March 2009 - Posts - On The Job

March 2009 - Posts

B School Journal: Post-placement fun (IIFT Delhi)

Posted by Vividha Kaul at 
B-school students are not used to having any spare time. They are always on the run- doing something or the other, rushing to do stuff that will add those magical CV points that will fetch us our dream jobs. Well, once we have those jobs, what to do next? Hmmm, one thing's for sure, no one is going to sit and twiddle their thumbs. The number one...

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An MBA student’s survival guide to the recession

Posted by Vividha Kaul at 
So, the batch of 2009 is on its way out. We have had to bear the brunt of the recession and growth rates gone sour. We knew things were not that rosy, but as the world started unravelling and companies started going bust one after the other in September 2008, nothing, absolutely nothing, had prepared us for the bloodbath that was to follow. Our batch...

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Aman Kachroo case: What would-be doctors can learn from business school graduates

Posted by Aparna Kalra at 
Medical school student Aman Kachroo died last week, cruelly tortured by senior students in the name of ragging. This practice is unheard of in foreign campuses. But there's another place its unthinkable - business schools. Most business schools, the venerable IIMs, MDI, and FMS, encourage a unique system of hand-holding of the junior students by...

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B School Journal: Working with the government? (NITIE Mumbai)

Posted by Ken Dsouza at 
The recession were seeing today may have its own advantages. It seems to be driving an increasing number of young students towards careers in the government. It is only now that we have finally opened our eyes to the opportunity that was staring us in the face all along: An opportunity for learning, growth and power to bring about change/reform. The...

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B School Journal: The Return of the PSUs (IIFT Delhi)

Posted by Vividha Kaul at 
PSUs, long-forgotten in the collective psyche of B-school students, have come back with a bang this year. Be it manufacturing PSUs or banks, they have all found several takers at India’s premier B-schools, something that would have been unheard of at last year’s placements. This is because of three main reasons. First and foremost, in times such as...

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Placements 2009: View from inside (NITIE, Mumbai)

Posted by Ken Dsouza at 
Come April, and yet another batch of management students will spread their wings and explore their new habitat – the corporate world. They will now experience management at first hand. From beyond the confines of a class room and the generalities of your average case study. This is for real. Students at NITIE do go prepared though. A major factor is...

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