An MBA Christmas: The Holiday Job Hunt

The holiday break is the perfect time to gain an edge on the competition if you're an MBA student searching for an internship or full-time job. "The worst thing anyone can do is just sit back at this stage," says Jackie Wilbur, director of career development at the MIT Sloan School of Management (MIT Sloan Full-Time MBA Profile). Although some career placement directors at top business schools are reporting -- at least anecdotally -- that the traditional fall recruiting season for full-time jobs went as well as they expected, there are still students looking for work. Some job-seekers have the economy to blame, while others are looking for nontraditional positions, which aren't always found through on-campus recruiting.