Why Your First MBA Job Is So Crucial 

Coming soon!!

It's really true that beyond business school, skills and abilities are table stakes of rapidly diminishing importance to your advancement. We only advance in our careers because other people want us to. That's just the nature of human systems. Hopefully you're able to build some great mentor and sponsorship relationships to help you achieve your goals! We're rooting for you!!!

@@CareerProtocol thanks for the follow up. I've already given up, turned 40 last year and that was it. It blows my mind that it's still like this in 2022. Might as well bring back monarchy and bloodlines too.

Maybe a more helpful way to think about it is: people like to work with people they like. People skills are absolutely a buildable skill. But you have to see the value in them for yourself. Just know, you can overcome the “people you know” barrier, by working on these skills and becoming the sort of person people want to know, work with, and recommend.

@@StorytellingHeadshots I did all that stuff for more than a decade. The education never mattered. Skills didn't make much of a difference either. I found everybody wants experience but nobody wants to give it. I do appreciate "a more helpful way to look at" my situation but really need something more practical.

Thank you for sharing& not sugar coating. In addition, the saying better late than never...meditate to align energy& start changing reality. Check out Dr. Joe Dispenza.

Hi! I'm so happy I've been able to help you!! And between us - yes there are definitely lots of plans to do so soon, there's just not a fixed date yet :) We'll announce here when it's all ready - otherwise there'll be much more info about it in our community as we gear up!

@@CareerProtocol Awesome, looking forward to them! Wish you all on your continued success! :)

Hi Kyshaun!! Congrats on these big achievements and plans! Good questions. Two things to understand. First, it sounds like you will have minimal full-time work work experience when you complete your MBA (I am reading between the lines of your text above). A Director of Ops role is typically one for someone not only with several years of work experience, but also with several years of full-time experience post-MBA. So your best next step post-MBA is to choose an industry you really like so that you can work your way up to a director role in time within that industry. Second, the rules of recruiting are the same no matter what you want to do: you need to figure out your strengths, values, and value adds. Then you need to build personal connections with people in the companies you want to work for through skillful networking that is based in friendship. Then you need to source opportunities to interview for the jobs you want. Then you need to crush the interview. The YOMO (You Only MBA Once) program is designed to teach you how to do the first three of those four steps, and it could be a very good support system for you as you are going through post-MBA recruiting. It includes a year of group coaching calls with me. It will certainly give you skills to go after and get any job you want. We will open the class again soon, so go here and join the waitlist and download the 7 MBA Recruiting Secrets cheat sheet: careerprotocol.com/get-yomo