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| FROM Amerasia MBA Blog: RANKINGS: BEST MBA PROGRAMS FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA JOBS (Updated for 2017) - UCLA ANDERSON & NYU STERN |
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Ranking the best business school programs by the percentage of MBA graduates entering media and entertainment industries - Updated for 2017For the third year in a row, UCLA Anderson comes out on top when it comes to sending MBA graduates (as a percentage of all graduates in 2016) back into the entertainment & media industries. NYU Stern remains a respectable 2nd, maintaining its spot since our last entertainment & media career ranking. No surprises here. MIT Sloan now leap frogs into 3rd place from its prior 4th place ranking. This is a bit of addition by subtraction. Last time around MIT Sloan had 4.3% of their MBA graduates enter the entertainment & media field. This time it was only 3.6%. Wharton moves into 4th place from 7th, growing their percentage from 2.4% to 3.2%. However, a word to the wise - let's keep it all in perspective - the actual magnitude of change represents only a change in 1, 2 or 3 students. MBA programs on the riseStanford GSB makes the biggest jump since our last ranking, rising from 13th to 4th place. This represents a change from 1% to 3% from 2015 to 2017. Not too shabby. MBA programs not on the riseHBS remains in 6th place, with the exact same percentage of graduates - 3% - entering entertainment and media this time around. Haas drops out of the race this year with 0%, whereas 1.6% of graduates entered entertainment & media in our last ranking. Haas has never been the strongest with respect to sending graduates back into entertainment or media, but this did surprise us when we examined the numbers. Perhaps Stanford GSB's rise came at the expense of Haas. We can't say for sure right now. Michigan Ross - which was 3rd in our last ranking with 5.5% of grads entering entertainment & media - completely drops off the list. Kellogg - which was 5th in our last entertainment & media ranking - drops from 4.3% to 0.6%. In our opinion, both of these drops (at Kellogg and Ross) are large enough to warrant further investigation should you chose to apply to these programs. Best MBA Programs for Media & Entertainment Industry Jobs (2017) Breaking Down UCLA Anderson's Entertainment/Media Hires Percentages add up to 6.5% - the percent of hires entering the entertainment/media industry at Anderson. Final Thoughts To find out more about your options and how we can help you with your business school application, email us at [email protected] or contact us via https://www.amerasiaconsulting.com/contact. For an overview of our MBA admissions consulting services, visit https://www.amerasiaconsulting.com/mba-a ... ommitment/. If you are looking to further your career in entertainment and media through an MBA, let's talk.Since 2006, we have worked with applicants from the entertainment media industry – from Hollywood studios to media technology firms, from stalwarts like Disney and Pixar to innovative startup entertainment companies. What else?Read our thoughts on what it takes to get a MBA-level job in the entertainment industry. "Working in the Entertainment Industry is the ultimate career goal for some. The Glitz, the Glamour, and the Gluttony beckon folks from far and wide to Hollywood, New York, Canada, London, and even Bollywood to work. It is a well-known truism that breaking into this super-fortified fortress of employment is not just difficult, it’s notoriously the most impossible industry in the world to catch a break and get your foot in the door. How can you find a way in?"Source: Getting a Job in the Entertainment Industry with an MBA | Amerasia Consulting Group Blog Dig deeper into the rankings dataInterested in where we got our numbers? Want to do some further analysis or fact checking? Here is a list of MBA employment reports from top business schools in the US. Have fun. Haas https://haas.berkeley.edu/groups/careercenter/hireanmba/employment-reports.html UCLA Anderson https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/mba-program/career-services Stanford GSB https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/organizations/recruit/employment-reports MIT Sloan https://mitsloan.mit.edu/career-development-office/employment-reports/mba-current-report/ HBS https://www.hbs.edu/recruiting/mba/data-and-statistics/employment-statistics.html Wharton https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/your-career/career-statistics.cfm Kellogg https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/career_employer/employment_statistics.aspx Chicago Booth https://www.chicagobooth.edu/employmentreport/ Columbia https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/recruiters/employmentreport NYU Stern https://www.stern.nyu.edu/programs-admissions/full-time-mba/career/employment-statistics Tuck https://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/careers/employment-statistics Yale SOM https://som.yale.edu/yale-som-connect/recruiting/employment-statistics Michigan Ross https://michiganross.umich.edu/our-community/recruiters Duke Fuqua https://www.fuqua.duke.edu/mba_recruiting/recruiting_duke/employment_statistics/ Cornell Johnson https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/Career-Management/Employment-Report-for-Two-Year-MBAs UVA Darden https://www.darden.virginia.edu/recruiters-companies/hire-an-mba/employment-reports/ Permalink |
