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Types of management consulting careers, best MBA programs, top consulting firms & salary

April 14, 2025 by Swati

There’s a lot of buzz, hype and glamour associated with the management consulting profession. This industry is synonymous with high-profile boardroom discussions with clients and jet-setting lifestyles. In simple terms, consulting involves identifying and solving complex problems faced by businesses. According to Management Consulted, the consulting industry market size is an estimated $374B. These firms … Read more

How to improve your chances of finding MBA jobs in a difficult economy

March 10, 2025 by user

You’ve heard the bad news. It’s difficult to miss it when newspapers and business websites across the world have been screaming about it for weeks. One in 5 MBA grads from Harvard Business School did not get a job after graduation. The situation isn’t too different at the other elite schools. There was a time … Read more

M7 vs T10 vs T25 MBA: How career outcomes & salaries differ across the top business schools

January 27, 2025 by MBA Crystal Ball

MBA is a practical degree, not particularly designed for purely academic minds but rather for those seeking a practical approach to advance their career. MBA, if done “right” it can take you from being just one of the workforce to a skilled asset to your corporation, channelling your intellect and inspiring others as a leader … Read more

How to settle abroad after MBA from India

December 11, 2023 by MBA Crystal Ball

You may not be able to take the inherent desi-ness out of an Indian but you can certainly take the Indian out of India, placed in a plum job abroad. Current records from the Ministry of External Affairs in India puts that particular expat number in the vicinity of 32 million. USA claims the highest … Read more

Top countries for highest MBA salaries: Guess which industry & company ranks at the top

July 10, 2023 by MBA Crystal Ball

The MBA is one of the most coveted and popular graduate management degrees in the world. And among the top reasons is that it pays the highest salaries in every part of the world. Since its inception more than a century ago, it has evolved to help business leaders develop their management acumen and leadership … Read more

Is life after MBA hectic and stressful?

September 5, 2022 by MBA Crystal Ball

Why do men and women, ranging from young adulthood to the years veering into mid-life, choose to get an MBA degree?

ISB Placement Success Stories and Salary Statistics

April 25, 2022 by MBA Crystal Ball

The brainchild of two eminent leaders of the business world, ISB is a one of a kind business school. In that, it is not only one of the few Indian b-schools offering a GMAT based MBA program for non-freshers with 3-5 years of work experience. It is also, happily, the only Indian b-school to have … Read more

A day in the life of a product manager

July 13, 2020 by Sameer Kamat

The first response when you ask a product manager (PM) in a tech company to describe a typical day at work is, most likely, “There is no typical day; every day is different.” You may think, “How helpful!” But that’s what it is. There is really no typical day.

Entrepreneurship through acquisition – Use the ‘search fund’ route to become a CEO

March 21, 2018 by MBA Crystal Ball

In the early 1990s, Kevin Taweel, a Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) student, was considering his job options just before graduation. Offers from many large corporations had come his way, but the prospect of being chained to a desk at an office, however posh, did not appeal to him very much. He wanted to … Read more

What exactly do MBA graduates do at work after business school?

October 23, 2017 by Sameer Kamat

Before we address this burning question, let’s begin with exploring why MBA…Why do people get into MBA programs? You have applicants coming in from all walks of professions, feeding into MBA programs and coming out, on the other end, many years ahead in securing a cushy executive position. Of course, the requirement for it to … Read more

Even an MBA may not save women from gender pay gap

June 16, 2017 by MBA Crystal Ball

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

What makes MBA students happy? Hint: It’s not money

March 20, 2017 by Sameer Kamat

Students in business school are learning a lesson that is far more valuable that even the most insightful case study can teach – that an MBA degree can bring happiness but not because it offers access to wealth, riches and power. This stunning revelation came in 2013, when MBA50.com, a portal that covers the top … Read more