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What’s the number one motivator to apply to an international business school – or any b-school for that matter? Here’s a hint: it’s not because studying for the GMAT is fun, nor is it because you want to take out loans in foreign currency. Most MBA candidates share the same end goal – amazing career … Read more
Many aspiring consultants want to know if it’s possible to get a top tier strategy consulting firm like McKinsey / Bain / Boston Consulting Group (MBB, in short) with no MBA and no prior experience in the field. Jenny Lee (name changed) has managed to do just that. In this article, she explains how she … Read more
The American labor market is going through a phase of turmoil. Thomas Kochan is an expert on the topic. He is the George Maverick Bunker Professor of Management, a Professor of Work and Employment Research and Engineering Systems, and the CoDirector of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research at the MIT Sloan … Read more
Business management graduates who want to build a career in finance generally go into investment banking. But the “buy-side” now presents an attractive employment destination, too, with institutions such as private equity (PE) funds, hedge funds, and asset managers recruiting MBAs.
The corporate and business landscape is undergoing a subtle revolution, where ‘social impact’ is becoming a watchword for good business practices. And leading the charge is a highly motivated band of young MBA graduates hungry to find ‘solutions to global problems’.
Robert Frost said that by working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be the boss and work 12 hours a day. New business graduates don’t have to wait very long before they can get to do long, hard hours. They can do so right at the start of their careers. A … Read more
If you had asked recruiters — say, two or three years ago — to provide a list of must-have attributes and skills in MBA candidates, you would have been handed a long grocery list: leadership, interpersonal, negotiating, supervisory, decision-making, analytical, communication, time management, and technical skills.
Here are a few interesting reactions you may get from MBA students to the idea of working part-time during their programs: “There’s a lot of school-related work to be done. Where’s the time for a part-time job?” “Listen, we have all our lives to work and earn, but we may never get another opportunity to … Read more
Watch the video. And please ‘Like’ it, if you find it useful. Here’s a more recent version of this article. Types of jobs after MBA In this article, we take a quick look at the career options after an MBA with specializations in Marketing, Finance, Operations, and Technology. What are the industries that offer … Read more
Time was when English was the lingua franca of international business but technology and the Internet changed all that. Now, if you speak Putonghua, Waray-Waray or Sendai Ben, you could become the darling of recruiters after your MBA program.
Your interpretation of power dressing for an important interview may backfire if you depend solely on your basic instincts. Overdoing it or taking it back to the stone age may end up exposing more than you bargained for – your lack of dressing etiquette for starters. For international students, knowing what to wear for MBA … Read more
Business-school students in reputed programs make heavy investments to earn their degrees. Many or all of them work out the returns on these investments well beforehand. A few students may be able to estimate what their earnings might be 5, 10, 15, or even 20 years after graduation. In-depth surveys by management-education experts often come … Read more