Arthur Keller on Friday Night

This is the best case I have ever read. If you want to have a good laugh just check the following link.

Do you want to make money? Don't do a MBA.

It is tough but is true... I learned the hard way... I am currently doing a MBA at IE and I just read the following article:

http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=96740631620&h=olwYi&u=EJA7U&ref=mf

Yes I have a big chance of going back to the same work I was doing last year, when what I really needed is a pair of balls and do my own business…

Do you want to learn about finance?
Go here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wix85mnr5k


You think I am kidding… every professor that I have confirms me rule and the good thing is that I believe them…

Cheers ☺

Questions to the Blogger

I have check my blog’s analytics and found out that many people from around the world is check it out… that is a great news but I wonder… what they would like to know about IE and the MBA experience?

If you have any question do not hesitate to comment on my Blog and I will answer you as soon as possible…

Credo de un Blogger

If you know Spanish and would like to see an interesting Credo check this link out. IE students, can you relate to some individual?

Maritsa

Is the most known person at IE. If you do a MBA at IE and you don’t get to know her you have missed a big deal. She has been working at IE 12 years now and knows “como se bate el cobre “ at IE…
By the way, is not me in the picture. Is Alfredo, a Mexican colleague of mine…

Internships and Career Management Center (CMC)

First of all I want to apologies for not writing that often in the Blog. Many colleagues student have asked me to write a few letters but since we started in January I haven’t got the opportunity to breath. In fact next week we have the first term exams and I am going crazy.
Today I am writing about Internships and IE’s CMC. For those of you that do not know what CMC is, it is IE’s department in charge of finding jobs opportunities for students and alumni. Even though I am not well aware on how they work, what kind of internal procedures and interfaces they have with the rest of IE’s staff I could give you my impression on the work they do.
For an IMBA student CMC is a mixture of different components. In one side you have a website where you could find very useful information on how to edit your CV and cover letter, what companies are currently hiring (right now you will hardly find one), a list of headhunter firms, free access to Vault library that offers training books on how to do interviews in different industries (consulting, financial, IT, etc) and other very useful resources.
On the other hand there are a team of professional staff divided by sector and industry (for instance one person is in charge of marketing and consumers products companies and other is in contact with investment banks and commercial banks) that is willing to help us in editing or CV and giving their thoughts and ideas on how to do interviews. It also prepared mock-interviews so you could practice with real recruiters form different industries.
But not everything that shines is gold. Many students complain that CMC does not notice the student community with enough time to prepare the CVs & CL. In fact many times we receive the notification of a position deadline one day before. How could we possibly prepare our CV in such a short notice? Others complain saying that we don’t receive enough notifications.
From my point of view this complains have some validity, but it is true that CMC staff replays that they have scheduled mock interviews and that nobody have showed. What does that say? Are the students really committed to get an internship or job after the MBA.
IE have provided us with a different set of tools. My recommendations is that we should use them wisely and according to our interests and not relay or responsibilities on others. That is what I am planning to do. In fact after next week exams I am planning to Google MBA internships and start making some phone calls.
Until next time…

Merry Christmas

Today I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year…



Since there is people asking about the internships and how the IE’s Career Center works I will post a new article next year….

See you soon…