初创企业招兵买马需要新思路

    乔纳森•莱昂斯五月份从沃顿商学院毕业。他说：“对于非传统的就业渠道来说，最难的是校园文化这一关。如果你有很多朋友都在10月份拿到了工作机会，而你依然一无所获，真的是挺可怕的一件事。”

    莱昂斯希望投身于清洁科技领域。他知道这很可能意味着要效力于一家初创企业。毕业后，他找到了几份清洁科技方面的咨询工作，但都不是全职岗位。

    他继续努力地扩大交际圈子，并且展现出他对这一行业的热忱。最终沃顿商学院的一位校友把他介绍给清洁能源公司Noribachi的高管。这家智能能源公司销售一系列节能高效产品。

    Noribachi很适合他。这家清洁能源公司位于加利福尼亚州北部，层级制度并不严格，这使得他能够为公司发展发挥重要的作用。此外，Noribachi已经聘请过一些MBA毕业生，知道这些毕业生可塑性很强，能够随着工作一起成长。

    几轮面试之后，双方就他的职业技能、公司现状及发展规划进行了开诚布公的讨论。莱昂斯最终于12月初接受了业务发展经理的职位。

    莱昂斯说，“我一直想找一家我热爱的公司。我尊敬的前辈们告诉我这是一家很棒的公司，创始人也很好。面试过程也证明了这一点。”

    译者：李玫晓/汪皓

    "The hardest thing for non-traditional exit strategies is the culture on campus," says Jonathan Lyons, who graduated from Wharton in May. "It's scary when a lot of your friends are getting offers in October, and you're out in the wind."

    Lyons wanted to work in clean technology and knew that most likely meant working for a startup. After graduation, he landed several consulting gigs in clean tech but was unable to find a full-time offer.

    He continued to network and show his enthusiasm for the industry until a Wharton alumnus introduced him to the executives at Noribachi, a smart-energy company that sells an array of energy-efficient products.

    Noribachi was a match: It was a clean-tech company with offices in northern California and a relaxed hierarchy that would allow him to play a substantial part in the company's growth. And Noribachi, which had already hired some MBA graduates, knew it was getting a flexible person capable of evolving with his job.

    After a series of interviews that turned into honest conversations about his skills, where the company is now, and where it is going, Lyons accepted a job as a business development manager in early December.

    "I wanted a company I could fall in love with," Lyons says. "People I really respected told me it was a good company with good founders, and that was confirmed during the interview process."