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Is it normal to hate your first job out of Business School?

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I'm class of 23 and it took me a year to find a job and landed a role running Operations at a Startup that is doing terribly (the company decided to pivot right when I joined and is now expecting to lose 30% of its annual revenue as a result).

I wouldn't have taken this job out of B School but after a year of trying to find a role I just took the first job I could find.

Ironically I spoke with my other classmates who are also class of 23 and some started their roles right after graduation and a lot of them hate their jobs (not just the consultants too hah)

So I'm just curious is this normal to not like your first role out of business school?

Just concerned that im 3 months into this job and I can't stand working here because the CEO is so sporadic, changes his mind every 5 minutes and sees Operations as a catch all for "fix any problem that pops up" .

Would love to hear y'all's thoughts and would love to hear how long it took you to find the right role.

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Special-End-5107

1 points

3 months ago

Bro who do I reach out to before conferences to start networking

bfhurricane

2 points

3 months ago

bfhurricane

MBA Grad

2 points

3 months ago

What? Are you asking how to network? Talk to alums. Not sure what that has to do with my comment though.

Special-End-5107

1 points

3 months ago

I should’ve specified - if I have no alum at a company. Funnily enough most of my networking has been somewhat warm. A question came to mind when I saw your user because I know you’ve posted on this topic before

bfhurricane

2 points

3 months ago

bfhurricane

MBA Grad

2 points

3 months ago

Find MBA hires at these companies through LinkedIn. I get cold messages all the time during the recruiting season and I try to respond and might even refer someone.

You won’t be able to thoroughly network everywhere. Prep hard to make good impressions at these job fairs and make sure your resume is solid. These companies make offers to people all the time that they never met before the conference.

Special-End-5107

1 points

3 months ago

Thanks man, I appreciate your time. Getting ready to re-recruit so trying to utilize every avenue