The ongoing search for internships/jobs, the required interview preparations and the emotional investment going into all this is clearly palpable. It is so much of hard work and dedication, almost involving perspiration. Networking is so critical, especially in cases of career shifts. The last four months were the most intense in terms of balancing coffee chats with group assignments, company presentations, CV reviews, one on one counselling with career services, core subject exams, Christmas & New Year break!!!
Opportunities are minimum given the subdued markets, while competition is intense. Obviously the scenario can’t get any more challenging than this. From a school of 500+ students, around 100 may end up with internships. Does it mean that the remaining 400+ are any less smart? Of course not!!! It’s just peer pressure that might make us feel this way. A job or an internship is certainly not the only parameter that determines the success of a person. Honestly I’m sure everyone is working on their plan B and/or C.
Entrepreneurship emerges from incredible passion. Many a times it is born out of turbulence. I’m sure such trying times end up planting the seed of entrepreneurship in the hearts of those that dare to think beyond jobs and internships. I’m sure it is possible to make any business a success by just harnessing the LBS network. True, not everyone responds favorably to mails or calls, but surely a handful do. These few are sufficient to help lay a solid foundation. I wish to see entrepreneurs blossom all around me, hopefully I will be one someday! Go LBS go, let’s make the market!