Well at the request Michelle, I thought that I would take some time to update everyone as to what I have been up to lately.
Well things have been pretty insane lately. First of all, School. I thought that the first year of b-school was going to be the worst, well I was wrong. I have never been so busy in my life. I started off the semester with 5 classes: International Mergers & Acquisitions, Case Competition, Global Corporate Valuation, International Project Finance and Financial Statement Analysis (which I am taking a break from to blog right now). All of the classes have been quite good, my M&A class was even taught by my boss from my summer internships. Needless to say I got an A (not because of him, but because I am that damn good). As a part of the case team I get to participate in case competitions. The big one each year is the Molson International Case Competition in Montreal. Luckily I was selected as one of the four that is going so I get 8 days in Montreal on the school's dime in January. Case competitions are where you are locked in a room with a business case and 3 hours to prepare a 20 minute presentation on transparencies with markers, no powerpoint.
As for work. After my M&A class finished up, my old boss approached me about doing some more work. This is good because I need money and he pays, so of course I said yes. While I can't say which companies are our clients, I have had some great experiences interfacing with CEO's, CMO's, and other executives. It does mean for some very long days, however, since I don't have a brand name MBA like Harvard or Northwestern, I have to work just a bit harder to be included in the fraternity of management consultants. I do really enjoy my work though, and the people I work with. So in addition to a full-time MBA program, I am also working 25-30 hours per week. Luckily it is from home, and I can do some of it in class when class gets a bit boring.
The one thing that I haven't had tons of time for has been the job search. I did have some initial at the Black MBA job fair in New Orleans. I interviewed with Ford, Chrysler, and Air Products. Chrysler subsequently flew me to Detroit for an interview. I felt like it went great, but it has been 3 weeks and I haven't heard much from them. Lately I haven't had tons of success partly because of the economy. But I have had some interviews, and I am hopeful. The whole management consulting thing is definitely a real possibility so we will just have to see what happens.
I hope that everyone enjoys this update.
P.S. If anyone has any connections to jobs, or people that may have access to jobs please let me know. I am a hell of a find, trust me.
