One of the main goals of all of us coming to business school, is naturally to find a great job afterwards. It can be finding the right partner for opening a new venture, taking on a more senior position in your field of interest or switching to a new career track, job search is one of the main things that occupies our minds since day-1 at school. There are tons of activities in school to support us in this quest. Here are some of them:

Companies - On Campus

Since the first week of school companies start coming to school to present themselves, their culture, the students they look for and potential positions (although at this early stage most of the sessions are more general than specific. This is a great opportunity to learn about companies you are interested in, network with some of the company’s current employees and understand differences between companies (for example, when a company says Product Manager - what are they really talking about). Most companies also give some fun collectibles (although some have real attractive raffles - Microsoft gave an Xbox, Adobe gave the entire Creative Suite etc.).

(Exhibit 1: The pens)	(Exhibit 2: The not-pens)

In addition, once in a while there will be a firm night dedicated to specific industries (consulting career night, tech career night etc.). In these events companies of the same industries come to campus to meet with students interested in this industry. In some cases, companies will attend a special discussion or sessions - one such example was the case competition Facebook conducted on campus, allowing students to work on a real business case for Facebook.

Companies - Off Campus

The proximity of Berkeley to the Silicon Valley allows us to reach out to companies quite easily. The High Tech club organizes career treks to many companies in the area. so far I visited eBay, Adobe, Symantec, Yahoo! and Google and next Friday we’re at Facebook. Another great initiative that is unique to Haas is “Rich’s Silicon Valley Tour”. In this half-day tour, Rich Wong, our Tech Account Manager (from the Career Services Office) takes groups of five students each day for a tour around the silicon valley, including lectures on the area’s history, geography and culture and, of course, about companies we see along the way.

(Naveed, Kazu, Hannah, Akhil and me @Intel)

On the next posts I will cover other opportunities we have in the area of job search, and a few words about the current economic turmoil

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