Vanderbilt Career Center

On Thursday, November 13th, 2008, seven Vanderbilt students RSVPed to meet up with alums Conner and Ginny Searcy '96. Mr. Searcy is currently a partner at Insight Equity, a private equity firm of the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

Insight Equity uses a very hands-on approach to private equity, and because of this they typically look for candidates whose experience includes something like:
- 2 years working in banking (to develop finance skills)
- 2 years working within a business, gaining exposure to a key business function like plant managment, consulting, or marketing (to develop operations skills)
- At least one course in leadership or organizational behavior (to develop managment skills)

Speaking from his personal experience, Mr. Searcy stressed that one's career is a marathon, not a sprint.  We can use each job we have to learn more about ourselves, our personality, our preferred workstyle and lifestyle.

If you would like to attend events similar to this one, by watching the Career Center's cluster listservs.  To sign up for a listserv, check: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/career/students/getArticle.php?article=133