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| FROM Amerasia MBA Blog: The Value of Your Unique Perspective in MBA Applications |
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I was working on our Ross Strategy Memo over the weekend, when it occurred to me just how overlooked a "unique perspective" is when it comes to MBA applications. Even here at Amerasia, where we work hard to push our clients away from thinking in terms of "impress the reader" and towards "connect with the reader," we sometimes lose sight of how just what an easy and effective way that can be to frame introspective writing. Because Ross has the MAP program and everything funnels towards what perspective you bring to the class, it became a good reminder and something that felt worthy of passing along. Who You Are vs. What You Can DoFor context on this, you have to start by understanding that there is always going to be a tension during an application process between advertising who you are and what you can do. A candidate who is quite strong on paper needs to do very little of the latter and a lot of the former (to become a human being, to connect with their file readers, and to differentiate from other elite candidates), whereas a weaker candidate may need to put a lot of their focus and effort on just displaying what they are capable of (to, quite frankly, get in the game). There is a balancing act between fitting in and standing out - and a good rule of thumb is that the more you "look the part" in your numbers, work experience, and so forth, the more you can put your emphasis into standing out with introspective writing, biographical content, heart, etc. Framing Your Personal Story But even if we accept that basic premise, there are still good and bad ways to frame introspective, personal, emotional, and very human content. Even if you are a top candidate who makes the wise move to sidestep the "accomplishments arms race" and focus on connecting rather than impressive, you still have choices in how you do it. Is your focus going to be entirely biographical, meaning "this is who I am?" It likely won't be, if you want to succeed. You can't *only* tell a tear-jerker story or detail who your role models were or describe an amazing trip to a remote village in Australian bush country ... you need to tether these narratives to something concrete. In most cases, the anchor you can tether to is your career goal narrative. Here is what I want do, meaning how I want to spend my life ... and here is why. It's a natural, smooth way to get personal, get biographical, and allow a reader to connect. We spend a LOT of time on it here! A Unique POV Can Be the Right FrameworkBut even within the "standing out" category, there are ways to organize your thoughts. What you want to do with your life is certainly a good one, but "here is what I can bring to the class" is definitely another. At a school like Ross, where differentiated perspectives and a cross-section of disciplines is essential to their entire model working, it might make more sense to stake your claim to "this is what I bring that is different" than it does to go all in on "this is why I want to do what I want to do." I would not recommend taking this path at a school like Stanford, where they literally ask you both "What matters most to you" AND "why GSB" (aka what do you want to do with your life once you get this amazing degree). But there are a lot of schools where it's open-ended and you could easily go with perspective sharing as your path. Many UK schools (LBS, Oxford, Cambridge) rely heavily on a "global conversation" as part of their dynamic, you have schools like Yale and Booth that are very interdisciplinary and focus on a sort of "life of the mind" dynamic, and then there is HBS, with its Case method and need for all kinds of vantage points for that to succeed (as well as "mini Harvards" like Tuck, Darden, and so forth). Why All This MattersThe point of all this is that "hey, I have a unique POV" is actually a big selling point and potentially even the right pillar for your whole application and value proposition. The schools, you have to understand, are not just in the business of handing out merit badges or even stocking a career path pipeline (save for Columbia, that is! I kid, because I love). They are trying to build a class. This means putting together a group of people who may actually enrich the experience for others. If I am putting my MBA class together and I can pick one really accomplished person who tells me "I have a unique perspective because I grew up in a multi-ethnic family" or a slightly-more accomplished person who says "I have done amazing deals," which am I going to pick? So let your POV be something you strongly consider as part of your arsenal. Parts of your life might seem normal or boring to you, but analyze whether they are actually quite unique or even valuable compared to typical MBA applicants. You might find that your entire application platform is right there, in plain sight, welded to what you always thought were pieces of trivia about your life. If you are looking for help finding the right platform for your story - or even if you need to worry more about fitting in or standing out - email us at [email protected]. |
