MBA Aspirant - Page 794

The Most Underestimated Domain - HR - Sailesh Hota, XLRI Jamshedpur

When I was a toddler, my parents always told everyone "humara beta heera hai". Almost 24 years later, I got into trouble for that when I found out that MBA colleges don't really like GEMs. I am sure everyone who is prepping to bell the CAT would agree with that. After completing 2 months of PGDHRM, I think I would like to help out future aspirants, to the best of my abilities, make an informed decision about their future prospects.

Sailesh Hota09 Aug 2018

Is It The Right Time To Leave Your Job For CAT?

The hefty amount of money, a big bundle of energy and two years of your time, I am sure these factors always haunt you when you think about leaving your Job for CAT. The saying ‘Few people achieve their dreams by playing it safe’ may be a motivating quote to quit but what remains equally valid is that ‘Taking unnecessary risks is plain stupid’.

Anukriti Mishra09 Aug 2018

Getting The Best Out Of A B-School Stint

Imagine, you’ve worked extremely hard! You managed to do everything right to get through the crowd. Perhaps you’ve done only right things in life because slight blip and the checks and balances that exist in the system would have just thrown you out of the race before you would have even entertained thoughts of making it to a B-school of your choice. After all the adulation for just making it there, comes day one. Shouldn’t you be excited? Haven’t you earned the rights to be on top of the world?

Kunal Mehta09 Aug 2018

CAT Preparation In Fast-Track: A Four-Month Guide

“Do not go gentle into that good night; Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they; Do not go gentle into that good night.”

Pankaj Mann09 Aug 2018

Marketing - From The Lens Of A Novice

Let us start from the beginning of all things - The Big Bang Moment (don’t worry, I won’t take you exactly to THAT moment over here), which leads us to this question:

Apurva Sharma09 Aug 2018

Diversity: The USP Most B-Schools Forget To Sell!

For most MBA students, the b-school journey often starts on a very stereotypical note. It happens in an instant… stressful competitive exams, interviews in starchy formals and then suddenly you’re in! Almost overnight, your bags are packed to leave home. That’s when the gravity of it all hits you. This is it.

Saranya Mukherjee08 Aug 2018

The Curious Case Of Class Participation

Once upon a time attending an early morning class at 10'o clock, half asleep I relentlessly scrounged through my case study looking for that paragraph. The one that is expected to be discussed next. Skimming through myriads of lines, I finally bumped on to something. As soon as the teacher moved to the next expected topic; my hands went up high. High enough to stand tall to talk about that one paragraph I read in class. That's the story of almost every class about "How I participated in Class Participation."

Aninda Halder08 Aug 2018

Prepare To Be Unprepared - CAT Conundrums

There are not many who have the good fortune of having a close friend on campus while preparing to join an IIM, fewer still who have any clue what life on campus is really like. Most of us just buckle up and decide to do an MBA just because it is a sure shot at ‘success’; at least the way society has defined it. Some sorted out souls may have grand career plans where they know exactly which institute to join, what specialization to undertake and which company to work for even! But for the uninitiated majority, we hear tidbits from friends who have cracked CAT earlier and as always, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Mridula S08 Aug 2018