Tag: Career Services

Career Services to Launch "Stimulus Package" to Aid Recruiting

With two weeks remaining until the beginning of RC on-campus recruiting (so-called “Hell Week”), many first-year students are gearing up for what is being billed as one of the toughest summer internship job markets in years. Over the past two weeks, RC students interested in internships with traditional HBS recruiters have been receiving electronic notification… Continue reading Career Services to Launch "Stimulus Package" to Aid Recruiting

SA Tallies Gains, Looks Ahead

Welcome back! We’d like to take a couple of minutes to give you an update on the Student Association (SA) and the initiatives and activities we have been working on this year. The SA agenda is set directly by students every Spring through the Student Issues Poll. While we’re best-known for sponsoring the TGIFs, social… Continue reading SA Tallies Gains, Looks Ahead

Looking for an International Job? Recent HBS Initiatives Will Make it Easier

For the last two years, providing more resources and support for international job searches has been one of the top ten issues on the agenda of the Student Association. International job searches include any students looking for work outside the U.S. or any international students searching inside the U.S. Recent initiatives by both regional student… Continue reading Looking for an International Job? Recent HBS Initiatives Will Make it Easier

Kester Answers Questions about Rescinded Offers

An article in the October 27 edition of The Economist contained detailed information about both last year’s and this year’s recruiting process. The magazine claimed that Dean Kim Clark banned two companies from recruiting on campus for two years as a result of the offer retractions. The Harbus contacted MBA Program Chair Carl Kester to… Continue reading Kester Answers Questions about Rescinded Offers

Working the HBS Network

Harvard Business School students commonly cite the extensive HBS Network as a primary motivator in their school selection. Indeed, MBA graduates report that, in retrospect, networking was the most important part of their job-search activity. Stacey Kessel, HBS Associate Director of MBA Career Services, points out that even those who found jobs via on-campus recruiting… Continue reading Working the HBS Network

Kester Answers Questions About Rescinded Offers

An article in the October 27 edition of The Economist contained detailed information about both last year’s and this year’s recruiting process. The magazine claimed that Dean Kim Clark banned two companies from recruiting on campus for two years as a result of the offer retractions. The Harbus contacted MBA Program Chair Carl Kester to… Continue reading Kester Answers Questions About Rescinded Offers

From Heaven to Hell, Halloween Masquerade Party

Some members of the January Cohort put on their own “unofficial” masquerade ball as a way to blow off steam from a week of interviews (or a lack thereof). Hell was in the basement featuring cases from first year Meg Whitman, Wingspan, and National Cranberry. The ground floor was Earth and exhibited contemporary “Day of… Continue reading From Heaven to Hell, Halloween Masquerade Party

Wake-up Call for EC Job Hunters

“It’s worse than Russia!” mused Lena Hass (OA) from the back of the line snaking from Wilder House to the Baker Library at 7:15 am last Monday morning. The cause of this unwelcome invasion of Bolshevik bureaucracy was a technical hitch with the Career Services new lottery system.A note posted by Career Services to my.hbs… Continue reading Wake-up Call for EC Job Hunters

Looking for an International Job?

For the last two years, providing more resources and support for international job searches has been one of the top ten issues on the agenda of the Student Association. International job searches include any students looking for work outside the U.S. or any international students searching inside the U.S. Recent initiatives by both regional student… Continue reading Looking for an International Job?

HBS' New Look On the Web

If you are like me, you probably experienced some system shock when you returned to campus this Fall. Indeed, the abrupt transition from cool jobs, free evenings (sorry bankers) and exotic vacations, to omnipresent construction, long lines at Spangler and vanishing commuter parking, to name a few, was quite disturbing. But while many of you… Continue reading HBS' New Look On the Web

Career Services Responds to CareerLink Problems

MBA Career Services realizes that EC students may have experienced some technical difficulties last week with the resume submission process. We appreciate your patience and feedback while we worked to address the problem. We’d like to provide the following information in an effort to clarify what went wrong, identify the action steps we took, and… Continue reading Career Services Responds to CareerLink Problems

Moving On

I lost my best friend last week in the World Trade Center incident. Although I’m trying very hard to make my life go “back to normal,” I’m slowly realizing that this may be one goal that’s just unattainable, even for a first-year HBS student. Stacey and I met the first day of college and became… Continue reading Moving On

CareerLink to Provide More Help for Job Hunters

The MBA Career Services office has unveiled its new web-based recruiting portal, HBS CareerLink, this fall. The much anticipated CareerLink has completely replaced the Job Bank and will be a “one-stop-shop” destination for all future on- and off-campus recruiting activities. In addition to a completely new and improved user interface, the site offers a host… Continue reading CareerLink to Provide More Help for Job Hunters

