Friday, November 13, 2009
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.
2 comments:
Don't get discouraged. You're probably in their top three and they're going to weed the other two out soon. That's the thing about being awesome. If you don't get a job they let you know fairly quickly. We'll keep praying for you. We're so proud of you (and Michelle) and know you're kickin A. and takin' names (old man lawyer phrase.) We miss you guys. Keep it up man. Keep working your butt off I promise it will pay off in the end. We'll keep our eyes opened as well. Good luck with fall finals.
Good luck with the job search. We hope you find something great for your family.
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