What’s your best job searching tip? I’m in business school and struggling to find roles. Please help.

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Don’t waste time in submitting any application to an applicant tracking system. Your biggest advantage in business school is that firms want to hire from your pipeline. The real value of business school isn’t what you learned, it’s the network you built. If you have it, maximize it now, or start building one today.

Build a target list of 20–30 firms you’re serious about

Tap classmates, clubs, and alumni for referrals

Commit to one coffee chat a week (keep it casual and focused on their experience)

Use job alerts to track openings, but treat the portal as paperwork, not your entry point

Small, steady actions here get you into first rounds. Blind applications are a black hole.

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Make a linked in and set up alerts for a variety of roles/in office/hybrid/desired pay.

You will get alerts for each of them every single day.

You don't need to do much with the profile. I don't have a photo or follow anyone and it's private. I use it purely for jobs.

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^^ Not sure which business school you’re in, but a number of them will have job boards where you can do this too.

When in school, generally try to rely on career services and the school network as much as you can. I know it’s a tough market, but employers want to keep their school pipelines open so they try to keep a recruiting pipeline there.

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What roles? What region(s)?

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Make personal connections with people at your target companies and get a referral. Star with LinkedIn - who knows who that’s in your network?

OCR + networking in clubs should give you direct access to first rounds right? It’s the primary reason you are dropping all that $$

Best of luck OP!!

I’m at at a m7! 2nd year. Been logging in every day for new roles on the job board. Applying for roles aligned to my background. Not many roles open

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