DerpyPancake

Stealth

ISB take 15 Lakhs from me and just add me to the WhatsApp group then

15mo ago

Find out if you are being paid fairly.Download Grapevine

SwirlyTaco

Stealth15mo

A network is always multiplex. Traffic needs to flow in all directions.

You can't just receive. You also have to give. For you to give, people need to know you. For people to know you well, you need to have shared experiences. Thats what determines your worth in the network.

That's why you need to go through the grind.

Otherwise distance learning MBAs would be the riot!

GoofyWaffle

Student15mo

@TallTales69 what kind of shared experiences are generally the best? Sports? Can you elaborate on this point a little? I'm interested.

SwirlyTaco

Stealth15mo

Could be absolutely anything. From eating Maggi together at 4 am in the Cafeteria to having someones back when they're struggling with a group project.

How else would you build engagement that fuels trust in the network?

FluffyMochi

American Express15mo

Genuinely asking, has anyone actually leveraged their network from B-schools? How much of an overrated or underrated selling point is a college's network? Would love to hear first hand experiences.

SwirlyTaco

Stealth15mo

Networking 101:

You should network to give, never to take.

It's counterintuitive but that's what will work best for you when you really want your network to help you.

AFA B-School networks go - extremely effective in helping to get things done. Jobs is a rather narrow ask of the network. Just greasing fast introductions or gaining high impact insights is the true benefit.

SquishyMarshmallow

Stealth15mo

Never networked. It's been 11 years and I barely ever interact with my "MBA network". To be fair, I'm in tech and most of my classmates aren't, so there's not much to network about.

CosmicRaccoon

Stealth15mo

All I can say is that MBA network always doesn’t work. It works only for few people. I tried utilising it multiple times, but I haven’t got a single job through utilisation of MBA network. Did MBA from Tier I college.

DerpyPancake

Stealth15mo

Wow, do you feel like your fees went down the drain? I'm not being sarcastic, I'm genuinely asking the question

Do you think it was worth it and would you recommend it to people?

SquishyWalrus

Stealth15mo

Following the thread

ZippyDumpling

LivSpace15mo

Yeah but it’s not as simple
You need to be there for a year to be able to build relationships/friendships, so that people help you out later?

DerpyPancake

Stealth15mo

I spent 5 years in law school, I think the people I met there... I'd be less likely to refer to them than I would strangers cause now I know exactly how dumb they are 😂😂

GroovyBoba

X (formerly Twitter)15mo

This. I don't discriminate while giving referral to a stranger or a college alumni. Just because I went to college with some guy and talked for 2 minutes with him during college doesn't mean I'll refer him. In fact I would straight up refuse to refer some of the morons and annoying people I went to college with.

SquishyWaffle

Stealth15mo

I'm from ISB.

The best part is an Email Network, where you can email any Alum, any Year, and the Email List is pretty active.

We get Job Postings, Coupons, Buy/Sell stuff, RFI, RFC emails almost every day.

So yes the network is worth the fee.

SquishyWaffle

Stealth15mo

I just took a screenshot of 6 high paying Jobs Emails we received today, in a span of 10 hours - But I'm not able to upload the pic here as a reply. Damn.

They should let folks upload images here.