Many career services at business schools offer coaching for job interviews and support students in how they need to behave, how to answer tricky questions right and to build confidence. Apart from the schools’ offers many students these days also add technology to improve their applications. VMock is a tool that scan’s peoples’ resumes, compares the CVs with others in a database and suggests improvements or points out grammatical corrections.
Another great asset of business schools is their extensive alumni network which students should definitely use to their advantage. Business networking at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College has been named as the best in the world by The Economist for example.
Top MBA, the media outlet which is linked with the QS World MBA Tour, cites the example of an MBA candidate who met Tuck alumni at a campus career fair. “They were eager to look over his CV and do mock interviews and he was subsequently hired by the Boston Consulting Group firm”, the article’s author reported. Utilizing all these offered services and networking opportunities wisely is one of the aspects that make business school a worthwhile exercise.
LinkedIn is also proving a critical platform for many graduates that wish to connect with alumni or find alumni at their preferred employer. One MBA graduate who is currently interning at sports firm Nike told the website: “Don’t be afraid of the cold email. Reach out and make an initial connection. The best opportunities aren’t necessarily the ones you find through a job posting. They come from building a relationship.”
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