I arrived to Singapore with little expectations of what the city, office, culture, and people would be like. I was excited to start, but like a cub stepping out for the first time, I was anxious about jumping into the real world in a new unfamiliar place known to be the ‘lion city’… Three weeks into my experience now, I can safely say that I have enjoyed every aspect of it thus far. [...]

Finals just ended, I said some good-byes, and I am all packed and ready. My first year at HBS has already come to an end, way too quickly, and I just boarded my flight to Singapore. [...]

Tell us about your role at HBS: Situated within the Career and Professional Development office in our MBA program, as a Recruiting Relations Manager, I engage daily with organizations looking to develop and refine their recruiting strategy at HBS. The industries I engage with span a wide range- from Investment Banking, to Manufacturing to Retail- which keeps me on my toes! I am also part of our Operations team and am heavily involved in planning the logistics behind all of our on-campus recruiting events. [...]

What is your favorite part about working with employers? I get asked a lot of the same questions throughout the day but what I love most about my job is that, in many cases, the answers will be different. There is not one right answer for every recruiter and how they connect with students on campus so much depends on the needs and capabilities of their organization. My job is less about sharing information about the kinds of events that we offer on campus and more about gathering information from the organizations to hear what they need and how I can help them achieve that. There is that great moment, after you’ve learned exactly what an organization is looking to achieve on campus and used your own expertise to help them decide the best way to connect with students, when you hear that a student has landed the job of their dreams and because of it that organization is one step closer to achieving their goals. [...]

Every January HBS sends hundreds of first year business school students to an emerging market for 10 days of cultural and business immersion. Dauntingly, in those 10 days students must acclimate themselves to the new market and complete a project for a global partner, a local business chosen by the school. [...]