Whoa!  What does that mean?!? National Black MBA Association.

As an MBA looking for a career after graduation, I am looking for ways to increase my chances of landing a job.  One avenue that Baylor offers is the National Black MBA Associations annual conference.  During the week long event, two days are set aside for hundreds of companies to meet and interview potential hires.  dumonde-beignets

This year’s conference was in New Orleans, so yes there were beignets to be had, but we also tried hard to get closer to a job offer.  We all flew in Wednesday night late and hung up our suits.  Thursday was game time.  We arrived early and had our lists of companies that we wanted to speak with.  It all seemed a bit intimidating at first, but you soon got in the hang of it.  If the company liked your pitch, then they could actually schedule an interview later that day or on Friday.

Most of our group landed interviews either at the conference or on the phone the next week.  It was exhausting “being on” for that long, but well worth the time and energy to feel like I progressed my job search.

Sic ‘Em Bears!