With the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in a worldwide economic slowdown should you be thinking of pursuing an MBA after coronavirus?
Everyone who had been planning a major career move, like MBA/further education, or a job change, is struggling with various forms of this exact question.
This is a complicated situation honestly. However, I can assure you that if an MBA is a right move for your career growth, the COVID-19 pandemic will not affect the value of your degree in the long run.
I feel everyone on this platform is currently trying to help applicants by creating as much stability during MBA discussions, but the truth is nobody knows when things will return to normal.
The best people to talk about this right now are finance leaders. People working in the finance industry for over a decade can really help us understand how Coronavirus affects the value of an MBA.
This finally pushed me to talk to a long-time friend and a Finance-and Cross-Functional Leader from New York, Vipin Singh, to get his take on this situation. What I found out was quite comforting for all MBA applicants, and proves that the value of an MBA will be the same as, if not more than, what it was before the COVID-19 breakout.
Here’s the clip of the interview.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdsGyDLqz3s&t=50s