We often think of higher education as just a matter of students’ jobs and careers. The fact that it has a bearing on a country’s economy escapes our mind. Obviously, the better the universities, the better their contribution to the economic development of a country and, we may say, the better the economic progress of … Read more
You have spent a fortune on earning an MBA from a top school. When you consider your job options, what are the top companies that you should consider? We take a look at some of the major employers of business management graduates that are ideal places to build a career.
Founded in 1898, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business describes itself as “the second-oldest school in the US, and second to none when it comes to influencing business education and business practices.”
Almost all major competitive examinations have a writing component to assess your ability to express ideas through written words. GRE and GMAT have analytical writing (AWA) sections, scored from a range of 0 to 6. Unlike the objective part of the exam (MCQ-based), the writing part is subjective and what is “good” for you may … Read more
The highest-paying jobs, for MBAs as for any other degree holders, go to those who chose their major subjects wisely. MBA majors and, by extension, the professional fields they opt for after graduation, have a greater impact on salary and company than even the reputation or brand of the business management school where they earned … Read more
What are the things that Indian and international students arriving on American university campuses need to do? What are the most important documents and processes that you need to tackle first?
The modern healthcare industry has realized the need for business management professionals to run its various facilities. MBAs with specialization in healthcare management are much sought after for their leadership and business skills. Jobs for management graduates are on offer not only in hospitals but also in rehabilitation and long-term-care facilities, insurance and pharmaceutical companies, … Read more
On a Tuesday every April (on April 4 in 2017), fair-pay activists gather all over the US for “Equal Pay Day” to raise awareness about gender pay gap. A day in April was selected to symbolize how many additional months women have to work into the new year to earn the same pay that men … Read more
Billionaire entrepreneur Tilman Fertitta once said that if God didn’t give you a gift of understanding business, but you still wanted to be an entrepreneur or businessperson, you should go for an MBA. But if God gave you the gift, you shouldn’t worry about MBA; you could go get just about any degree.
When students look for the most affordable or cheapest countries to pursue their higher studies, they obviously also expect a certain quality from the universities there. The tuition fee and the cost of living in a university town or city may be low, but there’s real benefit only if the institutions maintain international standards.
In the 1980s and ’90s, rich Japanese corporations that were still sending their employees to the US for MBA courses faced ridicule from some quarters. “But those courses are only high-class English classes!” cried the critics. Despite this criticism, companies continued to dispatch their middle-level managers to American universities, but “sterilized” the new MBAs on … Read more
It is often said that healing is an art, medicine is a profession, and health care is a business. In the troubled health system in the US, the challenge has been to make the business as good as the art. This is so although the country has among the world’s best talent in both medicine … Read more