Reaching Out MBA Tips for First-Timers

After Returning Home

It is so easy to get immediately caught up in life back home, mid-terms, interviews, jobs, etc. Don't let a week go by without following up with each (yes each) contact you made at the conference. It may be as simple as a text message to a fellow student, an email to panelist, or a handwritten thank you note to a recruiter who spent time explaining the benefits of that firm's internship program. You will know what level of follow-up is appropriate...but the important thing is that you definitely follow-up.

If you are a first year student you may even wish to consider getting involved in the 2007 Conference. This is entirely a student-generated and student-led conference. There may well be a need for your talents in producing the 2007 event.

The value of the 2006 Reaching Out Conference is not in how much fun you have while in New York City...but what you do with the information, contacts, and opportunities you gained after you return home. We look forward to seeing you here and wish you the very best while you are with us in New York.