Why Your First MBA Job Is So Crucial

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[@opcopa]

U r absolutely right...my first job is the foundation of my career and it made me sooper capable and confident

[@nanmeg1]

Thanks for the video Angela! So helpful as always, and really looking forward to the next video specifically! Would love more insights on how to prepare for consulting recruiting

[@CareerProtocol]

Coming soon!!

[@Keykers1]

Hi Angela! thanks for all the great videos. I wanted to ask if you had any plans to talk more about recruiting for jobs during and after the MBA program? Your videos have been super beneficial and are a big reason why I'm at Booth now (almost 1 year down!). If not, that's totally fin, just wanted to ask, and thank you again for all the help!

[@CareerProtocol]

Hi! I'm so happy I've been able to help you!! And between us - yes there are definitely lots of plans to do so soon, there's just not a fixed date yet :) We'll announce here when it's all ready - otherwise there'll be much more info about it in our community as we gear up!

[@Keykers1]

@@CareerProtocol Awesome, looking forward to them! Wish you all on your continued success! :)

[@is88uu]

Your video is always so helpful!

[@dpi8599]

Lol my first job after getting an MBA was an on the phone collections job. MBA is useful if the company that hired you wants to pay for it. I should have used that MBA money for gambling in Las Vegas.

[@jasonpatrickries]

I earned an MBA in 2012 and started working with job coaches and career counselors around this time. They told me my education added little value to my career search. I was instructed to focus on nepotism, networking, favoritism and such. They said I would not have any luck getting a decent career without a good reference or referral. Now 10 years later I'm still looking for something decent. At the time I didn't believe it was that tiled towards cronyism. I was so wrong. Let me tell you they were 100% right. Your skills and abilities DO NOT matter, connections do.

[@CareerProtocol]

It's really true that beyond business school, skills and abilities are table stakes of rapidly diminishing importance to your advancement. We only advance in our careers because other people want us to. That's just the nature of human systems. Hopefully you're able to build some great mentor and sponsorship relationships to help you achieve your goals! We're rooting for you!!!

[@jasonpatrickries]

@@CareerProtocol thanks for the follow up. I've already given up, turned 40 last year and that was it. It blows my mind that it's still like this in 2022. Might as well bring back monarchy and bloodlines too.

[@StorytellingHeadshots]

Maybe a more helpful way to think about it is: people like to work with people they like. People skills are absolutely a buildable skill. But you have to see the value in them for yourself. Just know, you can overcome the “people you know” barrier, by working on these skills and becoming the sort of person people want to know, work with, and recommend.

[@jasonpatrickries]

@@StorytellingHeadshots I did all that stuff for more than a decade. The education never mattered. Skills didn't make much of a difference either. I found everybody wants experience but nobody wants to give it. I do appreciate "a more helpful way to look at" my situation but really need something more practical.

[@celiaferreira2028]

Thank you for sharing& not sugar coating. In addition, the saying better late than never...meditate to align energy& start changing reality. Check out Dr. Joe Dispenza.

[@khadijakhan801]

Can you do a video of MBA specializations?

[@eatsleep8688]

3:05 I need suggestion on what condition is best for someone choosing either consulting/trch/ financial ?

[@CAshaab07]

Thx for video 😊🤗

[@rosesheifa19]

Is there any compulsory credits we should score to apply to a job from Sri Lanka to UK, Australia or Newzealand? Like 240 or 120 ?

[@kyshaungilliard8965]

Thank you for the advice it will help me better prepare for my post MBA career search. However, I do have a questions as to how to leverage the MBA for immediate career advancement post graduation. During my undergraduate business studies I have worked and held multiple management positions in the hospitality industry gaining a well rounded understanding of hotel and resort operations. Recently, I have graduate with a B.S. in Business Management and have accepted an Operations Supervisor offer within the Supply Chain industry through their corporate recruiter. Furthermore, I will begin an accelerated one year MBA with WGU this August, which is competency based and can be completed faster by experienced professionals. I have a career goal of becoming a Director of Operations or Organizational Development regardless of the industry and feel the MBA can help propel my career to those positions. How can I use the MBA and previous work experiences to get those roles during the career search process? Do you offer services that I can help me before and after the MBA is earned?

[@CareerProtocol]

Hi Kyshaun!! Congrats on these big achievements and plans! Good questions. Two things to understand. First, it sounds like you will have minimal full-time work work experience when you complete your MBA (I am reading between the lines of your text above). A Director of Ops role is typically one for someone not only with several years of work experience, but also with several years of full-time experience post-MBA. So your best next step post-MBA is to choose an industry you really like so that you can work your way up to a director role in time within that industry. Second, the rules of recruiting are the same no matter what you want to do: you need to figure out your strengths, values, and value adds. Then you need to build personal connections with people in the companies you want to work for through skillful networking that is based in friendship. Then you need to source opportunities to interview for the jobs you want. Then you need to crush the interview. The YOMO (You Only MBA Once) program is designed to teach you how to do the first three of those four steps, and it could be a very good support system for you as you are going through post-MBA recruiting. It includes a year of group coaching calls with me. It will certainly give you skills to go after and get any job you want. We will open the class again soon, so go here and join the waitlist and download the 7 MBA Recruiting Secrets cheat sheet: careerprotocol.com/get-yomo