Unlike Obambi (see post below), some people yet to accomplish anything are being treated like ... people who have yet to accomplish anything:
Harvard Business School students race across the bridge spanning the river that separates their campus from the rest of the university. The men’s tasteful ties flap in the wind, while female students wear flats and hold their stilettos in their hands as they hurry to meet recruiters. Hell Week -- or recruiting week, as the last few days in October are more formally known -- has come and gone. But many business-school students are still anxiously searching for job offers in these troubled economic times. For some, Hell Week was filled with a dozen interviews and company dinners every night. Others were able to secure only a handful of interviews and even found that some of those were canceled as companies pulled out of the recruiting process. By week’s end, students began to sound deflated. As one put it to me, "I feel a bit like a punching bag."
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Some students returned with grim stories from Hell Week. One baby-faced B-schooler who interviewed with a boutique private equity shop for an entry-level associate position was informed that recently hired associates came from the ranks of middle-aged senior partners at a recently collapsed Wall Street firm. Students who checked their Google news feeds for information on the companies to which they were applying noticed tanking stock prices and deep layoffs only moments before heading into the interview room. One student described following up with an interviewer only to find out that the recruiter had just been laid off herself. Bright, plucky students became familiar with the polite kiss-off line: "In any other year we probably would have made you an offer but ..."
Anyone else having a "Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha" moment?
