job fairs & international students
The Business school does give us an opportunity to attend several job fairs and I guess out of all the ones I had attended for my internship, I got back 2 interview calls. This is probably 2 out of say 50 employers that I talked to in total (yes this may actually sound less).
But the biggest thing is u have to go and talk to each company rep with the same intensity and eagerness that it really drains me after talking to 4 firms.
In this one year I have been lucky to get a lot of good friends who are from Taiwan. I tried pushing them to attend the job fairs for the summer internships but most of them were not ready to face the pressure of talking with the company reps. It is sad that they are unable to overcome this mental block because they are each very unique individuals and I am certain they can survive in any job.
This next year there will be some major job fairs for full time offers and I will be attending them.. of course it is not guaranteed that I will get a job... but hell I am still trying. I am going to try again to push my Taiwanese friends to go to these job fairs but they must learn to be confident to converse easily with the reps.
I have noticed in school that the different groups kind of settle down into a comfort spot by hanging out with people from their own country.. I really question this kind of an approach.. because my reason to be studying in the US is to get an international exposure ..if I had wanted to stick to my Indian group I might as well have joined IIM Kozhikode (unfortunatey I cudnt get into the big 3). But u see these little groups spring up soon after school starts.. infact here they refer to these groups as mafias.. so there is a Korean mafia, an indian mafia and a chinese mafia.
AllI can say is if u reallllly want to work in the USA you will have to be comfortable talking to the american people ..talk bout sports talk bout the weather hell talk bout any damn thing ..just as long as u r able to strike a rapport with the guy who might be ur future interviewer ;)
But the biggest thing is u have to go and talk to each company rep with the same intensity and eagerness that it really drains me after talking to 4 firms.
In this one year I have been lucky to get a lot of good friends who are from Taiwan. I tried pushing them to attend the job fairs for the summer internships but most of them were not ready to face the pressure of talking with the company reps. It is sad that they are unable to overcome this mental block because they are each very unique individuals and I am certain they can survive in any job.
This next year there will be some major job fairs for full time offers and I will be attending them.. of course it is not guaranteed that I will get a job... but hell I am still trying. I am going to try again to push my Taiwanese friends to go to these job fairs but they must learn to be confident to converse easily with the reps.
I have noticed in school that the different groups kind of settle down into a comfort spot by hanging out with people from their own country.. I really question this kind of an approach.. because my reason to be studying in the US is to get an international exposure ..if I had wanted to stick to my Indian group I might as well have joined IIM Kozhikode (unfortunatey I cudnt get into the big 3). But u see these little groups spring up soon after school starts.. infact here they refer to these groups as mafias.. so there is a Korean mafia, an indian mafia and a chinese mafia.
AllI can say is if u reallllly want to work in the USA you will have to be comfortable talking to the american people ..talk bout sports talk bout the weather hell talk bout any damn thing ..just as long as u r able to strike a rapport with the guy who might be ur future interviewer ;)
posted by ssk | 3:12 PM
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