Comments on: Career Advice to the IIM Ahmedabad Graduating Class

By: links for 2009-04-14 « Unjustly

links for 2009-04-14 « Unjustly — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:30:20 +0000

[...] 6 AM Pacific » Blog Archive » Career Advice to the IIM Ahmedabad Graduating Class But when all’s said and done, the biggest favour you can do to yourself is this – ignore my advice and follow your heart. For there is nothing worse than regretting a choice you made because it was the rational thing to do, not what you wanted to do. You are among the fortunate few that made it to IIM A. I don’t want this to go to your head, but there is no state of the economy where you will be left among the unemployed for any length of time. And take it from someone who has worked with MBAs from around the world – you are still the best. (tags: b-school MBA management Education crisis) [...]

By: Pradeep

Pradeep — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:52:26 +0000

Nice post and good advice. Rashmi's latest post is good too with similar views. PGP1, IIMA.

By: Bharat

Bharat — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:23:08 +0000

It will also help to read up on world views other than pure play capitalism. The person across the table might be sceptic or someone who might have subscribed to an alternative world view.
http://eone.vox.com/library/post/mar-8-its-tough-...

By: Muthu

Muthu — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:04:25 +0000

News from economic times – Fresh grads from IIMs post CVs at job portals

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News-by-Indus...

Fundamentally i worked in a manufacturing company.. These MBA's grow not because of skill sets but because they are from IIMs they have a separate career path…

Only IT companies broke this reservation for IIM fellows from their predecessors…

By: Punit Garg

Punit Garg — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:20:55 +0000

Thanks for the grounded advice. Good to hear kind and sensible words..
Btw I probably didn't meet u when u were on campus. I am Punit & in 1st yr.

By: Harry

Harry — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:49:22 +0000

Hi, Basab

Nice Post

What about your company? Is it "still" hiring? Cant someone think of starting his own startup

By: Pritesh Jain

Pritesh Jain — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:14:14 +0000

Great piece of advice sir. We will surely keep it in mind.

By: Basab Pradhan

Basab Pradhan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:05:25 +0000

It was fun, Piyush. Needless to say we won because you more than made up for the old warhorses on our team!

By: Piyush Maskey

Piyush Maskey — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:21:46 +0000

Great post Basabda! and thanks for the great Basketball game too! We won

By: Bharat Rao

Bharat Rao — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:44:11 +0000

Well said Basab. I think there are 3 key things to get through these rocky times – especially as a 'fresh' MBA on the lookout for a job.
- Be humble
- Be flexible
- Be realistic
More at http://eone.vox.com/library/post/mar-1-tough-for-...