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| FROM Amerasia MBA Blog: MBA Networking Tips |
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We have established that MBA networking should begin well before business school and that some schools have better networking than others. What we haven’t really covered yet, are the nuts and bolts of networking and how you go about doing it effectively. Below is a baker’s dozen tips for building a network which will pay dividends as you apply to business school, as you attend business school and as you dive into your post MBA career…1) Don’t wait until business school to start networking. I know this has already been said, but it’s the most important thing to do, so it warrants the number one slot. 2) Don’t think that MBA networking means only networking with MBAs. There are millions of successful business people out there who not only don’t have an MBA, but who may not even have a college degree. 3) Become friends with Linked In---good friends. In case you haven’t noticed, Linked In has become a vital component of relevance in the modern business world. It’s a great tool for both connecting and for gathering useful information about the current landscape in business. If you don’t have 500+ connections, you’re not trying hard enough. 4) Clean up your social media profile. If you didn’t already know it, employers look at your facebook page and read your tweets. There’s nothing more unprofessional than to have a public social media presence which flies in the face of what’s considered acceptable workplace behavior. If you must misbehave on social media, do so on Snapchat where it’ not permanently preserved for all to see. 5) Reach out to people you don’t know, but whom you feel might provide you with information or contacts which could help you. Cold-contacting people with the reason you are a “prospective MBA student interested in their area or industry” can often be the secret password to opening the door to a professional connection. 6) Return phone calls and emails within 24 hours. This is a habit which will serve you well your whole career. Promptly responding to inquiries from others will build the kind of good networking habits which turn mediocre connectors into super-conductor networkers. Being perceived as dependable and responsive is a valued trait. 7) Set goals and stick to them. If you don’t make yourself call or reach out to a set number of people each week or each month, your networking strategy will become random or haphazard. Treat making new connections like you treat your workout regimen or diet. Steady and consistent yields results. 8) Know what you want out of each meeting, and don’t leave until you get it. While there is no need to communicate your agenda to your contact, you should know why you are meeting with the person and what you hope to achieve from the connection. So you are not perceived as a taker only, it’s never a bad idea to ask if there is anything you can do to help them as well. 9) Research your connection before you show up for a networking meeting. People like to talk about themselves in qualitative matters, but asking them factual questions which could have been discovered from casual research or from their company bio makes you look unprepared. 10) Try to meet in person. The digital driven world in which we live makes it tempting to establish and maintain professional connections over the web, but you will find that connecting in person establishes a much deeper foundation for a relationship which will last much longer. Remember the famous Professor Mehrabian? He was the one who famously insisted that communication is only 7 percent verbal and 93 percent non-verbal. The non-verbal component, which he said is made up of body language (55 percent) and tone of voice (38 percent) is impossible to pass along in an email. 11) Don’t leave without asking for another person you should connect with. Networking is exponential. You will be blown away with how many connections you can make by asking this simple question before you leave a meeting. 12) Take notes. Not only does taking notes help you remember what was said, it also communicates to the other person that you care about what is being said and it makes them feel important. 13) Make the other person feel important. This is a key mantra in Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” the still-in-print self-help book for, well, making friends and influencing people. It’s a must read if you haven’t already done so. To find out more about your options and how we can help you with your business school application, email us at [email protected] or contact us viahttps://www.amerasiaconsulting.com/contact. Permalink |
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