Need some advice for an Operations Management MBA grad

[fuzzybabybunny]

Just got a new roommate. She's on a working Visa, originally from China, and she just got her MBA in global supply chain management and operations from the University of Toledo.

She currently has no job and is looking for some advice on how best to get a job.

I unfortunately can't provide much advice because I've never worked for anyone else.

She wants to work for a top 500 company but doesn't know how to get there.

She's got two years of total supply chain management experience, one year as a Supply Chain Analyst at Alcoa Aluminum and another as a Purchasing Agent at Shangri-La Hotel in China.

All I could tell her was send in more resumes and look for internships, unpaid ones if necessary.

Any other ideas?

No pics.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Are you harboring an illegal alien?

How can she be on a work visa if she doesn't have a job? Doesn't she need to be sponsored by a company to get a work visa? That's how it worked for my friend from Canada.

I'm guessing she's an illegal now as her student visa is now expired.

 

[Ns1]

If she wants to work for a top500 company and doesn't know how to get there...she probably won't be working for a top500 company.


(srs, MBA can't figure this out and has to resort to asking her new roomie? wtf)

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Correction: she does have a job, but a low paying, part time job doing accounting.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Correction: she does have a job, but a low paying, part time job doing accounting.

I find it hard to believe that a company would pay $1,000s in legal fees to sponsor a part-time accountant. If she's looking for a job, she needs to find a company willing to sponsor her.

I'd ask to look at her visa.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

I find it hard to believe that a company would pay $1,000s in legal fees to sponsor a part-time accountant. If she's looking for a job, she needs to find a company willing to sponsor her.

I'd ask to look at her visa.

How about you be helpful for once and just give advice for this girl trying to find a job? My cousin owns a business and is sponsoring her.

 

[Capt Caveman]

How about you be helpful for once and just give advice for this girl trying to find a job? My cousin owns a business and is sponsoring her.

I already told you. She needs to find a company that's going to be willing to sponsor her. A work visa doesn't transfer from company to company.

 

[busydude]

Are you harboring an illegal alien?

fbb says she just graduated.. which means she may be under OPT.

 

[dighn]

If she wants to work for a top500 company and doesn't know how to get there...she probably won't be working for a top500 company.


(srs, MBA can't figure this out and has to resort to asking her new roomie? wtf)

Well, she *is* from China and likely feels a little out of her elements. It's not that surprising for her to turn to a "local" for advice, even though he may be no more qualified than herself.

 

[Ns1]

Well, she *is* from China and likely feels a little out of her elements. It's not that surprising for her to turn to a "local" for advice, even though he may be no more qualified than herself.

she just got her MBA in global supply chain management and operations from the University of Toledo.

:whiste:

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Well, she *is* from China and likely feels a little out of her elements. It's not that surprising for her to turn to a "local" for advice, even though he may be no more qualified than herself.

Exactly.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

:whiste:

So she did her MBA in Toledo. Doesn't mean much IMO. She didn't own a car and seems to have basically lived in a little bubble in an Ohio city. And more schooling does not equal real world experience.

 

[Hugo Drax]

No jobs in china? Not like the US economy is exactly booming and hiring right now.

 

[Ns1]

So she did her MBA in Toledo. Doesn't mean much IMO. She didn't own a car and seems to have basically lived in a little bubble in an Ohio city. And more schooling does not equal real world experience.

you're missing the point entirely - I would expect an MBA in Operations Management would be able to figure this shit out.

Anyway, I have nothing of value to add to this thread so I'll leave now.

 

[Born2bwire]

What's the hotshot sick pregnant fighter jet girlfriend say? She sounded pretty worldly.

 

[MrChad]

http://www.utoledo.edu/utlc/career/index.html

 

[Imp]

No jobs in china? Not like the US economy is exactly booming and hiring right now.

MBA grads are probably dime a hundred in China and India... probably moreso than the US of A.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

you're missing the point entirely - I would expect an MBA in Operations Management would be able to figure this shit out.

Anyway, I have nothing of value to add to this thread so I'll leave now.

Well, like many super traditional Chinese people, they seem to place an unrealistic emphasis on the importance of schools and degrees and certs. So no, I'm not surprised that she's kinda lost. Being in a foreign country with English as her second language makes it even harder.

 

[the DRIZZLE]

A lot of the value in an MBA is the on campus recruiting. She missed the boat on that so she needs to network. Tell her to go to career fairs, industry conferences, any place she can meet people.

Get a premium account on linkedin and cold email alumni from her school who are working for companies she's interested in. It's a pretty unpleasant process but that's the deal if you want to break into these jobs.

 

[Glayde]

Yeah, where did she get her MBA from? Most business schools should have career/placement/job hunting assistance. They should be her #1 resource.

 

[SandEagle]

So she did her MBA in Toledo. Doesn't mean much IMO. She didn't own a car and seems to have basically lived in a little bubble in an Ohio city. And more schooling does not equal real world experience.

nothing wrong with UoT. You guys in Ohio?

 

[rchiu]

Is there anything U of Toledo can do? Career service/consultation? Usually MBA schools has a good career development office. Me and my wife's first job out of MBA are through school's career service.

Does she have any preference in the type of companies to work for? Consulting maybe a good starting point. Big 4 consulting (KPMG, Deloitte, PWC, Ernest & Young) all have Operations/Supply Chain management operations, I am sure there are some boutique firms out there too. Good thing about the big 4 is that they are global and maybe interested in your roommate's language skill and international experience. 10/15 years ago supply chain and operations management was pretty hot in the US, but as you know, most of those types of operations has gone to Asia and else where around the world. So working for a US consulting company with a world operations maybe a good idea.

Usually bigger consulting firms only goes to few selective MBA programs for recruitment. But your roommate can always look at their website and career opportunities.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

nothing wrong with UoT. You guys in Ohio?

No, we are both in Silicon Valley. She moved here because she was able to get that Visa sponsorship from my cousin's company.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Is there anything U of Toledo can do? Career service/consultation? Usually MBA schools has a good career development office. Me and my wife's first job out of MBA are through school's career service.

Does she have any preference in the type of companies to work for? Consulting maybe a good starting point. Big 4 consulting (KPMG, Deloitte, PWC, Ernest & Young) all have Operations/Supply Chain management operations, I am sure there are some boutique firms out there too. Good thing about the big 4 is that they are global and maybe interested in your roommate's language skill and international experience. 10/15 years ago supply chain and operations management was pretty hot in the US, but as you know, most of those types of operations has gone to Asia and else where around the world. So working for a US consulting company with a world operations maybe a good idea.

Usually bigger consulting firms only goes to few selective MBA programs for recruitment. But your roommate can always look at their website and career opportunities.

Gotcha. I'll pass on the word. I wish her English was more fluent though.

 

[silverpig]

A lot of the value in an MBA is the on campus recruiting. She missed the boat on that so she needs to network. Tell her to go to career fairs, industry conferences, any place she can meet people.

Get a premium account on linkedin and cold email alumni from her school who are working for companies she's interested in. It's a pretty unpleasant process but that's the deal if you want to break into these jobs.

This if she really wants a job in the US.


Her best bet is to go back to China and get a job at a global firm's office in Shanghai or the like. Work a couple of years, then transfer to a US office.