The Perfect Job (for me)
While this is a lifelong ever changing quest, I want to understand it as best as I can now so I don’t waste time and energy pursuing opportunities that are a poor match for me.
Management Consulting (MC) and Investment Banking (IB) are the two careers that I think will be most pragmatic for me to pursue immediately after graduation. These careers will prolong the rapid learning curve established during two years of school, should enable me to more comfortably repay my loans, and both match my pre-MBA experience and skill set well. To determine which I think would be a better fit for me, I have talked to many friends, read many industry articles, and most recently, I took a Live Career assessment test.
- Strong desire to lead/manage
- High interest in technical subjects
- Aptitude for persuading others, and
- Liking of being out and about
- Limited artistic abilities (really appreciate art though)
- Dislike of performing customer services
- Dislike of performing health services
- Dislike of performing clerical activities
The results of the Work Place Fit heavily point to…
- My liking of innovative and pensive work environments
- My liking of enterprising and dynamic work environments
After reviewing these results, I am once again leaning towards MC as it seems to better fit my basic interests and workplace likings. From what I know, IB is more sales/service oriented and the environment is more realistic/conventional (transactions). I also think that MC presents a broader range of career options down the line, which is important to consider given that I will likely want to completely change directions in ten years. From a lifestyle standpoint, I’d prefer to travel during the week and have most of my weekends free (MC) versus being frequently obliged to work in the office on weekends (IB). Many of my active pursuits are central to my overall wellbeing and having to forgo them on a regular basis would be difficult. Finally, the Live Career test makes me realize that I shouldn’t overlook opportunities at innovative companies, such as Google and Microsoft.
posted by FM @ 7:47 PM
6 comments
6 Comments:
FM, very good assement. I've been considering those two career paths also, once I get my arshe into B-school (hopefully 07'). Keep on those thoughts and let me know your eventual decision. Your pros and cons is resonates to my dilema also.
Good luck w/ LBS also. I was planning on apply for LBS also as a R3 or R4 candidate, but w/ my dad's health deterioting and eventual passing, B-school was the last thing on my mind.
FM, your career dilemma resonates to my confusion also.
I am also curious about I-banking and Management/Strategy Consulting. I have read up on "a day in life" of these two careers at www.vault.com It's a good site on careers/industry/salary/etc. There are several "day in life" articles that really provided useful insight to how these career lives their day. Not as detailed as Angel Angie's post (hers' was "week in life"), but still useful additional information to weigh your choices. You can understand a person once you walked in their shoes... or some cliche similar to that. It has lots of informative articles, but mind it trying to to sell their books. You should check it out when you have the free time.
I also took a personality and career assessment test. It helped but not as much I hope it would. Your resoning reads sound and it looks like you have your priorities straight. Please continue w/ the posting, as it can provide me w/ some additional views I may have not considered myself. Hopefully your time at LBS will clear your dilemma and your posts will help mine.
Random thing is that I was in the process of applying for LBS for R3 and R4 period. Unfortunately, my father's health had deteriorated and B-schools were the last thing on my mind. Good Luck at LBS and please continue to posts. Hopefully I'll get my arshe into LBS for 07'. Cheers,
I'm impressed with your site, very nice graphics!
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Thank you...outside of minor formatting changes, the credit for the graphs really goes to 'Live Career'.
Your are Excellent. And so is your site! Keep up the good work. Bookmarked.
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