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Friday, February 23, 2007

Recruitment

Thr recruitment season is in full swing, and if you are studying an MBA you may find yourself approached by corporate recruiters. This can be really beneficial as most of the good jobs are never advertised, so recruitment agencies can bring jobs to your attention that you would never normally become aware of.

This is a headhunting situation, and to some extent you are likely to have more control over a situation of this kind that most others. You will find that the kinds of salaries you are offered are reasonably good - they are trying to pursuade you to go and work - and you can negotiate.

However it's really worth doing your homework on the companies that are interested in you. It's as important that you can work for these companies as it is that they want you to work for them. So make sure you do thorough research and prepare yourself to ask serious questions as well as to answer them. Then consider carefully - this is the biggest single opportunity of your career.

# posted by Mary @ 2:45 PM  
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Absolutely, even though you're going through an MBA don't forget some basic economics (or if you prefer, the rudiments of card playing).
If they want you then you're in a vastly stronger position to negotiate terms than if you're simple one of many supplicants looking for a job. Indeed, it's not even undergraduate economics, let along MBA level, that the rarer the skill the more ability to impose upon the negotiations the possessor of that skill has.
It's always difficult to apply things you know intellectually to real life, you have to stop and think to do it, but it's worth remembering that not only are you in competition with other people for the good jobs, the companies are in competition with each other for the good candidates.
# posted by failingeconomist : 6:38 AM
 
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