Day 2: words of wisdom and an unlikely highlight

An INSEAD alum from '09J (incidentally also a Brown alum! Hooray!) came back to share with us his experiences looking for a job and the various things he thought he did well and the thing he didn't do well. Pretty useful advice in my opinion

• Do these!
• Speak to as many people as possible and ask them about what they do and why they love doing it
• Reach out to Alumni as they are often very willing to help
• If you're thinking of changing industry/geography/function, have a clearly thought out story as to why you want to do that 
• Clearly define the criteria for the job you are looking for
• DON'T!
• Flip the !(*#&@ out when it comes to recruiting and follow the herd when all these companies descend on campus and woo you with their marketing. Just because everyone is applying somewhere doesn't mean you have to also

Other highlight of the day was the presentation on Campus Operations (I kid you not!). The director happens to be a rather humourous British guy who loves being un-PC and making fun of the French (or any nationality that comes to mind, but especially the French). He had that really dry British humour delivered with a deadpan face and did pretty good impressions of various accents. Made a perfectly dull presentation absolutely enjoyable. Well done!