even consider working for a firm like PWC... now i can only dream about it...
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Mike R wrote:... if you wanna make a career change... it is almost impossible...
Принцип ясен. Спасибо!
Mike R wrote:...although if you want to apply for an MBA now, you will graduate in 2006 when i hope the situation changes and every MBA will have 3-5 offers to choose from again
Многие думали, что уже в этом году всё будет намного радужней, чем в 2002 и 2003. Но судя по всему, ситуация так себе. Или все же есть положительные сдвиги?
Mike R wrote:One important advice... if you go for an MBA - don't go to a school less then top 25, it almost never pays off... it is better to keep it even within top 10...
К сожалению не у всех credentials дотягивают до топ 10. Я конечно попытаюсь, но это будет long shot. Так, что остается топ 20.
Кстати, Mike R, как Вам Kelley? (Интересует атмосфера, академ нагрузка и, самое главное, career services.) А то я все никак не могу определится, подавать туда или нет.
Спасибо!
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Многие думали, что уже в этом году всё будет намного радужней, чем в 2002 и 2003. Но судя по всему, ситуация так себе. Или все же есть положительные сдвиги?
No, all changes are negative... Number of companies hiring down, Salaries go down... I know people who got offers with $72k base, no signing bonus... and they accepted immideately... were very happy I probably would have been happy too Couple of years ago, company with the first year package less then 100k wouldn't even bother to show up on campus
А почему? Вроде бы одна из самых известных международных фирм. Или я что-то упустила?
It is one of the most well known dull accounting firm... where you will do dull IT implementation consulting... No MBA dreams about a job like that... People want to work for McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Marakon etc and do sexy strategic consulting... It is hard to explain the difference in a couple of words, but it is huge... in terms of prestige at least.. money can be the same....
Кстати, Mike R, как Вам Kelley? (Интересует атмосфера, академ нагрузка и, самое главное, career services.) А то я все никак не могу определится, подавать туда или нет.
In terms of quality of education it is very good... at top ten level. For some people it is hard to study there.. for me it wasn't. Career services is fine, but they can't do much now... that's why i am telling you to go to the top 10. It is really not that difficult... But if you want to apply to schools in the top 15-25 range, Kelley is one of the best... the only one I like in this category except Kelley is UNC... I probably wouldn't go to any other school in this range.
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Mike R wrote:No, all changes are negative...
К лету Вы обязательно что-нибудь найдете! Желаю Вам удачи!
Mike R wrote:It is one of the most well known dull accounting firm...No MBA dreams about a job like that... People want to ...do sexy strategic consulting... It is hard to explain the difference in a couple of words
Так и запишем, PWС is opposite to sexy. Таких тонкостей я конечно не знала. Спасибо, что предупредили.
Mike R wrote:Career services is fine, but they can't do much now... that's why i am telling you to go to the top 10. It is really not that difficult...
До кризиса я возможно бы и прошла в топ 10, но тогда мне было не до этого; итак было хорошо. А сейчас все в школы ринулись из-за кризиса и уровень кандидатов сильно подскочил - на их фоне я немного "не дотягиваю". А из-за возрастного фактора не могу себе позволить выделить год-два на улучшение своих резюме и credentials. Так что придется работать с тем, что есть.
Если не секрет, почему вы предпочли Kelly to top 10? или это был не Ваш выбор?
Mike R wrote:But if you want to apply to schools in the top 15-25 range, Kelley is one of the best... the only one I like in this category except Kelley is UNC... I probably wouldn't go to any other school in this range.
А что Вы думаете насчет Carnegie Mellon -- у них вроде бы тоже сильная quant & technology программа?
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Mike R wrote:It is one of the most well known dull accounting firm... where you will do dull IT implementation consulting... No MBA dreams about a job like that...
So, the IT Branch of PwC(now IBM) primarily handles implementation consulting ?
People want to work for McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Marakon etc and do sexy strategic consulting... It is hard to explain the difference in a couple of words, but it is huge... in terms of prestige at least..
Is it hard to get a job there ? Harder than getting a job at PwC ? What do you mean ? Elaborate, please.
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