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Informational Interview |
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Thank You |
| Date Posted: |
02/07/2006 |
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Your enthusiasm for a multinational corporate organization is certainly appreciated, but take a step back and reassess this situation. Take a deep breath. Exhale slowly.
My late colleague T. Herman Zweibel might say something like this: Perhaps you remember to your middle school days when you got infatuated with a cute blonde in one of your classes. (Substitute "guy" if that's your pleasure.) You wrote her secret love notes, gave her presents, memorized her class schedule, and took a liking for everything she liked. You wished to move 10,000 miles if you could be with her. Then you got to know her and realized she was just an ordinary person. And today, she's probably ugly.
I think you're a bit infatuated with this whole job thing. Even thinking about moving 10,000 miles and abandoning friends, family, etc. for a corporation indicates a need to reassess the purpose of your life. If not, you'll get burned out before you even find the office's bathrooms.
The link below has been posted frequently on this board. Rule #1 is important:
http://davidmaister.com/pdf/MaistersLawsoftheJobSearch20359.pdf |
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To West Carolina:
I enjoyed that link very much. I believe your analysis of me is slightly askew, not because you??re not a reasonable person, but because of a lack of information. For example, my parents are dead, I have no siblings; I've lived in Michigan, Maine, Florida, North Carolina, and Italy. There is no place that is exactly "home" for me. I view the world as my home. I have a handful of close friends and relatives which will always be a part of my life no matter where I go. That's the way it has always been and will continue to be. I'm not going to settle down in one place at this point in my life because I have A friend here or A relative there. In short, I am not ??abandoning?? anything.
I value a few, simple things:
- Money
- Education (Want HBS MBA or other graduate degree)
- Physical fitness
- Travel (Living in or visiting other countries and learning about them. History is my hobby)
Of course there are plenty of other things that matter to me but these four things are my goals, and usually I group them into three for simplicities?? sake since my travels are educational as much as anything else. I would never move 10,000 miles to abandon friends, family, and a cheery-happy life for a corporation. I will, however, move to another country because that is in fact what I want to do and plan to do, regardless. I understand Bain may not be the god-send it seems. Still, it remains the company I want to work for.
I'm not sure what the purpose of my life is but I absolutely know what I want out of my life.
To the other fellow:
I prefer Bain because of its size, its focus on strategy and its generalist approach. I like its reputation among top business schools and employees who continually rate it as one of the best places to work. It has offices in the countries I??d like to work in and, most importantly, encourages people to spend time abroad. The career progression: 2 yrs. AC, 1 yr. SAC, then MBA, fits in with my timeline. I appreciate that Bain looks to hire entrepreneurial types. I am one of them. (My logistics business in Florida does about 1.2m in sales.) The sense of community Banies appear to share is attractive. As generalists, I like the flexibility in projects and varied aspects of the company such as the opportunity to work in private equity as well. Et cetera.
Companies such as A.T. Kearny and other competitors of Bain also look like great places to work but in most cases the total picture favours Bain. That is, of course, a personal preference based on the information available to me.
Thanks again for you comments!
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