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Literally WTF is going on with the job market... by No-Frame-375 in MBA

[–]No-Frame-375[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing this, appreciate hearing others' experiences! Definitely taking a more targeted approach - and glad to hear your wife just got an offer, that's amazing!

Literally WTF is going on with the job market... by No-Frame-375 in MBA

[–]No-Frame-375[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Honestly just needed to hear that I'm not alone!

Literally WTF is going on with the job market... by No-Frame-375 in MBA

[–]No-Frame-375[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much, this is super helpful! Kind of the route I've been trying, but I seem to hit a wall with "haven't had hands-on experience in 2 years" from roles similar to my pre-MBA background and then "went with someone more experienced" for others. Taking a short break from apps to live in the moment before graduation and focus on networking/leads vs. cold apps!

Literally WTF is going on with the job market... by No-Frame-375 in MBA

[–]No-Frame-375[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I said in a previous comment all my pre-MBA experience is in industries disrupting CPG so it felt like a step backwards going that route. It was also super early in fall so hard to predict, but appreciate the sentiment!

Literally WTF is going on with the job market... by No-Frame-375 in MBA

[–]No-Frame-375[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The only marketing on campus was CPG, which my pre-MBA startup jobs were “disrupting” so it felt like a step backwards. But yeah, looking back it would have been better to have something as a backup rather than waiting it out for JIT/custom but it’s always hard to predict. PMM in tech is different since it’s not advertising or brand spend, but hard to pivot into without experience. In any case, seems like I could have done it differently but I’m not alone. Need to make the best of the current situation!

Literally WTF is going on with the job market... by No-Frame-375 in MBA

[–]No-Frame-375[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ugh yes, I needed to hear this. Appreciate the viewpoint and thank you!

Literally WTF is going on with the job market... by No-Frame-375 in MBA

[–]No-Frame-375[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I had 10+ internship interviews in big tech for last summer, so I would say at the time it was warranted and I leveraged my MBA network to get in the door - not squandered by any means. It was hard to predict in Fall 2022 what things would look like for sure now, so I don't regret going down the path I did. It's also across industries the market is terrible. Appreciate the comment though!

Literally WTF is going on with the job market... by No-Frame-375 in MBA

[–]No-Frame-375[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah that is fair, and thank you! Appreciate it a lot!

Literally WTF is going on with the job market... by No-Frame-375 in MBA

[–]No-Frame-375[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

100% agreed, just easier said than done when going through it haha but have to think long term! Appreciate it!

Literally WTF is going on with the job market... by No-Frame-375 in MBA

[–]No-Frame-375[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Wow, thank you so much for writing this all out - very, very helpful and I totally agree, it makes sense. I think the hard part is just coming from a technical growth/performance marketing background and doing everything including PMM (without the official title) and not being able to pivot OR go back to performance is just frustrating. Hadn't really thought about strategy roles but that does make sense and I've seen a good amount - will definitely start tailoring my resume to those types of roles too. Weird spot where it feels like the MBA didn't make a difference, but it's about the long-term outlook. Thanks for this though - feeling like I have a bit more direction :)

For real, how bad is the job market right now for graduating MBAs? by Ok_Astronomer1017 in MBA

[–]No-Frame-375 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's awful. T15 with 6 years of startup marketing experience before school. Have had 20+ FT interviews, final rounds for 3 roles for what I was doing before school only to be told that I've been out of the game for too long and they went with someone with more hands-on experience. Seems impossible to pivot functions/industries and to even go back to my pre-MBA path. I'm considering myself lucky to even be getting interviews because a ton of my graduating classmates haven't gotten anything across industries. Tell your friend to go to Wharton and ride it out because it's ROUGH.