Hell Week – An RC's Account

Contrary to published reports, the RC Dedicated Recruiting Period, otherwise known as “Hell Week,” has passed without one human casualty. I did receive confirmation on many a migraine headache and there were rumors of at least one broken finger, but, thankfully, no deaths. Strange then, that the cafeteria at Spangler resembled a well-dressed and immaculately-coiffed… Continue reading Hell Week – An RC's Account

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor, As alumni of HBS and the Harbus editorial staff, we read the news about “cartoon-gate” with disappointment but not surprise. During our tenure from 1998-2000, the administration attempted to reign in the Harbus and its staff on several occasions when the paper crossed an imaginary line of critique, using very similar tactics. We… Continue reading Letter to the Editor

Dean Addresses Job Market Concerns

Close to 150 students lined Spangler Auditorium on Monday, November 25 for an open forum with HBS Dean Kim Clark on Career Services issues. The forum was scheduled in response to mounting second-year student concern over job market prospects. Clark kicked off the meeting with opening remarks on difficult job market. While the dean admitted… Continue reading Dean Addresses Job Market Concerns

Seven Reasons Why The Administration Was Right

I don’t get it, I really don’t. I don’t see how the issue of Nick’s resignation can be so divisive. It seems to me that the whole issue about the “cartoon” boils down to seven salient points. 1. The term “incompetent morons” was not a “disembodied phrase.” It is on the page with all manner… Continue reading Seven Reasons Why The Administration Was Right

Recruiter Perceptions

Over the past couple of weeks, it has come to the attention of the Student Association that several recruiters have been offended by students walking out of company presentations early. Clearly, how recruiters feel about HBS students is very important to all of us. The purpose of this article is to raise awareness about the… Continue reading Recruiter Perceptions

Career Services Implementing New Job Bank

Career Services has undertaken a major new initiative to replace the HBS Career Link with a new Job Bank. The Job Bank is only being rolled out to RCs this year, while ECs will continue to use the latest version of HBS Career Link. HBS Career Link and the Job Bank are on-line programs that… Continue reading Career Services Implementing New Job Bank

Career Teams : We need your help for next year!

Powerful innovations always start as a delicate experiment. In 1908, it was HBS. Today, we think it could be the Career Teams Program. Upon receiving the baton from founders Sasha Grinshpun and Peter Platzer, we would like to share with you our vision, our plans for next year, as well as how you can contribute… Continue reading Career Teams : We need your help for next year!

SA/MBA Award Recognizes Four EC Students' Service

Congratulations to Chris Grosso (OH), Kevin Mohr (OI), Sasha Grinshpun (OH) and Peter Platzer (OJ) the most recent recipients of the SA MBA Award. The award serves to recognize students who excel in their efforts to improve or promote the extended HBS community, increase the morale and sense of community at HBS, and encourage other… Continue reading SA/MBA Award Recognizes Four EC Students' Service

Careers Boss tells SA Senate Don't Panic

Career Service Director Matt Merrick (HBS ’96) made his first appearance before the SA Senate last Wednesday, telling the student representatives that HBS students’ job-search prospects remain relatively strong despite the national recession. “We perceive [job listings] to be down, but we have not seen tangible evidence that we’re getting crushed,” Merrick said.Merrick said the… Continue reading Careers Boss tells SA Senate Don't Panic

It's Coming!

The MBA Career Services office will unveil its new web-based recruiting portal this Fall. The much anticipated website will completely replace the Job Bank and will be a “one-stop-shop” destination for all future on- and off-campus recruiting activities. In addition to a completely new and improved user interface, the site offers a host of features… Continue reading It's Coming!

Merrick Remains Bullish on the Job Market

It is the middle of Hell Week, and Matt Merrick is cautious but pleased.Although it is “still very early” in the recruiting season, all indicators are up. The number of companies recruiting on campus rose by 20 percent over last year, while the number of first round interviews is up 35 percent. The punch line?… Continue reading Merrick Remains Bullish on the Job Market

Student Seeks Work/Life Balance; Career Services Unsure How to Proceed

(Wilder House) RC student Chad Souter threw Career Services for a loop last Thursday when he told his career counselor that the most important thing he wants out of a job going forward is a strong work/life balance.“When my counselor, Joan Diaz, asked me to define what I think work/life balance means, I told her… Continue reading Student Seeks Work/Life Balance; Career Services Unsure How to Proceed

Fall 2003 Career Services Update With Matt Merrick

As the Fall company presentations kicked off last week, suit-clad students milled through the halls of Aldrich considering and re-considering their career options. With the economy not yet yielding clear signs of a job recovery, many students found themselves spending more time jump-starting their job searches than reading their cases, leading many to wonder how… Continue reading Fall 2003 Career Services Update With Matt Merrick