How to make it when you're not the typical WASP?

maxcanada
Sat, 26 May 2007 11:58:12 +0000

First of all, I’d like to thank you all for your advice.

@Denzera: You’re right when you notice that the challenge is to get noticed. So you advise to use professional recruiters? I don’t mind paying if the service is worthwhile. If I’m going in that direction, what should I do?

@southpasdena: My school is still better than most of those in your list. Since I’m good test taker (my SATs were 90%+ though I’m not a native English speaker), and with some backing, I could successfully apply at Oxbridge or something for a MSc, but I don’t think this would secure me a job. Moreover, most renowned American universities only offer MBAs and PhDs at the graduate level, since students directly head for the job market after graduation… something quite unconventional in Europe.

It may be useful to say that my school offers the “CEMS Master in Intl. Mngmt”, which is a nice program (similar to that of HEC-Paris) I’m could get into with my fingers in the nose. But I’m looking for something better.

@pearfire: Yes, I’d rather live in NYC; I love the “big city” feel! It could be Shanghai or London as well, but I’m done with the continental europeans, especially the French… Paris is a no-go. Their bureaucratic corporate culture is just disheartening. I’m definitely more of an American: ambitious, self-starting, OK to work on weekends, thrives in a fast-pace environment…

Moreover, Cont. Europe is not the best place to make truckloads of cash, which is also an objective.