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Upcoming Prospective Student Chats
Deciding on a business school is tough. There are a lot of beautifully curated and polished marketing materials making a lot of claims that are impossible to truly verify. So when it comes to doing your due diligence as a prospective student, once you’ve made your short list of schools, the best thing to do is visit campuses and speak directly to the current stakeholders, the students and faculty.
Of course, that’s easier said than done, especially around the holidays. Student chats offer a solid second option by allowing you to speak directly with current students in a candid manner.
Wondering what the current job market is really like for MBAs? We can tell you.
What sort of independent study opportunities exist at Vanderbilt? What does Nashville offer in terms of arts and entertainment? Where do students typically live and how much is rent?
We’ve got you covered.
We are offering two opportunities this week chat online with our admissions team and current students to learn more about the Vanderbilt MBA and the Owen community, and Owen Bloggers encourages you to join in!
“Diversity at Owen” Chat
Wednesday, November 16 – 12:00-1:00 pm central
Posted in Admissions, Blake Knight '12, Clark Bosslet '12, Job Search, Lifestyle, Nashville 2 Comments
P&G CEO Bob McDonald on Values-Based Leadership
P&G CEO Bob McDonald
Last week Owen students had the privilege of meeting Procter & Gamble CEO Bob McDonald at a speaking even on campus. The subject of his talk was values-based leadership in what he calls an increasingly VUCA world. (VUCA = volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous)
Along with giving out his email address, he provided his ten rules of successful leadership:
- Living a life driven by purpose is more meaningful and rewarding than meandering through life without direction. “Choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong.” – From the West Point Cadet Prayer
- Companies must do well to do good, and must do good to do well. P&G was the first company in the world to hire women in Saudi Arabia, and currently have 35 female employees. Due to the still constrained gender issues, the company had to install conference rooms with glass barriers that separates the men from the women. Additionally, because women in Saudi Arabia do not have the right to drive, P&G must hire male drivers to take the female employees around for work. It is inspiring and refreshing to hear about a company leading human rights issues around the globe and having a whatever-it-takes attitude to do what is right.
Posted in Blake Knight '12, Industry Insights, Job Search Tagged bob mcdonald, procter & gamble, values based leadership 10 Comments
Owen Podcast Series: Read McNamara, Career Management Center
This episode of the Owen Podcast Series welcomes the Read McNamara, the Executive Director of the Career Management Center at Vanderbilt’s Owen School of Management. Read, who joined Owen in early 2010, shares some exciting developments that have already taken place in his tenure, including a rise in the number of companies that are recruiting on campus at Owen, and an increase in the number of offers those companies are planning to extend.
Companies Continue to Spend on Interns Over the Summer
As we enter the mid-point of the first semester, and with more and more recruiters showing up on campus, I’ve heard concern over whether companies are still spending the money to not only recruit, but support their interns throughout the summer with relevant projects, travel opportunities, as well as other “perks.” I remember thinking the same thing last year. Therefore, I’d like to offer my internship experience not as an indication of what all companies are doing, but to illustrate that all hope is not lost.
Nearly five weeks into my internship, I was surprised when my summer employer offered to fly me across the country for a few days for just two short orientation meetings. Apparently, they felt bad that the rest of the dozen or so MBA interns were all based in Boston, and that I was missing out on some of the events. I was considerably more surprised when I saw the price of the plane ticket – $1600. That, coupled with the hotel stay in downtown Boston, a few meals and ground transportation on the company’s dime must really add up. Apparently, some companies are not afraid to spend money despite the economy. Or perhaps my small business background has me considerably more cost-conscious than I need to be. I distinctly remember in the past having to get approval to purchase even a $100 toner cartridge on the company Amex. I suppose there are benefits to working for a Fortune 100 company.
Tale of Two Internship Searches: Early Offer
If you had asked me a year ago what I would be doing for my summer internship, I wouldn’t have been able to predict it even in the slightest. Even today, I still couldn’t imagine what this summer had in store for me. But it all started with the search…
To trace back to where this story began, I’d have to start somewhere in August where I sat at my desk inserting the final touches on my resume. I had some idea of what I came to Owen to achieve – a change of pace from my prior years of experience in economic and financial consulting. My eyes were set on a career path within corporate finance; as such, I would expect my summer internship could be codified in such a manner.
Days turned into weeks which soon turned into months of research on companies, mock interviews, cover letter tweaking, discussions with classmates, career advisors, and alumni to hone in on opportunities for summer internships. As more information fell in my lap, the laundry list of potential places I’d like to work whittled itself down to a handful of companies. The internship pursuit continued full steam with a trip to NSHMBA in Minneapolis and an Owen Career Management Center sponsored event known as Wall Street Week during the fall. Looking back, these events did much to prepare me for the focused job search and interviewing I would encounter in the winter.