Comments on: Is Experience That Important? http://kenrickchatman.com/is-experience-that-important/ Online talk radio, career options, and career community Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:40:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Kenrick Chatman http://kenrickchatman.com/is-experience-that-important/comment-page-1/#comment-762 Kenrick Chatman Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:17:53 +0000 http://kenrickchatman.com/?p=990#comment-762 Brittany, Do not give up on marketing/brand management. Spin your summer internship experience in the best possible light without exaggerating to illustrate the competencies required for a marketing/brand management position. You should seek out your MBA career counselors to help you accomplish this task; by altering your resume and cover letters and to conduct mock interviews to help you deal with the "experience" issue. Also if you have to participate in case interviews, this will be a golden opportunity to demonstrate your capabilities to perform the job. Next develop a Plan A, B, and C for the type of work you want to do, apply, and network with alums or company representatives (who can help get you on the closed list for your targeted positions). Finally, remember that the MBA recruiting system is very powerful although the economy is currently bad. This will probably be the last time in your career where you will have structured targeted recruiting strictly for MBAs. Remember to buckle down and make the "impossible" possible. Thanks-Kenrick Brittany,

Do not give up on marketing/brand management. Spin your summer internship experience in the best possible light without exaggerating to illustrate the competencies required for a marketing/brand management position. You should seek out your MBA career counselors to help you accomplish this task; by altering your resume and cover letters and to conduct mock interviews to help you deal with the “experience” issue. Also if you have to participate in case interviews, this will be a golden opportunity to demonstrate your capabilities to perform the job.

Next develop a Plan A, B, and C for the type of work you want to do, apply, and network with alums or company representatives (who can help get you on the closed list for your targeted positions).

Finally, remember that the MBA recruiting system is very powerful although the economy is currently bad. This will probably be the last time in your career where you will have structured targeted recruiting strictly for MBAs.

Remember to buckle down and make the “impossible” possible.

Thanks-Kenrick

]]> By: Kenrick Chatman http://kenrickchatman.com/is-experience-that-important/comment-page-1/#comment-1195 Kenrick Chatman Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:17:00 +0000 http://kenrickchatman.com/?p=990#comment-1195 Brittany, Do not give up on marketing/brand management. Spin your summer internship experience in the best possible light without exaggerating to illustrate the competencies required for a marketing/brand management position. You should seek out your MBA career counselors to help you accomplish this task; by altering your resume and cover letters and to conduct mock interviews to help you deal with the "experience" issue. Also if you have to participate in case interviews, this will be a golden opportunity to demonstrate your capabilities to perform the job. Next develop a Plan A, B, and C for the type of work you want to do, apply, and network with alums or company representatives (who can help get you on the closed list for your targeted positions). Finally, remember that the MBA recruiting system is very powerful although the economy is currently bad. This will probably be the last time in your career where you will have structured targeted recruiting strictly for MBAs. Remember to buckle down and make the "impossible" possible. Thanks-Kenrick Brittany,

Do not give up on marketing/brand management. Spin your summer internship experience in the best possible light without exaggerating to illustrate the competencies required for a marketing/brand management position. You should seek out your MBA career counselors to help you accomplish this task; by altering your resume and cover letters and to conduct mock interviews to help you deal with the “experience” issue. Also if you have to participate in case interviews, this will be a golden opportunity to demonstrate your capabilities to perform the job.

Next develop a Plan A, B, and C for the type of work you want to do, apply, and network with alums or company representatives (who can help get you on the closed list for your targeted positions).

Finally, remember that the MBA recruiting system is very powerful although the economy is currently bad. This will probably be the last time in your career where you will have structured targeted recruiting strictly for MBAs.

Remember to buckle down and make the “impossible” possible.

