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What a name.
Even though you are currently very busy, you have been doing your best to spend 45 minutes a day watching a Canadian talk show called The Hour. You like the hour; its host, George Stroumboulopolous, is the best interviewer you have ever seen, better than even Larry King. What George does amazingly well is somehow stay friendly while asking very direct questions; even after his interviews finish, he seems like the kind of guy you’d love to get a drink with afterward.
In the meantime, your life goes on, and you are in the process of finalizing interviews with the various consulting firms, talking to the final few people you need to in order to crystallize the impression you have of the firms themselves. Contrary to what you initially thought, the firms themselves are completely unique. What is even more interesting is that very few of the people currently working in the firms have much of an idea about the other firms; so much so that you are fairly certain you have a better broad range perspective than many of the current consultants, especially the senior ones who may have been with their firm for more than a few years.
You could gain this knowledge because you are slowly becoming a better interviewer; your experience curve is helping you get better answers. However, watching The Hour has made a huge impact in your comfort with asking probing questions, and if you end up with a job offer, it may very well be because your awareness of the different firms… which is in no small part due to watching this particular Canadian TV show.
However, you will not know for certain until at least the middle of March. You decide to post interview / job news on your blog in the most benign way possible, after recruiting has finished.
In the meantime, you go running. It is a good day to stay in shape :)
^_^
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Fires in Victoria
One of the biggest disasters of this country’s history is going on right now in terms of the Aussie wildfires that have broken out. These fires are dominating both the international and national news. Entire towns have burned down, entire sections of the Earth are now black with ash…
Rudd did the right thing and set things in motion for a national day of mourning. Has the US done something similar for September 11? Not that you can tell. It is not the first time you are embarrassed to be an American. Somehow, the US just doesn't get it.
In other news, life goes on. The business school life has started again and is sucking up every ounce of effort you can muster. This is because company presentations have started. And case interview practice has started. And classes, and so on…
It’s life. It is still just as exciting and involved as the first day you arrived.
In the midst of it, you spare a moment of thought for those who have lost everything, and encourage your readers to do the same. You have become relatively callous after your time in the military; you have seen death, after all, and you have changed because of it. You are not yet completely numb, and you send thoughts toward the victims in hopes that those remaining have the opportunity to rebuild what was lost.
^_^
Rudd did the right thing and set things in motion for a national day of mourning. Has the US done something similar for September 11? Not that you can tell. It is not the first time you are embarrassed to be an American. Somehow, the US just doesn't get it.
In other news, life goes on. The business school life has started again and is sucking up every ounce of effort you can muster. This is because company presentations have started. And case interview practice has started. And classes, and so on…
It’s life. It is still just as exciting and involved as the first day you arrived.
In the midst of it, you spare a moment of thought for those who have lost everything, and encourage your readers to do the same. You have become relatively callous after your time in the military; you have seen death, after all, and you have changed because of it. You are not yet completely numb, and you send thoughts toward the victims in hopes that those remaining have the opportunity to rebuild what was lost.
^_^
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Teaching Assistant, Managerial Economics
According to the head of MBS Careers, you are now the Teaching Assistant for Managerial Economics. Congratulations!
Unlike your undergraduate Teaching Assistants, TAs at the Melbourne Business School are primarily responsible for ensuring none of the students fail. Therefore, the sessions you will lead will focus mostly on the fundamentals, instead of the upper levels of the class. It is a good system, and just another indicator of how MBS takes care of its students.
Your economics background is more than sound, so you hope and expect to do a good job for the first-termers and / or part-timers taking the course. You are somewhat anxious about the responsibility you now have, but mostly you are passionate and almost giddy for the opportunity. This is for a number of reasons; you cannot list them because they are all still jumbled up in your head.
Together with the new business cards you made, you have not been this excited in a long time. You could not sleep last night, mostly because your mind would not stop thinking about ways to explain the basic Economic concepts you have breathed for most of your adult life. When you finally settled into a fitful daze, your dreams were in Bengali, a language your parents grew up with, but one you cannot speak and can barely understand. To your knowledge, you have never dreamed in Bengali before, and are slightly weirded out by it.
You have no idea what these dreams might mean, but you hope to speak English to your class when it starts next week. Sometimes it is hard, here in Australia.
^_^
Unlike your undergraduate Teaching Assistants, TAs at the Melbourne Business School are primarily responsible for ensuring none of the students fail. Therefore, the sessions you will lead will focus mostly on the fundamentals, instead of the upper levels of the class. It is a good system, and just another indicator of how MBS takes care of its students.
Your economics background is more than sound, so you hope and expect to do a good job for the first-termers and / or part-timers taking the course. You are somewhat anxious about the responsibility you now have, but mostly you are passionate and almost giddy for the opportunity. This is for a number of reasons; you cannot list them because they are all still jumbled up in your head.
Together with the new business cards you made, you have not been this excited in a long time. You could not sleep last night, mostly because your mind would not stop thinking about ways to explain the basic Economic concepts you have breathed for most of your adult life. When you finally settled into a fitful daze, your dreams were in Bengali, a language your parents grew up with, but one you cannot speak and can barely understand. To your knowledge, you have never dreamed in Bengali before, and are slightly weirded out by it.
You have no idea what these dreams might mean, but you hope to speak English to your class when it starts next week. Sometimes it is hard, here in Australia.
^_^
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