Tag Archive | "Job Search"
Bschool Life, Career, Current, GMAT, MBA
Here’s what’s been going on in the world of MBA and medical school admissions news:
An Israeli news source (Globes.co.il) reports that top b-schools in the U.S. have begun recruiting seriously in Israel. This year, more than 150 Israeli students will attend MBA programs in the U.S., including the first ever Israeli-Ethiopian student will be studying [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, MBA
The decision to attend b-school and the concern over post-graduation job prospects have never been as closely intertwined as they are today. That’s why University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School has chosen to link the admissions and career services departments, an unprecedented decision that will likely be closely scrutinized by other top b-schools.
According to a recent [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, MBA
MBAs who earned their degrees during the first decade of the 21st century have fared quite well, despite the dot-com bust and the “Great Recession,” reports a Graduate Management News article.
The following data was gathered from GMAC’s semi-annual Alumni Perspectives Survey:
Of the 3,387 business graduates from the last decade who were surveyed, 96% were satisfied [...]
Bschool Life, Career, MBA
Here’s what’s going on in the world of college and MBA admissions…money-wise.
Many b-school students will be returning to class this fall without having had the rosy summer internship experience they had expected—that is, if they were lucky enough to land an internship at all. The main cause for disappointment: Fewer internships are turning into full-time [...]
Career, Current, MBA
Here is yet another article to suggest that the job market is finally, and slowly, improving. A Haas School Newsroom report shares the results its graduating class’s job statistics.
Result highlights:
77% of the full-time graduating class received job offers. This is compared to last year’s 74%.
Students have accepted jobs at 80 companies in 13 countries.
Median base [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, MBA
While the market may not be at its best right now, there’s never been a better time to pursue the career of a do-gooder.
According to a Bloomberg Businessweek article, “MBA Grads Tackle Social Problems,” a “new breed” of b-school graduate is emerging. These optimistic, ideal-driven MBAs are striving to make a profit—they are, after all [...]
Books, Bschool Life, Current, MBA
1. A Chronicle article titled, “On Sticker Prices and ‘Wishful Thinking,’” reports that students and parents have hastily “ruled out colleges based solely on published sticker prices without considering how much financial aid they might receive.” According to a recent survey, these students and their parents did not use online financial aid calculators, nor did [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, GMAT, MBA
According to the Global Management Education Graduate Survey, graduate optimism is particularly impressive, especially since only 40% of full-time MBA students had job offers prior to graduation this year, down from last year’s 50%. For part-time students, the percent of pre-graduation job offers was at 22%, as compared to 38% in 2009. For EMBA graduates, [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, MBA
Celebration and cheer are in the air as b-school students flip their tassels, get their long awaited diplomas, reflect on their past two years, and contemplate what the future holds. According to a recent Bloomberg Businessweek article, “Goodbye B-School, Hello World,” expectations are high for the class of 2010.
Graduation speakers are choosing their words wisely [...]
Books, Bschool Life, Current, GMAT
A recent Wharton alum and former user of Accepted.com resources, recently sent me information about an interesting blog he’s working on. Check out Mate, I C Bill’s new blog that tracks his “extended recruiting efforts.”
Harvard Business School, Yale SOM, Northwestern Kellogg, Chicago Booth, and Michigan Ross are all either in the midst of searching for [...]
