With the constant pressures of career planning, socializing is hard work for B-school students. "Among students, socializing and networking is basically the same thing," says 2006 University of Virginia Darden graduate Trevor Brown. Even tailgate parties at weekend football games are sponsored by major recruiters. Business and pleasure also get blurred when companies sponsor social events off-campus, such as bowling parties or fancy dinners. It's in this non-academic atmosphere that jobs are often secured, according to Darden student Caroline Rosenberg.
In my days (damn, that makes me sound so old !) the highlight was HLL's pre-placement talk.
We got free ice-creams.
Alas, UB or De Beers did not come to campus !
We get a lot of deals that way.Lunches,Visit to companies,Donations,Gifts,Meetings to network with the Board of directors and of course lots of parties.One of the companies that is relatively unknown even sponsored a "How to network" seminar for the students.As I hail from India,I am still finding it tough to get used to the "networking" concept. The placement cell here keeps reiterating that the best jobs and the big ones come thru networking and also 50% of jobs that you want will come through personal network.!
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