On Monday, the Museum of Fine Arts is holding an open house (free admission for everyone!) in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and I decide it’s time to do something a little more cultured. The MFA opened a Degas exhibit a while ago, and I’d been meaning to stop by for quite some time. I finally have the opportunity to go; the only downside is that half of Boston has the same idea as me. It’s very crowded, and much to my dismay, there are screaming children everywhere. I love kids, but I don’t like screaming kids!
Tuesday, we’re back in class. We only have one class on Tuesdays (Supply Chain Management); we discuss a very short L.L.Bean case. I’ve always liked the company, and their corporate strategy is very different from a lot of other retailers. They offer 24/7/365 phone assistance in multiple languages, free shipping (both ways!), and a lifetime guarantee on their products. For those of you with retail experience, this is almost unheard of!
The rest of the day, I’m doing homework and working on some chapter edits for Professor Garcia. She’s asked me to construct a small table to illustrate the different coffee offerings from several major coffee vendors.
I wake up on Wednesday completely anxious. I have a long day ahead of me, starting with classes. Both Finance and Operations are over in a flash, and it’s time for me to go into my mock live interview. The Career Center has been really dedicated to getting everyone ready for corporate residencies, and part of this is making sure we know how to handle interviews. My interviewer was very helpful and gave me some great feedback; namely, I should be more outspoken about my international experience and my language skills.
Once the interview is over, I attempt to relax a little bit. Until I realize I’ve somehow triple-booked myself in the afternoon! I realize a little too late that I’m supposed to participate in a student rep meeting at the same time I’m supposed to attend an Insider insight from Ocean Spray, and apparently I also agreed to meet a friend for dinner. I have to cancel on my friend and miss the student rep meeting. Lesson learned: always check my calendar!
Thursday is another hectic day. We have our two longest classes one right after the other. After classes, the Women’s MBA Club has a quick meeting to discuss upcoming events. We are putting together a panel event open to all the other schools in the Boston area! The panel will feature several successful women in business – it should be very interesting!
The next morning (Friday) in Career Management, we practice answering behavioral interview questions (the “tell me about an experience…” ones). I feel a little better after the class session, and decide to set aside some time on the weekend to get in more practice.
I also get an email from a student in the Executive MBA program – he’s looking for some help in Accounting. I’m one of the tutors for Accounting this semester (yikes!). We set up a time for next week.
Saturday is spent recovering from the week. I need to decompress after everything that happened this week, and so I try and spend as little time doing school-related stuff unless it’s absolutely necessary!
I'm sorry this post is text-only! There haven't been many opportunities to take pictures lately. But I will try and add more pictures to the next posts!
*The views expressed in this blog are not necessarily those of Northeastern University, its faculty, staff or affiliates and are solely the opinion of Esther Bliedung.
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