ESADE’s network and what to do with it?

There can only be one answer to that: grow it! ESADE’s corporate network is already extensive, especially in Spain, however I think that it could grow further. (Find a full list of Partners and recruiters here). In this regard I would like to emphasize the importance of this large network in relationship to career opportunities.

I thought about this over the last couple of days and I was wondering how large our corporate network must be by just considering the previous employers of every student? I would assume that every MBA student has worked on average for 2-3 companies x the 330 MBA students (rough estimate) currently at ESADE, which means that the network of the current students alone is enormous.

Being a fierce opponent of complacency and idleness I figured that it also might be up to the students to be more proactive and initiate a contact between ESADE and the previous employers. Take the network building in your own hands, produce leads, monitor the progress and communicate. Imagine the network we could have if every student shared his connections with his fellow student!!!!

My contacts are already contributed. Why don’t you share yours?

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IIM-A places all students in four days

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Update [27.11.2009]: I spoke to professors of IIM-B today, who are visiting ESADE this week. They confirmed that all the numbers and facts refer to MBA students and full-time positions. This was not sure previously but now it is! Apparently the figures are also the same for IIM-B, hence congratulations to both IIM’s.

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I would like to share this article from the India Times with you because it is impressive (thank you for the information, Romit). We have just completed our Career Week 2009 at ESADE ourselves as have most other Business Schools around the world. With the flat world we are living in ESADE is competing with the universities around the world.

One of those universities is the Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad (IIM-A). Have a look at those facts because they are impressive:

• Placed all 321 students in four days
• Investment banks made 77 offers on Day Zero (first day)
• 76 students received offers oversears (eg. US, France, Germany, the UK, the Middle-East, Africa and Southeast Asia)
• McKinsey & Co, Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Co placed 3-5 students each
• We are experiencing a Financial Crisis!!!!

I think that those figures are quite stunning and have set the bar high for other universities. This also exemplifies the quality of the Indian universities and students. The statistics for ESADE are not available to me but I would love to them know them.

Source: India Times

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MBA Career Portals

As we are all currently in the midst of job applications I thought I might be useful to post a list of career websites that are targeted at MBA students all around the world. Most of these websites have relationships to ESADE and therefore there are ESADE specific entry codes, which you can find on the ESADE Careerportal with more detailed information. Have a look at the websites and see whether there is anything of interest to you and when you need anything further consult your the Careerportal. The credits for this list go to the Career Services. Enjoy!

Network MBA UK

Global Workplace

MBA-Direct

Vault MBA offers (mainly USA)

MBA-Exchange

Grad Consultants

MBA Jobs

Latin MBA

Going Global

1) Top 100 MBA Recruiters GLOBAL (2009)
2) Top 100 Global IT (2008)
3) Top 100 Biotech-pharma companies in UK
4) Top 100 Maritime Shipping, Brokerage and Finance Companies ( 2006)
5) Top 100 Management Consulting Companies (2006)
6) Top 100 Companies in ASIA (2009)
7) Global FTSE 100 Companies – GLOBAL (2004)
8) FTSE Euro 100 – Europe (2006)
9) FTSE 100 Companies – UK (2004)
MBA Opportunities in USA companies (November 2007)
TOP MBA Recuiters 2004
Top BW 50 performers 2005 recruiting MBA

Banking & Finance

• eFinancial Careers
• jobbankusa.com
• StreetBankers.com
• Econ5.com
• www.vc-jobs.com/

Consultants

• Top-Consultant.com
  MBA opportunities in Consulting firms

Food

• Careersinfood.com

Marketing

• http://www.careers-in-marketing.com
• Marketing Hire (USA)
• Sales & Marketing jobs (UK)

Oil

• Oil Careers

For more detailed information please visit the ESADE Careerportal.

ESADE recruitment – Asia Pacific

Mary Granger from the admission office is planning her next trip to Asia Pacific. Ms. Granger is in charge of recruitment for Asia and therefore the following dates are good occassions to meet her in case you want to apply to ESADE.  Upcoming fairs:

Seoul – November 3

Tokyo – November 5

Hong Kong – November 7

Shanghai – November 9

Beijing – November 14

Taipei – November 16

Manila – November 18

Singapore – November 22

Kuala Lumpur – November 24

Best of luck for your applications and take advantage of meeting Mary Granger. She is great!

Johnson & Johnson on campus

Johnson & Johnson will be on campus today presenting their full time opportunities and also holding a cocktail for all of us!

Date: Monday 21st of September
Time: 17-19h

Register for the presentation PR-1431
Register for the cocktail PR-1432 (please note cocktail is opened to all second year MBA students and One Year MBA students even if you did not attend the presentation!)