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Posts published in October 2015

The Underhill Curio: The Worst Act Ever

Ethan Underhill, MBA Class of 2016

In the late 19th century a new variety act hit the travelling vaudeville scene, composed of three to five supremely untalented siblings at any given time. The Cherry Sisters of Iowa sang, danced, recited poetry and essays, played songs of their own composition on drum and mouth harp – all with the same absolute ineptitude. A Chicago agent with a keen eye for novelty booked them to travel the Midwest, where they met with uniformly scathing reviews and increasingly hostile audiences, their draw being just how bad they were. Their show became a sort of meta-performance, as the surreally awful productions packed venues with jeering crowds eager to see how horrible the infamous act could be, and journalists tried to outdo each other on the venom of their critiques.…

Fantasy Football: A Business Perspective

Zack Perskin, Class of 2018
NFL Sundays have been a tradition across the United States for decades.  To add to that tradition, many fans today are putting on their general manager hats as fantasy football owners.

Fans of the NFL in 2015 now are, more often than not, playing fantasy football. In the digital realm, fans can choose players from every team and play friends in season-long leagues or for one-week leagues.  The fantasy landscape generates millions of, if not billions, dollars in revenue. Fans get more invested in football through their fantasy lineups and thus are willing to pay to get more information to beat fantasy opponents.…

Meet Kira Lom – Langoner by night and recruiter by day

Kira Lom, Langone Class of 2016 interviewed by Kasia Kostun, Langone Class of 2017

Kira works for a recruitment first that has divisions that focus on banking, compliance, accounting, finance, IT, legal, marketing, and human resources. The positions cover everything from junior associates to C-suite level roles across all industries.

Where do recruiters find potential employees?

Oftentimes the best candidates are not actively seeking new roles, or are not able to post resumes online, so good recruiters must get creative to find them. This can include referrals from industry contacts, networking, and of course LinkedIn among other sources.

What are recruiters looking for with regard to your online presence?

Jinghis du Jour: Korilla BBQ

Jin Zhou, MBA Class of 2016

Restaurant: Korilla BBQ
Address: 23 3rd Ave (3rd and Astor Place)
Cuisine/Style: Fast Casual Korean BBQ
Price Range: ~$15 for lunch + drink

Packed days are the absolute worst when it comes to finding fulfilling lunches. When faced with the mere 1.5 hours we have between the end of morning classes and the beginning of afternoon ones, many Sternies relinquish their food cravings for the day; grab a sandwich or a quick plate of chicken and rice, and retreat to a dismal corner of Sosnoff, munching silently and looking on in envy at what others with more time are eating.…

Ask the (Pretentious, Arrogant) New Yorker

Q: Where have you been? I’ve been in dire need of your life advice!

A: External circumstances have prevented me from being able to write. But don’t worry, I’ve got plenty of pent-up grumpiness to expend through invaluable pretentious advice this year.

Q: Okay, give it to me straight. I’m in the middle of recruiting season. I expect that many recruiters and/or MBA2s are much like yourself – how do I win types like you over during the many exhausting events I need to survive in order to get an internship and/or job?

A: Act like a f*%$#@! human being. No really, I’m serious.…

Friends, Countrymen, Political Animals: Conservative Recruitment Woes

Raffi Pounardjian, MBA Class of 2016

By the time this issue of the Stern Opportunity hits the stands, recruitment season will have been in full-swing for two full weeks. I remember last year when everyone was paranoid, nervous, and emotionally distraught during investment banking recruiting circles, afraid that an awkward comment would get them banned from the bank for life. Most of the fear was warranted. Despite the decline in prestige and pay in investment banking, the jobs remain some of the most coveted in the country, and the slow economic recovery means that deal flow and personnel needs simply are not nearly as high as they could be.…

New Fall TV Show 30-Second Pitches

Lucy Shaw, MBA Class of 2017

Just as our networking seasons kicks off, the various TV networks have started their respective seasons and are giving their very own 30-second pitch. So if you find time in between juggling class, career and beer blast here is a snapshot as to what each of the main broadcasters has brought to our TVs, laptops or tablets this fall.

ABC:

Quantico. We meet Alex Parrish (Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra) and her fellow FBI trainees on their first day at Quantico. Assault courses, rifle training and investigating the (many) secrets of their fellow classmates are all par for the course.…

Ask A&A: Guide to Building the Perfect Recruiting Outfit

“My calendar is filled with coffee chats, corporate presentations, networking dinners, and interviews for the foreseeable future. What should I wear?”

Compared with casing, memorizing company values, and crafting the perfect follow-up email, spending time on an outfit may seem trivial. However, the right sartorial choice will give you confidence and reinforce whatever image you want to convey, which is particularly crucial in first impression scenarios. If you’re excessively uncomfortable or insecure, that distraction may hamper your interactions. Once you’re mired in recruiting events, the ideal outfit won’t even cross your mind, and will free you to focus fully on the conversation at hand.…

Stern Men on Feminism

Conor Grennan, Dean of Students

An ally is one who doesn’t merely empathize, but strives to understand and even feel the frustrations and struggles of others. How small a step, then, it is for me to be an ally to women, as I watch my wife daily wrestle with the frustrations of being a female executive in a successful technology start-up. Or as I watch my young daughter figure out who she is, and how that compares with what the world tells her she is supposed to be. Through them, I feel that frustration, and I feel that struggle. Some might say that makes me an ally.…

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