Internship Fulltime Job Search Perspectives from an International Student

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Internship/ Fulltime Job Search Perspectives
from an International Student

• Rahul Deshmukh

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Internship Search

• Focus on what you ultimately want out of the MBA
  program (industry, career track, location)
• Career enhancement
• Career change
• Understand your strengths and weaknesses
• Exploit your strengths and work on your
  weaknesses
• Consider your summer internship as a step towards
  your final objective
• Test the waters and redefine career objectives by
  end of the internship, if necessary
• Use your summer experience to put your story
  together

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Some Important Internship Search Tools

• Research Companies
• CRL/Alumni /Informational interviews..
• Networking
• Both, within the school and outside the school
• Road shows and Career Fairs
• Effective Communication
• A challenge for some International students
• Effective communication is critical
• Mock/ practice Interviews
• WCRC- International Student Advisor
• Follow-up, follow-up and follow-up

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My Internship

• Identified the industry and career path
• Focused
• Networking Build pockets of support
• Summer Associate- Global Strategy at Monsanto
• Summer assignment in Thailand and Singapore
• Out-performed at the internship Announced as
  The Intern of The Year
• Continued working as a consultant to Monsanto
  during the 2nd year at school
• Based on my experience at Monsanto, I accepted a
  fulltime position in their Strategic Planning
  group

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Out of School I was

• Impatient with career pace
• Eager for more responsibility
• Anxious to test business theories
• Willing to take significant risk and make
  personal sacrifices

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My Criterion For a Fulltime Job

• Leveraging my unique international experience
• Challenging meaningful work that taps creativity
• Training in marketable skills
• Value adding opportunities
• Increasing responsibilities
• Access to decision makers and talented co-workers
• Coaching style managers
• Work-Life balance

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Fulltime Job Search

• Basically the strategy remains the same, but is
  directed towards much better defined career goals
  and objectives
• Use your Internship experience to tell the story
• Need to be focused and patient
• Need to be pragmatic in your decision
• Use your pockets of support

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My Fulltime Job

• Got laid off even before I started A blessing
  in disguise
• I now work for Emerson Process Management as
  Manager - Strategic Planning and Business
  Development
• Part of the Corporate Sponsorship Program
  fast track program to build future leadership
  within the company
• Responsibilities include acquisitions,
  divestitures, strategic alliances, working on the
  Emerson planning process, business development in
  India, and other strategic business issues/models

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Emerson Scorecard Employer of Choice

• Leveraging my unique international experience
• Challenging meaningful work that taps creativity
• Training in marketable skills
• Value adding opportunities
• Increasing responsibilities
• Access to decision makers and talented co-workers
• Coaching style managers
• Work-Life balance

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Key message for International students

• Realize that you possess unique skills that are
  invaluable to an organization
• Leverage these skills to differentiate yourself
  from the pack
• Develop effective written and oral communication
  skills
• Networking is critical to your success
• Mindset change needed
• Need to leverage the incredible career resources
  provided at Olin for your internship/ job search