MBA Career Opportunities

After completing your MBA, it's time to hunt the market for your ideal job. Although, this phase of life may seem exciting for many of the applicants. But looking for a job and actually bagging one may turn out to be a very gruesome experience.

Apart from providence taking its natural course in leading you to your destiny. There are some factors that push you into favourable direction of wind during your job searching period. For starters, it depends on your business school rating. For candidates from top business graduate schools, jobs are a complete guarantee. If you have graduated from a good middle-tier school, the job market will be tough in the present circumstances. However, your chances are still pretty good and with efforts; you will land up in a good organization. The candidates graduating from lower middle-tier schools have the hardest time in finding jobs. Especially, if you are an international student, you need a lot of convincing power to manipulate the decision in your favour.

The following section provides you with handy tips in your job hunt:

• Networking: Make sure that you are well-connected with not just fellow graduates and faculty but also the alumni. You need to reach out to the maximum range of people. Also ensure that everyone you are in touch with is certain of your job requirements.
• Try, try again: Persistency is the key factor in getting a job. You need to follow up with your contacts time and time again to remind them of their promises.
• Structuralize your search: Sit back and think of a strategy in job hunting. It's only with a developed action plan that you can continue your search in a systematic manner.
• Don't put all your eggs in one basket: Although it seems a wise choice to rely on employment agencies and newspaper ads for jobs. This may not be a very imprudent act. Remember, most of these agencies only work on behalf of organizations not for you. Similarly, it is not necessary that all jobs are advertized in newspapers. You might be missing out on good opportunities by depending on these resources only.
• Be Focused: It is important for you to scale out your preference in jobs. Having an unclear mind about the kind of job you want will get you nowhere.
• Don't give up: Rejection is only a part of the game. Consider yourself as a product in the job market, suitable only for a specific organization. Remember a positive attitude will get you places.
• Show me the money: This line should only come out of your mouth once the employer has decided to offer you the job. Asking about salary before this situation is a definite no.