After attending several of the Governor Bob Orr Entrepreneurial Fellowship recruiting events, I have discovered a common concern held by many senior candidates. As if the job search isn’t stressful enough, many college seniors are concerned that recruiters are attempting to “sell” them on the job at hand, leading them to hold false expectations about what the job will really be like.
My response to their concerns is always the same. We’re not here to “sell” you on anything. Our responses to your questions and accounts of our experiences are completely genuine. When we say the Orr Entrepreneurial Fellowship offers executive mentorship, it’s the truth. Last month, I went to lunch with the President of my company where we talked casually about his career successes and some of the business challenges he’s faced. On a more frequent basis, I experience executive mentorship through some of the projects I am working on with the VP of Technology. He’s taken a direct role in some of the critical learning experiences that have pushed me to grow at my host company.
When we say that the Orr Fellowship offers networking and social opportunities, we mean it. Aside from our monthly Business Leader Meetings, there is a steady stream of networking opportunities, whether it’s attending a technology-based convention in Indianapolis or attending an Orr Fellowship social event, like the one being held this month, where guests include Orr Fellowship Board Members, Orr Fellowship Alumni, current Orr Fellows, Host Company Executives, and other special guests.
So far, I have completed four months of the Orr Fellowship, and I can honestly say that it has lived up to and even exceeded my expectations. The Orr Fellowship doesn’t need a sales pitch. It speaks genuinely of itself.
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