As our RC class returns from Spring Break, somehow more exhausted than when we left, it is time for about half of us to get back at the job search. Don’t worry – good things will happen if you put in genuine effort. “Me, not worry? But I had 5 interviews and not a single [...]
RC Summer Recruiting
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Mar 292010
Kwama Sutra – Courting
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Mar 082010
This column is co-written with my esteemed colleague and sectionmate Renny McPherson. After a turbulent Hell Week, we both began to see clear connections between the job search and finding a mate at HBS. “If she hasn’t called me back by 8 p.m., is that a bad thing?” Beginning after President’s Day, 950 Harvard Business [...]
Your Search for a Job Can Start in the Laundry
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Mar 032008
Dear Fellow HBS students, Several things have been happening these past few weeks. Hell Week (Heaven Week for some), Hell Week & then some more Hell Week. But guess what folks, we at the Green Living team discovered that there are lots of great Green jobs on the Job Bank. And here is a step-by-step [...]
From One Class to Another
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Jan 282008
ECs give advice and insight on Interviews, Internships and IndustriesIn the next few weeks hundreds of RCs will print out crisp, refined resumes and take their best suits to the dry cleaners in preparation of interview season. Some will luck out with offers from Hell Week, while others will hold out for different industries later [...]
50 Things I learnt during Hell Week
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Feb 202007
1. The fact that only 30-50% of people get a job during hell week is a great excuse to spend it on a beach in Miami.2. Flights to Miami get very expensive if you don’t get around to booking until the last minute.3. You can’t cancel interviews that you randomly signed up to on the [...]
MBA IT To the Rescue
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Feb 132006
Picture this scenario. You have a flight to catch in one hour. Next week is Hell Week and you have materials to print from the online Vault Guide to prepare for your banking interview. You quickly jog to the printer in Spangler, swipe your ID card and press print. Wait a second. What is this? [...]
Some Endure Hell Week, Others Hit the Waves
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Nov 212005
If you’re like most ECs, there were probably moments during Hell Week where you wished you could dump the monkey suit and head for the hills. Other ECs either had enough sense to get out of dodge and opt out of the whole dedicated interviewing process. If you fall into this group, you may have [...]
Sports at HBS: Nourishing the Weekend Warrior
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Sep 122005
Amid the confusion surrounding orientation, add/drop, and general de-tox from your summer internship, it may seem hard to find time for yet another activity. While most of us make it out to Grafton’s and the Kong three nights a week, it’s equally important to nourish the body and soul… And your 15 minutes on the [...]
ND Bests OC, 51-32
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Feb 072005
On Monday afternoon, the NuDies continued their implacable march towards the HBS Intramural Basketball title with a thrilling 51-32 victory against OC. The win did not come easy. Old Section C came out running and quickly scored the first six points of the game. After a timeout, which included a chair-throwing tirade by El Capitano [...]
My Summer with Carnival Corporation
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Nov 222004
This summer I worked at Carnival Corporation in Miami, Florida. I was an intern with Management Advisory Services (“MAS”), Carnival’s internal strategic consulting group, the purpose of which is to analyze and detect various opportunities within the organization and its operating companies to become more efficient, reduce costs, etc. Although I had always been interested [...]
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