Yes, you heard that right. We have excess stock of hot coffee but not enough people to spend sleepless nights consuming it. Are you passionate about the world of MBA education? Do you get excitedly lap up news and analysis on business schools in newspapers? Are you brimming with questions on why the gears in the MBA world turn the way they do? Well give you a chance to find out the answers to those questions and also inform the world about it! Join the PaGaLGuY Editorial Team.
Scope for mainstream journalism in the area of Business Education
Consider the following math:
Every year, approximately 500,000 youngsters consider joining a business school in India. In the course of taking entrance exams and applying to business schools, they spend on an average Rs 4,000 to Rs 5,000 on buying application forms.
- Total money spent on application forms each year = 500,000 x 4,000 = Rs 200 crores.
Next, about 150,000 of them take final admission into various recognized business schools across the country, paying on an average a tuition fees of Rs 400,000.
- Total money spent on tuition fees each year = 150,000 x 400,000 = Rs 6,000 crores.
In a sector of education working with that much consumer money and minimal government regulation, meaningful journalism about institutes admission processes, quality of education, research standards, governance issues, returns on investment and problems faced by students (and much more) is what drives the PaGaLGuY Editorial Team.
We invite experienced and talented Journalists working on the Education beat to join PaGaLGuY fulltime and contribute to creating a deep, analytical, impactful and accessible online newspaper on Management Education using the highest standards of journalism in one of the best work environments of the country. Given the popularity and reach of PaGaLGuY, what you write will be read by practically everyone associated with management education in India. Come join us, and touch lives.
Location: Mumbai (Sion)
As a Fulltime Reporter at PaGaLGuY, your job will be to report on and intelligently analyze the management education scene in India and the world and write it in a way that PaGaLGuY readers can use to make smarter decisions about their education. You will be required to travel extensively to MBA hubs and business schools across the country, create and expand a network of contacts among B-school professors, Deans, students, recruiters, entrepreneurs and everybody else who matters in the management education industry and report on issues that count.
We need to see these qualities in you
- Curious, inquisitive, willing to learn
- Excellent command over English language, written and spoken
- Pleasant personality, go-getter
- Self starter, does not need spoon feeding
- Analytical, objective, perceptive
- Thoughtful about his/her work. Tries to constantly find better ways to be more efficient at work
- Is not Maths-phobic
Qualifications: Any graduate or more. Experience: 0 to 5 years.
Compensation will be at par with market standards.
How to apply? Send the following…
- Resume
- Covering letter
- Samples of your writing
… to jobs@pagalguy.com. If we like what we get, we’ll give you a call. Promise.
FAQs about the job
1: Can I work part-time or freelance?
A: No.
2. I don’t have relevant experience in journalism. Am I eligible to apply?
A: Of course. As long as you have the above qualities, we will train you in the rest.
3. I love creative writing. Is that a good enough reason to apply?
A: We need more. Apart from the love for writing, you should also be a highly motivated information junkie, who loves to dig into anything that looks like information/knowledge even if for the heck of it and does not feel shy about talking to more people or reading that extra material in order to reach it. Your value to your readers will mainly depend on how accurate, in-depth and well-analyzed your information is. And good quality writing will not hurt.
4. What is the work culture like?
A: The best way to know that would be to read our Workplace Blog.
5. What is the future career scope as a Journalist?
A: All depends on how good you are able to be at it. You can work hard, specialize in one area and build a brand name for yourself, which you can later use to experiment with different mediums such as print or TV and work with one of the many media houses in India or abroad. Depending on how well you do, you could be leading news bureaus, being a senior Editor in prestigious newspapers or TV channels, etc. Journalism is one of the very few individualistic professions, so it’s a lot easier to stand out from the crowd on the basis of your work than it is in most other professions.