Thanks-Kenrick

]]> By: Brittany http://kenrickchatman.com/is-experience-that-important/comment-page-1/#comment-761 Brittany Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:01:52 +0000 http://kenrickchatman.com/?p=990#comment-761 Kenrick, Thank you SO much for this article. I am going into my second year of business school and the internship I am doing is not meaningful or helping me advance my career. I am actually concerned about full-time interviews because what I came to business school to do (marketing/brand management) is not what my internship consists of...there is no project, no chance to conduct analyses or make recommendations or anything of the sort. As a matter of fact, today I am doing cashier/retail work! Part of the reason I am in this situation is because I have only 2 years of "real-world" experience and have worked in many industries, which reads to some recruiters "not focused." Clearly, I came to business school because I am focused! I haven't even been given a chance in some instances. But, like it was mentioned above, I have been able to adapt to many different industries and excel in them. To these companies though, that does not matter. I agree 110% with you, Randy and Craig. I sat here nodding my head emphatically the entire time I read your article and their posts. People keep saying "network network network" but not even networking has helped. It is so frustrating I am contemplating taking the entrepreneurial route upon graduation. Thank you again -- it feels good to know I am not the only one who feels this way! Kenrick, Thank you SO much for this article. I am going into my second year of business school and the internship I am doing is not meaningful or helping me advance my career. I am actually concerned about full-time interviews because what I came to business school to do (marketing/brand management) is not what my internship consists of…there is no project, no chance to conduct analyses or make recommendations or anything of the sort. As a matter of fact, today I am doing cashier/retail work! Part of the reason I am in this situation is because I have only 2 years of “real-world” experience and have worked in many industries, which reads to some recruiters “not focused.” Clearly, I came to business school because I am focused! I haven’t even been given a chance in some instances. But, like it was mentioned above, I have been able to adapt to many different industries and excel in them. To these companies though, that does not matter.

I agree 110% with you, Randy and Craig. I sat here nodding my head emphatically the entire time I read your article and their posts. People keep saying “network network network” but not even networking has helped. It is so frustrating I am contemplating taking the entrepreneurial route upon graduation. Thank you again — it feels good to know I am not the only one who feels this way!

]]> By: Brittany http://kenrickchatman.com/is-experience-that-important/comment-page-1/#comment-1194 Brittany Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:01:00 +0000 http://kenrickchatman.com/?p=990#comment-1194 Kenrick, Thank you SO much for this article. I am going into my second year of business school and the internship I am doing is not meaningful or helping me advance my career. I am actually concerned about full-time interviews because what I came to business school to do (marketing/brand management) is not what my internship consists of...there is no project, no chance to conduct analyses or make recommendations or anything of the sort. As a matter of fact, today I am doing cashier/retail work! Part of the reason I am in this situation is because I have only 2 years of "real-world" experience and have worked in many industries, which reads to some recruiters "not focused." Clearly, I came to business school because I am focused! I haven't even been given a chance in some instances. But, like it was mentioned above, I have been able to adapt to many different industries and excel in them. To these companies though, that does not matter. I agree 110% with you, Randy and Craig. I sat here nodding my head emphatically the entire time I read your article and their posts. People keep saying "network network network" but not even networking has helped. It is so frustrating I am contemplating taking the entrepreneurial route upon graduation. Thank you again -- it feels good to know I am not the only one who feels this way! Kenrick, Thank you SO much for this article. I am going into my second year of business school and the internship I am doing is not meaningful or helping me advance my career. I am actually concerned about full-time interviews because what I came to business school to do (marketing/brand management) is not what my internship consists of…there is no project, no chance to conduct analyses or make recommendations or anything of the sort. As a matter of fact, today I am doing cashier/retail work! Part of the reason I am in this situation is because I have only 2 years of “real-world” experience and have worked in many industries, which reads to some recruiters “not focused.” Clearly, I came to business school because I am focused! I haven’t even been given a chance in some instances. But, like it was mentioned above, I have been able to adapt to many different industries and excel in them. To these companies though, that does not matter.

I agree 110% with you, Randy and Craig. I sat here nodding my head emphatically the entire time I read your article and their posts. People keep saying “network network network” but not even networking has helped. It is so frustrating I am contemplating taking the entrepreneurial route upon graduation. Thank you again — it feels good to know I am not the only one who feels this way!

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