Career Camp

Hi.. I am an MBA student at UBC with 9999 years of experience in strategy.. consulting ... technology... marketing .. operations.. etc.. I have led teams at times.. worked in teams some other times.. etc etc.. after repeating this same story for five minutes.. you expect atleast one line of appreciation.. but what comes out is ...'Sorry We are not hiring MBAs anymore.. . We are looking for undergraduates ONLY'. Would you like to take one of these gifts....

Welcome to Career Camp.. number XVIII. Its always the same.. sometimes I feel why companies are not looking for MBAs .. We have the work experience and a professional degree to prove that we are capable of doing much more but .. .there is definitely something missing.. there is a piece of puzzle which I am not looking at currently.. can anybody help me in identifying that..?

On an average, an MBA spends more than 100 hours on such events..it can be either a campus presentation.. or career camp in downtown or company premises.. things never change.. year after year.. few companies.. and tons of candidates..

Now after a while, I start observing people in this mad rush.. the way they behave.. artificial smiles.. n pretending to hear very keenly.. n trying to hide the actual purpose of the conversation which is free gift.. its amazing how people do it.. companies despite knowing all that send their best resources on such camps to interact with people.. candidates spend atleast 1-2 hour to prepare for these events.. Sometimes I wonder... is it all worth something..? Why this mad rush..?

Do you believe in any of these

Famous quotes from some guys..

Integrity
"Integrity is one of several paths.
It distinguishes itself from the others
because it is the right path...
and the only one
upon which you will never get lost." - M.H. McKee

Kindness
"Kindness is the language
which the deaf can hear
and the blind can see." - Mark Twain

Faith
"Faith is the strength
by which a shattered world
shall emerge into the light." - Helen Keller

Hope
"Hope is faith
holding out its hands in the dark." - George Lles


Charity
"We must not only
give what we have;
we must also give
what we are." - Desire - Joseph Mercier

Love
"I have found the paradox
that if I love untill it hurts,
then there is no hurt,
but only more love." - Mother Teresa

Determination
"The great thing in this world
is not so much where we are,
but in what direction
we are moving." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Humility
"Pride is concerned with
who is right.
Humility is concerned with
what is right." - Ezra Taft Benson


Forgiveness
"Forgiveness is the answer to
the child's dream of a miracle
by which what is broken
is made whole again,
what is soiled is again made clean." - Dag Hammarskjod

First week @ college after internship

Ever heard of a phrase .. "like a kid in an adults bar.."... That would be apt for my first week at college after internship .. I had absolutely no idea what was going on.. where am I .. what am I suppose to do .. and why were things happening so fast..

Believe me.. it was total craziness for me.. change in schedule.. no more early morning 7.15 bus .. no more laid back afternoons.. n scheduled meals.. nothing was planned .. but at the same time everything was defined.. change of college building.. no idea of lecture rooms... now I realize how messy it can be if you do not plan it out in advance.. so much of action..

Just like in any MBAite's life, my first week post summer had all the ingredients .. lectures.. cases.. submissions.. companies presentations.. company postings.. deadines .. late night group discussions.. class room sessions.. workshops.. all in course of one week n tht too the first week itself.. wow.. I love it.. so much of energy.. so much to do.. n still u feel u cud hv done much better..

so the first week already been a history n finally after deciding about my courses for this semester.. I feel confident that things will not be as bumpy as first week... need to take care of my assignments for the next week... but having a timetable which is known to me in advance (for a change..hehehe) I think I am in good shape.. but as we all know MBA always keep you guessing .. so I am waiting for my next surprise and piece of action which will squeeze in my already packed schedule..

Let the game began...

Internship or Paid Vacation

Still not able to figure out what to say... Was it my internship where people expect to slog for 18 hours a day and 7 days a week .. or was it a paid vacation where in one gets paid to enjoy.. :))
I guess you got it.. it is about my internship.. it was one of the best times.. excellent team.. best of the people.. kewl environment.. n awesome location.. I was lucky in the last bit.. as my seat happen to be one of the best locations on the floor.. even better than some of the big shots... we use to call it 'Million dollar real estate'.. n I was sitting on that location.. for three months.. oh .. time flies so fast.. the
very reason of not writing any post was that I was enjoying the summer of Vancouver.. it was a bit rainy but overall great.. having some liquidity always helps.. so lot of partying.. kewl food.. n fun.. masti.. all packaged into my internship..

check out the pics.. yes all these pics are from my office seat.. awesome views.. isn't it..?

I will miss my office seat.. as there were couple of my office colleagues eying for that seat.. so I am sure someone must have occupied that by now....

Now coming back to school.. the real grind.. the real action.. have to look for a job.. on west coast.. hmmm that will be some fun.. specially with not many firms on this side..... along with studies.. this time I am planning to take some marketing and HR courses.. no more finance .. no more numbers or models.. pure discussions..n experience... that will be some fun.. hmm also working in a team to organize a golf tournament for the school and local charities.. lot of time will go into that so next 6 weeks are totally action packed.. I dont think I can squeeze any other activity in between.. but yes I have saying that since last one year.. n still doing things which initially never seems realistic.. that is the beauty of MBA .. it makes you do things which you have never thought about.. so many things to do.. so many dreams to achieve.. so many milestones to go.. before saying.. Yes.. I did it.. keep looking for more action.. n pics.. this will be fun...

Have fun with your difficulties; but overcome them
Laugh at your mistakes; but learn from them
Joke over your troubles; but gather strength from them