NETWORKING FOR MBA INTERNSHIPS AND MBA OPPORTUNITIES

Networking has always been an important part of the business school experience. Some would even venture to say that it is the most important part of the business school experience. The rise of social networking sites such as Linkedin, Facebook, and even Myspace has completely changed networking and can play an instrumental role in your search for MBA internships and MBA opportunities. Before, you were limited to your own alumni network, but now there are no limits to what you can do. Below, I’ve included some tips on how to take advantage of these new trends in social media

1. Linkedin- this will be the most useful tool for your Business school career. More often than not, these contacts will be happy to grant your request for an informational interview. A simple search for company name will return an extensive list of results.

2. Finding Contact Information: Once you’ve found who you are looking it is quite simple to find their contact info. If you click on advanced search in Google and type in “@companyname.com” you will eventually run across somebody’s email address from that organization. What that will give you is the syntax: (eg. first.lastname@companyname.com, firstinitial.lastname@companyname.com, etc.) That should get you started.

3. Finding MBA Recruiters- Another simple tactic is to do a simple Google search for “MBA Recruiting, Company Name.” This will often let you know who the main contact is for MBA recruiting. You could also type in jobs for MBA and the company name more than likely retrieve the same results.