????喬納森?萊昂斯五月份從沃頓商學院畢業。他說：“對于非傳統的就業渠道來說，最難的是校園文化這一關。如果你有很多朋友都在10月份拿到了工作機會，而你依然一無所獲，真的是挺可怕的一件事。”

????萊昂斯希望投身于清潔科技領域。他知道這很可能意味著要效力于一家初創企業。畢業后，他找到了幾份清潔科技方面的咨詢工作，但都不是全職崗位。

????他繼續努力地擴大交際圈子，并且展現出他對這一行業的熱忱。最終沃頓商學院的一位校友把他介紹給清潔能源公司Noribachi的高管。這家智能能源公司銷售一系列節能高效產品。

????Noribachi很適合他。這家清潔能源公司位于加利福尼亞州北部，層級制度并不嚴格，這使得他能夠為公司發展發揮重要的作用。此外，Noribachi已經聘請過一些MBA畢業生，知道這些畢業生可塑性很強，能夠隨著工作一起成長。

????幾輪面試之后，雙方就他的職業技能、公司現狀及發展規劃進行了開誠布公的討論。萊昂斯最終于12月初接受了業務發展經理的職位。

????萊昂斯說，“我一直想找一家我熱愛的公司。我尊敬的前輩們告訴我這是一家很棒的公司，創始人也很好。面試過程也證明了這一點。”

????譯者：李玫曉/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."