manimgoindowndown
how about placement for jobs OCR networking. I never noticed a larger company like say Google or FB have EMBAs but full time. Why is that, is one easier to get into than the other? Would they be listed in credentials on resumes differently?
Good question. I can come up with a few reasons...
- Many of the EMBA's are actually employer-sponsored (hence the cost that is 50% higher than FT MBA). If you get an employer-sponsored degree, you are looking at a 3-5 year commitment and sometimes even more, so jumping companies is not as common and I am guessing Google is not sponsoring a ton of people for a full degree (?)
- Usually EMBA's are not invited to the on campus recruiting events - those are targeted towards FT students for a number of reasons and I don't think you find a VP of Marketing job at Google by just stumbling at someone at an on-campus recruiting event.... I could be wrong
- EMBAs are much more regional and folks tend to move less due to age and family and priorities. Few people want to kill themselves working a consultant lifestyle if they have a wife and kids or pick up and move across country
- EMBAs, even the big programs, are usually just 100-150 people per class vs 900 at FT MBA
- Some people list their EMBA's as MBA's
- I don't know if you really really need an MBA at 40 for example if you had a pretty good/decent career. It is definitely a positive but investing 2-3 years and $150-200K into a degree, you have to have some serious reasons to do that on your own, so I am guessing something along the lines of a mid-life crisis or a cardinal change....
P.S. Keep in mind that many EMBA's including the top schools do not require a GMAT score. The main way to get in is your career and your accomplishments. At the same time, the word Executive does not actually mean that one has to hold a certain title. Thus, esp in some lower ranked programs, you see quite a variety of folks in terms of seniority and some are not senior at all. Executive education is a for-profit business at many universities and carries the highest margin so it is very tempting to admit as many people as possible. It is less competitive than FT, and even PT.