“No great thing is created suddenly.”

One of the primary values of the MBA experience besides the skills you develop is your connections with your classmates, your unique cohort that went through alot together. When you search for the “best way to get a job” (without the quotes) in Google, the top two results relate to networking. It is in fact the way I got one of my interviews.

I’ve been acquaintances with someone from the company for several years now, and at a recent career fair I asked if there was any positions coming available that might be a good fit for me besides the one they were hiring for. He gave me the heads up on a position that wasn’t available on their career site yet, a “hidden job”. While he didn’t have the say so on hiring, it helped get me in the door early in the process.

Two lessons here: one, its good to know people and have a connection established. Two, unless you ask for it, you may never find out about certain job opportunities. So ask around, tap your connections for opportunities, see what pops up.