It also was the starting point of our journey when as a group of students of the ESCP Europe MBA in International Management we decided to organise an event dedicated to bringing together our classmates and companies interested in MBA profiles.<\/p>\n
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As members of this talented group of people our background, if diverse, had one thing in common: the ability to make things happen!<\/p>\n
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Our network of MBA students, ESCP Europe staff and companies were all we needed to make this project a reality. And so, we started putting together a plan to organise a student-led ESCP Europe MBA dedicated career fair: ESCP Europe MBA Connect 2019<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n \n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n<\/p>\n Many MBA students aim at transitioning to a new industry or a new position<\/strong>. They hope to capitalise on their previous experience and the knowledge they acquire during their studies to reach top management positions where they will apply their know-how.<\/p>\n \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n The effectuation process insists on the importance of self-engaged stakeholders<\/strong>. Being able to understand each and everyone’s motivation and pain-points<\/strong> is key to achieve this result.<\/p>\n \n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n<\/p>\n Explaining to companies the importance of taking one full day and come to the campus to meet and organise short interviews<\/strong> <\/span>with the profiles that would fit their need would prove more difficult.<\/p>\n \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n The limited time frame we had would further increase the difficulty, but the quality of the students<\/strong><\/span> of the MBA in International Management 2019 cohort allowed us to exceed our goals.<\/p>\n \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n On June 12, 2019, we welcomed 8 companies<\/strong><\/span> at the ESCP Europe Paris R\u00e0\u00a9publique campus to spend the day with us including; AXA, Groupe Roullier, HSBC, Richemont, Equancy, Capco, Erneste, EY Parthenon<\/span>. \n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/strong><\/p>\n The attendance rate and positive feedback confirmed the importance of smaller and tailored event<\/strong><\/span> where the organiser takes the time to do the first screening along with participating companies.<\/p>\n \n\n\n\n<\/strong><\/p>\n This process allowed for rich conversation and productive interviews<\/strong><\/span> from both students and companies perspective. 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