Oh the spam

So what happened to Monster.com? I guess the decrease in classifieds has finally hit monster. I have never seen such spam for work at home opportunties and home assemblies. I know how much it cost to post an add to monster and it used to be cost prohibitative but now you see spamming for positions in literally every section in every state. I did a search for MBA internships and there were only about 20 real job postings and 200 spam postings.

Why do people still fall for spam? I mean spam looks like spam.

So now the interviewing cycle begins. This begins the week where the lemmings run over the cliff.  Part of what makes this interesting is how crazy and stressed people get over the whole process.  Look at the numbers.  Only about a 1/3 of the class will get jobs through an on-campus process.  This correlates about the same across all of the top b-schools.  That means chances are you will have to find a job on your own merit and through your own work.  Wow what a concept.  networking to get a job.  that's why I am not really stressed.  I know I go to a top b-school.  I will get a job.  Only occasionally has a recruiter called me randomly b/c they found my resume.  More often than not, it's been me finding companies that specialize in what I want to do and tracking people down.  or emailing and harassing the hiring director. 

What I love about my business school is only at Tuck can you go to a professors house for dinner with 12 of your classmates and stay until 1am.  it was one of the best saturday nights I've had in awhile.