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Update [31.01.2009,21:37h]: I think that the points have been made. I have taken the comments offline for now and now it is time for a dialogue. Everybody involved has been informed.
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Today somebody explained the Career Week quite well in class: “Career Week was a good branding exercise for the companies…!“
ESADE itself did a great job! The networking tent was excellent and the video conferencing presentations worked really well. They also did well in attracting quite a good number of interesting companies and there where some good positions available without a doubt. That however applied to only a few company presentations I attended!
From a lecture point of view some of the company presentations were very interesting especially the questioning session.
From a presentation skill or assessment point of view, they failed! Not all but many of them failed the whole point of Career Week. A French luxury goods group was a good example!45min company presentation in Spanish, 20min questioning session. In the 65th min (5min overtime) one student finally asked the most important question: why did come you to ESADE? Answer: Oh yes, btw. we have a position in Portual but you have to speak Portuguese and preferably French! Mission of branding accomplished. Task failed!
If you give a presentation at a Career Week you should at least have a vacancy, mention the job profile at the beginning and sponsor visas in case applicants are non-residents! How about a job vacancy in Korea and you need to speak Korean! That applied to 1 student at entire ESADE. Thank you very much!
I still wish everybody applying to those companies a lot of luck and best of luck with your own job hunting in case you are also looking outside!
(For those interested in working for the French luxury goods group, I can confirm that everybody present had a handbag from its own company, men included!).
