#9: I came up with the idea for this site one morning, and by afternoon it was live

One of my major strengths is the ability to come up with new ideas on a regular basis. This blog is one of several ideas that have actually come to fruition purely through taking action. My main blog Bizskoolblog.com is updated on a daily basis with new content. I recently invited other business school students to start contributing to the blog and take some sort of action every day to grow the the blog.

In order to grow my knowledge, I recently joined Yaro Starak's Blog Master Mind program and I've began work on another project which will go live in a few days. So what does this mean for you, my potential employer? If you put me in a position where idea generation is important, you will have not an endless stream, but a river of new ideas flowing into any marketing department.

#7: I thrive in fast-paced environments

One of the things that has always motivated me is fast-paced environments. When things move too slowly, I tend to get bored, so this is something that I'm looking for in whatever organization I end up joining. I love fast paced environments because they keep my mind racing and seem to foster creativity. I also seem to like the impact that they have on my overall energy level. So, that's reason #7. If this describes your organization, and you think I might be a fit, please reach out to me.

Tags: mba careers, mba social media, social media strategy, online advertising, @plan, comscore, etc, startup, fastpaced

#6. I have great presentation and communication skills

Jerry Seinfeld joked once that "The #1 fear for most people is public speaking. People fear public speaking more than death, so basically the guy giving the eulogy would rather be in the coffin." For some strange reason that I can't seem to figure out, I'm the polar opposite of this. Some might say it's masochistic, but I actually enjoy giving presentations, and seem to have developed a knack for creating and delivering presentations during my time in business school. In fact, it is one of the key components I'm looking for in a dream job, based on my mind map.

#48. I was principal tuba in the all-state band

#62:I worked at McDonald’s in high school. It was one of the most valuable learning experiences.

You're probably wondering what working at Mcdonald's has to do with any of my qualifications. The truth is that job probably did more to prepare me for life than even my first job out of college. Most high school students do a 3 month stint at Mcdonald's and get out of there the second they can. It is for all intents and purposes your real first job. When I attempted to quit in 3 months, my parents wouldn't let me. They told me I had to stick it out. The truth is I hated working at Mcdonald's. But, it was a tremendously valuable experience. When you see people who work there 40 hours a week, it makes you look at your own life and realize how good you really have it. The fact is some of those people are stuck and they come there just to make ends meet. If there's anything I learned from that experience is that you should treat the janitor with the same respect as the CEO. They both add value to your life, just in different ways.

Tags: Mcdonald's, MBA, Pepperdine MBA, online advertising, social media, Web 2.0

#5: I can make PowerPoint slides, Excel spreadsheets, and am generally quite skilled with most software applications

The gist of this is pretty simple. I could have probably summed it up by saying I'm tech savvy. I've been an internet junky since 1996 when I started college. I've seen the dot com boom, the dot com burst, and I even saw the sky fall. Not really, but if you lived in San Francisco in April of 2000, people sure acted like it.  That being said I'm proficient with most of the major MS office applications, have knowledge of some video editing tools, and of course seem to be immersed in social media. I'm contemplating joining the iPhone mafia. If you offer me a job, then that may be one of my first purchases since accoridng to everyone I know "This thing changes your life."

Tags: mba, mba career, online advertising, social media, Pepperdine MBA, UC-Berkeley, Nielsen Netratings, Comscore, @Plan, Media Research

#4:I have in-depth knowledge of syndicated market research tools (@Plan, Comscore, etc)

This is more or less indicated by resume, but I figure this would give me an opportunity to expand on it. During my time at Nielsen NetRatings I was responsible for training clients such as eBay, Yahoo, Ask.com, and others on the various syndicated research offerings at Nielsen (@Plan, AdRelevance, Netview, etc). The byproduct of that was learning how to analyze and interpret all the data to put to use in a marketing and sales context. Prior to that I also worked at Forrester Research where I supported accounts such as Hewlett Packard and Oracle. The real byproduct of working at two research companies is that I became extremely resourceful at finding things online. It's rare that I can't find something on the internet or a resource that will lead me to thing that I"m looking for.

tags: mba, mba careers, job search 2.0, online advertising, online marketing, social media

#3: I have a bachelors degree in economics from UC-Berkeley

In December 2000, I gradauted from UC-Berkeley with a bachelors degree in economics. So, what does a bachelors degree in economics from Berkeley have to do with why you should hire me. In my opinion no matter what degree you get from Berkeley, you are a highly qualified for any job. Berkeley teaches how to overcome obstacles, work the system, and be as persistent as possible. There are times in college where I was forced to be on the waitlist for a class till the day of the final exam.  So, you have take risks, and nagivate difficult waters. Your learn to be persistent. The ongoing housing shortage makes you growup really fast and you start dealing with real world issues the day you leave the dorms. As far as the economics degree, it's applicable to virtually any job, except maybe being a brain surgeon. It teaches you how to think, and look at the world differently. It teaches you how to analyze problems.  Between all the survival skills from life at Berkeley in general, and the academic skill set, I figured my Berkeley degree is definitely 1 of 100 reasons you should hire me.

Tags: mba, mba career, Berkeley, economics, social media, viral job search, online advertising, online marketing

Special Edition: I can make spoofs on Bollywood music videos

For this edition, I decided to stray away from my 100 Reasons which I will return to tomorrow and I decided to post a little video that was the result of me and my old roommate having Indian food at a San Francisco restaurant.

#94: My sister is in med school. So, if we are hanging out in a social setting, and you have some sort of near death experience, and she happens to be there, she can save your life. Hopefully, that will never be necessary

I was getting bored of writing about career-related thing so I decided to do a blog post on one of my random facts.  My sister is actually in med school and supposedly she'll be able to save your life if we're all hanging out  and you have a near death experience. Hopefully that won't be necessary.  SOmehow I'm Indian and didn't end up in med school, despite the fact that I think my parents still secretly hope that I will decide to go med school at the age of 30. 

My sister came to visist a few weeks back and started tell me about med school. It sounds like an intersting place, but like any other school except you cut open bodies and fun stuff like that. But what I found really crazy was that people skip class in medical school. So I asked her what happens when some guy has a heart attack? Do you say "damn, I missed that day we studied heart attacks in class, I guess this guy is screwed." I'm not sure about you, but I though it was kind of amusing that Doctor's who are the most revered people in the world skip class.  I thought missing classes as an MBA student seemed like a big deal since I'm paying to be here. But, a med student missing class seems crazy. Oh yeah, my sister ALWAYS goes to class, so she can still save your life.

Tags: mba career, mba blogger, 100 reasons you should hire me, 100 reasons, online advertising, personal branding