This is that time of the year when an MBA college is hustling and bustling with first year students running around with their CVs. The seniors are in high demand and CV reviews are happening in bulk. With a decent background in operations and a summers in supply chain, I have decided to jot down a few pointers to help you in preparing an Operations vala CV:
Today, we bring to you the summer internship selection process experience of Utkarsh Dangayach, Class 2015-2017, IIM Lucknow. He did his summer internship with Hindustan Unilever, London division. He shares his interview process and a basic marketing preparation guideline.
There is often a paradox involved with learning. The more you learn, the lesser you feel that you know. As your learning keeps increasing, so does your humility. You know, what you know not of. And that is the greatest gift to the learner; the ability to know what you don’t know. And this result is something which comes to you in your absolutely open state of mind.
A fine day in April changed my life and not only for good but for the best!
What does it take to transform your passion into a super successful career? Formal Education with respect to your interests? Better training? An opportunity or a sudden big break? Nothing. It is only your drive to excel and to put your best foot forward in every endeavor. Passion also lies in breaking the monotony and following your heart in an age where people are only inclined towards mainstream career choices.
Sylvia Plath wrote The Bell Jar in 1963, but the fig tree extract from the novel is as relevant to management students as ever. The protagonist sits under a fig tree, and each fruit represents a possible perfect future that one may choose. However, choosing any single one means giving up on all the rest. So one puts off choosing a fig for as long as possible, as they dry up and fall to the ground, one after the other.
"Because I want to fit in." - Patrick Bateman, American Psycho (1991)
IIMB is not only encouraging entrepreneurship in various forms, but also has infused this spirit it in its own employees’ blood. From this emerged the fascinating story of IIMBx, the fastest growing Indian start-up in MOOC’s space, solving the problem of lack of access to quality management education. Currently IIMBx has announced 24 courses, for which 2,75,000 students from 185 countries have enrolled. I’m standing in their office, everyone is busy working and it appeared to be a big hassle. I wondered what are those people up to and how it all started? Here’s what they have to say. Above is the picture of the team who aren’t afraid to dream big.
