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02 Sep 2021, 13:34
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Dear all,
I am trying to figure out my best way forward. I am 35 yrs old Italian, graduated as an Aerospace Engineer with 9 yrs work experience (started working at 26) in a major EU Defence Company. After attending 1-yr business corporate education program in the same company, I worked first as a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager (Finance) and then as a Corporate Development Manager (Strategy).
My main goal for attending the MBA is to land a job in the US through OPT pivoting to Entertainment / Tech industry within Finance or Strategy.
Obviously everything depends on my GMAT score, which is a couple of months away, but I have a few concerns:
1) Viability of the plan to land a job in the US as an international student. There are some posts expressing disbelief in the actual chances to achieve it.
2) B-school choice. At the moment my first preference would be USC Marshall IBEAR 1-year MBA, with main alternatives Stanford MSx and MIT Sloan Fellows. However, given my need to maximize my chances to land a job more than attending the dream school, I’m wondering (considering the relatively low GMAT average for IBEAR class, 630), if mid-career 1-yr MBA are regarded by employers as worth as traditional early-career ones or whether it would be better to look to 1-year early career MBA (Johnson 1-yr) or even 2-yr MBA. I also read some posts expressing concerns about pivoting into another industry without the internship as in 2-yrs MBA. From the other side I fear that upon graduation of an early career MBA, recruiters at the school would not be interested to someone my age.
Consider getting a scholarship is a top priority for me, especially if I should attend a 2-yr MBA, so I’d be more than willing to consider also others than TOP 20 programs.
Any advice?
I am trying to figure out my best way forward. I am 35 yrs old Italian, graduated as an Aerospace Engineer with 9 yrs work experience (started working at 26) in a major EU Defence Company. After attending 1-yr business corporate education program in the same company, I worked first as a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager (Finance) and then as a Corporate Development Manager (Strategy).
My main goal for attending the MBA is to land a job in the US through OPT pivoting to Entertainment / Tech industry within Finance or Strategy.
Obviously everything depends on my GMAT score, which is a couple of months away, but I have a few concerns:
1) Viability of the plan to land a job in the US as an international student. There are some posts expressing disbelief in the actual chances to achieve it.
2) B-school choice. At the moment my first preference would be USC Marshall IBEAR 1-year MBA, with main alternatives Stanford MSx and MIT Sloan Fellows. However, given my need to maximize my chances to land a job more than attending the dream school, I’m wondering (considering the relatively low GMAT average for IBEAR class, 630), if mid-career 1-yr MBA are regarded by employers as worth as traditional early-career ones or whether it would be better to look to 1-year early career MBA (Johnson 1-yr) or even 2-yr MBA. I also read some posts expressing concerns about pivoting into another industry without the internship as in 2-yrs MBA. From the other side I fear that upon graduation of an early career MBA, recruiters at the school would not be interested to someone my age.
Consider getting a scholarship is a top priority for me, especially if I should attend a 2-yr MBA, so I’d be more than willing to consider also others than TOP 20 programs.
Any advice?
02 Sep 2021, 18:44
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Hi. Welcome to GMAT Club.
Do you know if any of the programs you’re considering, are stem? I have not checked but that would be something to research upfront.
I think your school choice is good but as you probably know, recruiting after these programs is very much off-campus and very much on your own. I think the job market is strong and as long as you have a decent brand names on your résumé, you should not have trouble finding a job. If the market changes, things obviously will be different.
I don’t know much about scholarships for these programs but my guess is that there are a lot less generous than the usual 2-year programs. At the same time, they are cheaper because it’s only one year and your opportunity cost pretty much pays for it.
I would also recommend reading this post: https://gmatclub.com/forum/mba-after-30 ... 00397.html
PS. A lot of times your MBA is just a door that opens for you. It doesn’t guarantee a job and regardless of which program you go to, you will need to convert those opportunities. School may refer you to an alarm or find an opportunity but you are the one who will have to convince them to hire you. If you interview well and you are a go-getter, I wouldn’t have any concerns borrowing money and pursuing a degree. If you are more reserved or you expect on opportunity to come your way or a song without pursuing it, I would be more on the fence. You would have to chase an interview and pursue every lead. If you want the best job, you have to be aggressive…. And bring clear value to the table. Having strong brands on your résumé helps however if your résumé has only small obscure companies that nobody has heard of, it’ll be tougher.
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Do you know if any of the programs you’re considering, are stem? I have not checked but that would be something to research upfront.
I think your school choice is good but as you probably know, recruiting after these programs is very much off-campus and very much on your own. I think the job market is strong and as long as you have a decent brand names on your résumé, you should not have trouble finding a job. If the market changes, things obviously will be different.
I don’t know much about scholarships for these programs but my guess is that there are a lot less generous than the usual 2-year programs. At the same time, they are cheaper because it’s only one year and your opportunity cost pretty much pays for it.
I would also recommend reading this post: https://gmatclub.com/forum/mba-after-30 ... 00397.html
PS. A lot of times your MBA is just a door that opens for you. It doesn’t guarantee a job and regardless of which program you go to, you will need to convert those opportunities. School may refer you to an alarm or find an opportunity but you are the one who will have to convince them to hire you. If you interview well and you are a go-getter, I wouldn’t have any concerns borrowing money and pursuing a degree. If you are more reserved or you expect on opportunity to come your way or a song without pursuing it, I would be more on the fence. You would have to chase an interview and pursue every lead. If you want the best job, you have to be aggressive…. And bring clear value to the table. Having strong brands on your résumé helps however if your résumé has only small obscure companies that nobody has heard of, it’ll be tougher.
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