An International Student's Approach to Career Searching
Laurie Sedgwick
Issue date: 10/11/06 Section: Careers
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One of the very rich and rewarding aspects of being part of the Johnson School community is the interaction from classmates (and faculty and staff for that matter) from different parts of the world. The Class of 2008 has the highest representation of international students in some time: 33%!
Many international students come to study for their MBA in the United States with hopes of complementing their degree with a few years of work experience afterwards before returning to home and extended families, some would like to stay longer, some with the intent to return directly home. Like many US students, sometimes the decision about where to be based is still being figured out.
Regardless of the career goal, this time of year for first year international students, can be initially demoralizing. You've just began poking around the opportunities in CJOnline and the prospect of an opportunity through on campus recruiting looks daunting.
The Career Management Center takes a very person-centered approach or philosophy with regards to working with international students and an aggressive, but customer service oriented approach with our company partners.
Here's the philosophy with regards to international students: help you convince employers that you are the BEST candidate for the job. With an international MBA's energies focused on making every effort to convince an employer that they not only have the best qualifications, but passion and knowledge about a particular job and company, they are more likely to be the selected candidate at any stage in the recruiting process. With employers, the CMC makes every effort to put international students' resumes in front of them. We do not pre-screen resumes out of a "drop" unless specifically asked by a company. In 50% of the cases where a company had originally indicated they were restricted to selecting US Work Authorized students only, selected their resume and were subsequently informed of the student's status, they have allowed the student to remain on the list.
Many international students come to study for their MBA in the United States with hopes of complementing their degree with a few years of work experience afterwards before returning to home and extended families, some would like to stay longer, some with the intent to return directly home. Like many US students, sometimes the decision about where to be based is still being figured out.
Regardless of the career goal, this time of year for first year international students, can be initially demoralizing. You've just began poking around the opportunities in CJOnline and the prospect of an opportunity through on campus recruiting looks daunting.
The Career Management Center takes a very person-centered approach or philosophy with regards to working with international students and an aggressive, but customer service oriented approach with our company partners.
Here's the philosophy with regards to international students: help you convince employers that you are the BEST candidate for the job. With an international MBA's energies focused on making every effort to convince an employer that they not only have the best qualifications, but passion and knowledge about a particular job and company, they are more likely to be the selected candidate at any stage in the recruiting process. With employers, the CMC makes every effort to put international students' resumes in front of them. We do not pre-screen resumes out of a "drop" unless specifically asked by a company. In 50% of the cases where a company had originally indicated they were restricted to selecting US Work Authorized students only, selected their resume and were subsequently informed of the student's status, they have allowed the student to remain on the list.
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Shobhit Maini
posted 10/15/06 @ 1:24 PM EST
This is indeed a very informative article for all the international applicants for Johnson School's programs. Being a non US applicant myself, I realize that the career after a B School is an important consideration for selecting a B School. (Continued…)
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