Doostang Seals Partnership With INSEAD

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Doostang Seals Partnership With INSEAD, The Business School for The World

Posted by mincho2008

Thursday, 18 June 2009

Doostang, the leading online career advancement platform for elite professionals, today announced that it has been selected by INSEAD, The Business School for The World, to provide job and internship opportunities to its MBA and Executive MBA students. "We are honored to have Sandra and her team chose to work with us in order to bring our career opportunities to their students," said Mareza Larizadeh, Founder of Doostang. "We are also extremely excited at the initial results of our partnership with INSEAD." Since the partnership went into effect on Thursday, May 7th, 2009, INSEAD MBA and EMBA students have been given complimentary access to Doostang's Premium Jobs -- 5,000 highly sought after positions at the leading finance and investment houses, consulting firms, media companies and technology startups. Of the hundreds of INSEAD students who have signed up for Doostang's Premium Service, over 90% have viewed at least one job, with the average number of job views per student standing at a very impressive 20. Examples of some of the jobs which INSEAD students have applied to on Doostang include Private Equity Associate at General Catalyst Partners, Investment Management Analyst at Goldman Sachs and Associate Manager, Corporate Strategy & Development at PepsiCo. "INSEAD is recognized by companies worldwide as a key source for individuals with proven academic excellence and strong managerial potential," said Sandra Schwarzer, Director, INSEAD Career Services. "The MBA Career Services team is a dedicated professional group ready to assist both companies wishing to recruit INSEAD's MBA participants and to assist MBA participants with developing their job search strategy. Having had many students ask us about the service earlier this year, we decided to reach out to Doostang. Given the initial results, we are very happy to be offering Doostang's Premium Services to our students." Since Doostang's conception, over 100 college and business school networks have been created, including Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Ross and Stern. Current or former students of these schools can gain direct access to the exclusive online career advancement network by visiting www.doostang.com. About INSEAD: